Posted by jedi on March 23, 2012, at 22:40:55
In reply to Re: MAOI » emmanuel98, posted by kagome on March 17, 2012, at 10:09:14
Your story shows you why you have to take your education to a new level when using MAOIs. If a Dr. told me Demerol(meperidine) was fine with Parnate, I would run fast in the other direction. I have been on Nardil for most of 14 years. The food restrictions are way overblown. Certain medications like the ones Scott listed are definite No-Nos. Most over the counter cold medications are out also. They don't work anyway.
I don't wear an ID bracelet, but I probably should. It is written specifically on the back of my driver's license and in my cell phone. Taking MAOI - No meperidine.
Everybody is different. I've had two trials of Parnate and it never worked for me. I even had a rare auto-hypertensive episode on Parnate, so no more trials for me. Nardil has always worked. If your depression is atypical with social anxiety, Nardil might be the answer. It sometimes works when nothing else will.
Good Luck,
Jedi> So what do they use instead? I have to have surgery soon (oral surgery to remove a possibly lamictal-related tumor) and the Dr told me he was going to use demerol to knock me out. I told him I was on Parnate and he said it wasn't a problem. Obviously not true, but what should he be using instead?
Jedi
Treatment resistant, atypical, double depression with social anxiety.
Nardil + clonazepam
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