Posted by Questionmark on November 2, 2008, at 22:54:30
In reply to Need to see denist and get surgery- MAOI, posted by jnew12 on November 1, 2008, at 13:14:31
You should definitely at least try to contact the surgeons and/or anesthesiologists involved beforehand and ask them if they are familiar with MAOIs and can use anesthesia and etc that would not be contraindicated or dangerous. You're right, they probably will not know. But it's a worth a shot.
Or-- er, and/or-- maybe you could tell them, "Look, it just can't be anything with pro-serotonergic or adrenergic action or anything that significantly decreases or, especially, increases blood pressure. You guys can handle that, right? You did get an advanced education for this s**t, right? Oh, and no aged cheeses please. Thanks." Something like that maybe. No, but, you could stress the importance of that first sentence and , well maybe it'll be helpful.
Anyway, good luck. Don't worry though, you'll be fine. Just make sure you tell them you are on an MAOI.
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