Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 118234

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Parnate with Trazadone?

Posted by Vince on August 30, 2002, at 12:20:43

I'm can't sleep at night - may only a couple of hours then very fitful. I'm on 30mg of parnate. I asked my pdoc if I could try trazadone to help with sleep. He said that he didn't feel good about combining traz with an MAOI. Has anyone had experience with this combonation?

Vince

Re: Parnate with Trazadone?

Posted by missliz on August 31, 2002, at 2:57:10

In reply to Parnate with Trazadone?, posted by Vince on August 30, 2002, at 12:20:43

"Doesn't feel good about the combination" is an excessivly polite way of telling you that the combination can kill you. Parnate and Trazodone is a BIG no no. I don't remember the source off hand, but it should be easy to find if you google Parnate.
Benedryl works the best of anything I tried; Benzos and Ambien are good if you don't already have benzo tolerance. I had to use Valium and Benedryl together for a while. It does get better though. Take the dose up slowly- Parnate metabolises into amphetamine and methamphetamine and it's a lot to adjust to. The first eight weeks can be really rough. Then it's the best psych drug that ever was.
Good luck

Miss Liz

Re: Parnate with Trazadone?

Posted by jsarirose on August 31, 2002, at 3:19:20

In reply to Parnate with Trazadone?, posted by Vince on August 30, 2002, at 12:20:43

> I'm can't sleep at night - may only a couple of hours then very fitful. I'm on 30mg of parnate. I asked my pdoc if I could try trazadone to help with sleep. He said that he didn't feel good about combining traz with an MAOI. Has anyone had experience with this combonation?
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> Vince

Absolutely! I've been taking it for months. There was no hesitation on my pdocs side. I tried Klonopin first, but I'd taken Trazodone in the past and preferred it for sleep. And I took up to 100mg of Parnate! I've tapered back down to 60mg now and I take 25mg of Trazodone. But I've taken more Trazodone with no problems at all.

-Jessica

Re: Parnate with Trazadone?

Posted by jsarirose on August 31, 2002, at 3:21:01

In reply to Re: Parnate with Trazadone?, posted by missliz on August 31, 2002, at 2:57:10

> "Doesn't feel good about the combination" is an excessivly polite way of telling you that the combination can kill you. Parnate and Trazodone is a BIG no no. I don't remember the source off hand, but it should be easy to find if you google Parnate.

Actually, a lot of the "hard & fast" rules of what anti's not to mix with MAOIs are falling by the wayside. It's very important to be monitored by a doctor, but there have been a lot of success stories with augmenting Parnate with various other types of drugs that were previously thought to be taboo.

-Jessica

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