Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 522406

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Marplan

Posted by BJ Turner on July 2, 2005, at 1:33:57

I had great results on Marplan. I had a problem with water retention but was able to beat it by watching/cutting my salt/sodium intake and eating foods that were natural diuretics. Also I almost had major problems by taking a decongestant by acident.

Re: Marplan

Posted by Tom Twilight on July 2, 2005, at 8:18:29

In reply to Marplan, posted by BJ Turner on July 1, 2005, at 22:06:47

> I had great results on Marplan.

Its interesting to get some feedback on Marplan, I've only heard a handfull of accounts as to what its like.

What were you taking it for?

Re: Marplan

Posted by SLS on July 2, 2005, at 8:40:21

In reply to Re: Marplan, posted by Tom Twilight on July 2, 2005, at 8:18:29

> > I had great results on Marplan.
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> Its interesting to get some feedback on Marplan, I've only heard a handfull of accounts as to what its like.
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> What were you taking it for?

Terrence Ketter MD at Stanford prefers to use Marplan over Nardil. I don't fully understand why, but I think he takes into account side effects and stress on the liver. He gets a lot of people well. I tried Marplan, but only for two weeks. I experienced no side effects. Because I was so impatient at the time, I aborted the trial far too early. I don't remember what dosage I had reached, but I would try it again and give it an adequate trial.

- Scott

Re: Marplan » SLS

Posted by BJ Turner on July 2, 2005, at 16:08:22

In reply to Re: Marplan, posted by SLS on July 2, 2005, at 8:40:21

> > > I had great results on Marplan.
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> > Its interesting to get some feedback on Marplan, I've only heard a handfull of accounts as to what its like.
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> > What were you taking it for?
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> Terrence Ketter MD at Stanford prefers to use Marplan over Nardil. I don't fully understand why, but I think he takes into account side effects and stress on the liver. He gets a lot of people well. I tried Marplan, but only for two weeks. I experienced no side effects. Because I was so impatient at the time, I aborted the trial far too early. I don't remember what dosage I had reached, but I would try it again and give it an adequate trial.
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> - Scott
> I was on it @5 yrs. For major, suicidal depression & compulsive eating. It 'cured' both frequent bad migraines, bad periods, and thickened my thin fine hair. I kid you not. For me it was wonderful. BJ Turner Albuquerque, NM
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Re: Marplan

Posted by Declan on July 3, 2005, at 14:44:23

In reply to Marplan, posted by BJ Turner on July 1, 2005, at 22:06:47

Hi BJ
Tell us more about the decongestant accident, what you took with the Marplan, how much and so on.
Declan

Re: Marplan

Posted by BJ Turner on July 6, 2005, at 2:15:18

In reply to Re: Marplan, posted by Declan on July 3, 2005, at 14:44:23

> Hi BJ
> Tell us more about the decongestant accident, what you took with the Marplan, how much and so on.
> Declan

Declan, It was a silly accident. I was caught out in one of our famous NM windstorms which are almost as good as Mo tornados and came down with a raging strep infection. Running a 103.5 fever, which with me means that I was not really competent but completely coherent, I staggered to the clinic. On questioning I did remember to say I was on an antidepressant, but didn't say which one. Of course, they perscribed a decongestant, which you DO NOT TAKE with MAOI's just as you don't take antihistamines with any other antidepressant. We figured my pressure went over 180-200. I thought my head would explode and I wished it would! Luckily my husband remembered the MAOI has a main side effect of pressure reactions. So I stopped taking TavistD, which worked very well and I highly recommend it but NOT to someone taking an MAOI.! Luckily, nothing bad happened just a bad bad headache for @2 days.

Re: Marplan

Posted by Declan on July 8, 2005, at 22:10:24

In reply to Re: Marplan, posted by BJ Turner on July 6, 2005, at 2:15:18

OK, so that's phenylpropanolamine. I assume (but don't know at all) that that would be more dangerous than pseudoephedrine, which I sometimes take for rhinitis, only not now because I'm on Parnate 10mg.
Declan

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