Posted by Justherself54 on December 11, 2008, at 13:56:16
In reply to Re: Nardil and surgery, posted by SLS on December 11, 2008, at 12:12:01
I had major surgery over a year ago when I was on Parnate..I met with the anesthetist a month prior and he recommended I go off it. He said any surgery has risks without adding a MAOI into the mixture and he wanted it to be as safe as possible. My pdoc agreed with the anesthetist.
I know others have had surgery while on a MAOI. I guess it's a decision both you, your pdoc and your anesthetist have to be comfortable with. I have enough fear of surgery, let alone surgery on a MAOI that I agreed, went off parnate, had the surgery, and felt pretty good off meds for a while.
Hope your surgery goes well! Speedy healing!
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