Posted by liliths on January 13, 2007, at 6:38:01
In reply to Re: EMSAM Q?, posted by RN320 on January 12, 2007, at 15:15:19
hi /m,
it's great to hear of someone having such good results though I do worry about the dietary restrictions. I'm a vegetarian as well as a female who uses soy for many things, including supplmenetation - I'll have to find out if soy supplments carry the same risks
if I may ask, what sort of obstacles did you hit on the EMSAM? I guess I'm hoping to be as informed and forewarned as possible LOL.
of course, I stil have to find a new pdoc and one that will be willing the even consider the med combo of it with my ADD meds
when will you be starting the provogil and what dose are they starting you on?
Please keep me updated...
and good luck!namaste,
lilith> Hi Lillith-
> At 12mg you do have dietary restrictions, but they're not as bad as with the oral MAOIs.
> I recently had a tyramine reaction (hypertensive crisis) which was scary but managed ok. Still don't know the source of it, but it came from a Thai restaurant (where I was promised that there was no soy, MSG or fermented products in what I ordered.) My pdoc is in the process of following up with a "Medical Letter" to BMS and to the FDA.
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> I have had several serious obstacles that have popped up in the course of getting regulated on EMSAM, but they've all been able to be handled successfully.
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> I will be starting provigil next week as an adjunct. My pdoc has told me that the only really safe atimulant is Provigil. I told him that people take adderall and ritalin and he said that they were "expressly contraindicated" in use with EMSAM.
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> Good luck to you. Feel free to write anytime, if you think that I could be of help.
> /m
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