Posted by inanimate peanut on December 19, 2009, at 23:14:55
In reply to Re: I Remember when we always said ask your doc, posted by willey on December 19, 2009, at 21:35:19
I think you have great points willey. I've been thinking about them alot in fact because I think this board has given me some great insights that have taken me from a dead end (60mg parnate) to have a couple more options (upping the parnate and adding something like nortriptyline). Here's the prob: my doc's little book is going to tell her the upper limit of parnate is lower than what some on here are telling me they're on/successful at and that nortriptyline and and parnate aren't compatible (which I know they are both since some people here are on them and Scott was nice enough to send me a great article). Even armed with Scott's article, though, I'm up for a battle against the little book. She already thinks I take too much control over my treatment. I'm just not sure how I'm going to win this one and how I'm supposed to call around for a new doc asking "do you prescribe parnate with nortriptyline? and "what's the uppper limit you'll prescribe of parnate?" Besides, I really like my doc and she's worked with me great thus far. But asking a doc to go against the norm standards are in a way asking them to risk their career if you have a bad reaction or something happens that could land them in a lawsuit. I'm just not sure how to handle this. Any suggestions of how to deal with this sticky situations would be greatly appreciated.
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