Posted by Vincent_QC on December 31, 2008, at 17:10:43
In reply to MAOIs - do they affect your iron level?, posted by Mickapoo on December 29, 2008, at 13:34:06
> I recently had blood work done and at first I had low glucose. I had follow up blood work and it was normal. Then he ordered a CBC, and it showed that my iron was low. I'm on 75 mg of Nardil. Been on it for about 4 months now. Do MAOIs cause any sort of iron or B12 deficiency?
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> Thanks!
> MickapooHi Mickapoo!
Well I hope that's not related to MAOI's, since i'm also suffer from severe anemia...before I started my Parnate treatment...and before I try the Nardil 90mg/day in 2007.My blood level is at 1 (normal 14 and more) for now with a very low level of hemoglobin something like 80...normally you need 120 and more...That's related to a gastric by-pass I had in 2001...I have to take a lot of vitamins in fact...the anemia problem surfaced only 4 years after the surgery so around 2005. Since then , I was never able to recover at to a normal level of iron in my blood, i'm always around 1-4...And I take 4 pills of iron orally by day (300mgx4=1200mg total/day) and I receive each month I.V. iron directly in my blood, take 1:30 hour each time I go there and that's help a lot with my energy level for the first week but the effect fade away fast...I had it before by intramuscular injections in the (Buttocks) every 2 weeks, but I can't have them now like this because the muscles inside my Buttocks became too hard (indurations) it's like that they call this...
For what I know and what the doctor told me, MAOI's or any newer AD can do effects like this on the blood...but since my problem appear before I try MAOI's and that I was not on a AD treatment at the time, it's probably not related to that...
Anyway, I hope not!!!
Have a nice day ;-)
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