Posted by yxibow on August 5, 2009, at 0:21:43
In reply to MAO's: why do doctors avoid them?, posted by floatingbridge on August 4, 2009, at 22:53:22
> Hi,
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> Is it because after a round on an MAO, other meds don't work? (My doc seems to project it as an end of the line type of treatment.)
People on MAOIs here may disagree because they have worked fantastically for their own situations, but personally I believe that it is a latter form of treatment and it is your body, not their conditions and everyone is different....
....(I'm not sure what end of the line really is... that's sort of a metaphysical concept in part, yes... I know about TRD, but there is the possibility of polypharmacy)> Are liability issues at play, too?
Yes.... not just liability in the sense of malpractice but drug liability.
They're up there in my belief beyond (at least short term use of) conventional antipsychotics in terms of lethal side effect liability.
> puzzled by my mao resistant pdoc,
Why not discuss it with him and ask his reasoning -- he may have had serious problems with some patients.
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