Posted by stargazer2 on October 12, 2007, at 8:59:57
In reply to Re: Nardil relapse - please give me some hope » UGottaHaveHOPE, posted by Jedi on October 11, 2007, at 1:42:46
I am on Nardil, plus a TCA, Nortriptylline. There are only a few sanctioned meds that can be given with Nardil and many doctors are too nervous to combine Nardil with anything else.
Ugotta has the article ("Current Psychiatry", Vol. 1, No.6/June 2002) I used to show my pdoc that other meds, though not offically sanctioned, can be given safely with Nardil. The article is at:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20061003/msgs/693453.htmlWellbutrin, Trazadone and TCA's, other than clomipramine (Anafranil) can be safely administered with Nardil.
If a patient has insomnia on Nardil, Doxepin or trazedone is recommended. (Michael... have you tried Trazadone or Doxepin for sleep in place of seroquel? Trazedone is particularly effect for sleep)
Recommendations for afternoon drowsiness or insomnia are stimulants including Pemoline(18.75-35.5 mg), or d-amphetamine (2.5 to 5 mg***I had a hypertensive rxn to 10 mg***, should have stayed below 5.0 mg) Ritalin (5-10 mg) or modafinil (50-100 mg) to be given in the AM or afternoon when drowsy.
Th article was written by Drs. Cole and Bodkin, researchers and Sr. Psychopharmacologists at McLean Hospital, Belmont,MA and Harvard Medical School.
Does anyone else have other more recent articles that address other medications that can be given with Nardil? I will look for these too.
Stargazer
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