Posted by Dragon Black on September 21, 2007, at 3:04:58
In reply to Movin' on up to the Big Time - EMSAM 9mg patch, posted by yznhymer on September 20, 2007, at 22:25:27
sorry, don't have any actual "helpful" advice, just wanted to say good luck on your trial. from everything I've read, the restrictions placed on the 9mg patch are mostly out of a liability-conscious abundance of caution, and at least one poster on this site has stated that he had no intention of following any restriction on the 9 or the 12. HOWEVER, i strongly advise you to research this until you are blue in the face, and make sure. by this time there are surely websites with reviews of emsam at all doses (I haven't tracked it 'cause i aint on it). i'm hoping to start a trial of selegiline soon, but my shipment hasn't arrived yet (4 weeks already) and I have no idea if it will. [Note*: this is also a test to see if a post that mentions an IOP shipment will get blocked even if it doesn't mention any specific information, like URLs.]
Good luck, everyone! May we all find peace someday!
> I've been on this 6mg Post-It Note for a couple of months or more and have gotten some benefit from it. Woo!
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> But its been uneven and I couldshouldwould be doing much better in an ideal world. My unscientific take from the "babble" is those who have done well on EMSAM have done so on bigger patches. So its TIME. My new pdoc is willing but very conservative and has even implored to me to follow dietary restrictions on the 6mg patch.
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> So yeah, I'll stop licking that hunk of Roquefort cheese but aside from the party line what's the consensus on the real need to follow dietary restrictions at 9mg?
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> Anybody know what BMS maintains about the safety of their product at higher levels as opposed to what The Man makes them print on their package inserts?
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> Those of you who have titrated upwards, did you experience a recurrence or intensifying of any side effects? Care to share your experiences?
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> Did your prescribing doc also give you a small prescription to counteract a hypertensive crisis (antidote) in the event one should occur? Anybody ever actually deal with a hypertensive crisis? (This last question assumes you survived.)
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> Thanks in advance for your responses.
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