Posted by atypical on August 5, 2009, at 10:12:50
In reply to MAO's: why do doctors avoid them?, posted by floatingbridge on August 4, 2009, at 22:53:22
Why doctor's avoid MAOIs? Well, some may not avoid them but rather wait and see what other classes of medications do for the depression/anxiety. Because they do have some weird side effects those MAOIs. Weird and uncomfortable and, yes, with the diet issues potentially dangerous. Imagine if a doctor were to prescribe MAOIs to a patient as a first-line treatment. Those side effects would hit them hard and they, if they are new to meds, would probably think the doctor was killing them and that meds are horrible! This is my theory.
Sure, there is some liability as well I guess. My doctor is at a major university, so she's covered well I'm sure.
I'm taking Nardil 60mg and so far the bad side effects have passed. Just have some milder ones now. Been on it for a month so far.
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