Posted by jedi on December 12, 2007, at 22:38:29
In reply to Starting Nardil today, posted by tapiocamonk on December 10, 2007, at 10:08:35
Hi,
Hope your PDOC has been researching Nardil. Since you can't count on that, it is your job to do the research. I know how hard it is when you are very depressed, but learn as much as you can. I find the abstracts in PubMed the most accurate without pure BS like some of the other internet articles.IMHO 15mg for two weeks is to slow. I'm a large man and take 90mg of Nardil. I don't know what you weigh, but the normal effective dose is 1mg/kg of body weight. After you get to the effective dosage, it will somtimes take six weeks or more to start working. A lot of people will give up before they get three months into a med trial, especially if their depression is severe.
The time of day of dosing does not seem to make much diffence on efficacy and side effects. I take half in the morning and half at night.
Take care,
Jedi
> I am starting Nardil today. My pdoc is telling me to start with 15mg/day for two weeks then bump it up to 30mg/day. I'm the first person he's ever put on Nardil, so I'd appreciate input on whether this dosage strategy makes sense.
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> Also, what is the best time(s) of day to take Nardil?
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> Thanks
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