Posted by Meagan on October 10, 2007, at 11:46:46
In reply to Re: Please help w new ? about selegiline prozac co, posted by d0pamine on October 9, 2007, at 19:51:12
Thank you very much Dopamine. I see my pdoc this Saturday and will speak with him about it. You are very knowledgeable; are you a pharmacologist?
Presently I'm taking 15 mg (slowly raising dose from 5, 10 to 15 selegiline), 40 mgs prozac, and 1500 mgs tryptophan - this combo has been very effective and has lifted me out of my treatment resistant depression, but I sure do not want heart damage. The risk/benefit of all these drugs is a constant challenge.
Meagan
> I'd be VERY careful about combining selegiline and prozac. High serotonin levels are hard on all of your organs, but particularly your heart. It is entirely possible to use this combo to increase serotonin levels to the point that they don't cause the dreaded serotonin syndrome, but are still slowly and silently damaging your heart valves. Once you inhibit both of the body's mechanisms of reducing serotonin levels, you're truly taking things into your own hands, which I feel is a risky place to be. There is a reason that there are redundant mechanisms for handling excess serotonin. See the old phen-fen story for the outcome of sub-serotonin syndrome hyper-serotonin levels. Be safe.
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