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Posted by emmanuel98 on June 14, 2011, at 23:01:40
I am reading Scott Turow's new novel, Innocence. It is well-written and a page-turner, as are all his novels. In it, a husband is accused of killing his wife by poisoning her with Nardil. Among the implausible premises: (1) The wife, who suffers from severe depression, takes nardil on a prn basis; (2) She takes nardil only when she is severely depressed. Otherwise she just takes SSRIs and other anti-depressants on a regular basis -- a total of 17 prescriptions she has in total; (3) he crushes 4 tabs of nardil and slips it into a glass of red wine, which she doesn't realize she shouldn't drink, because she was not depressed that day and didn't take the nardil herself; (4) the combination of nardil and a glass of red wine causes the wife to have a heart attack in the middle of the night. He delays calling 911 so that the contents of her stomach (they had dinner with son and girlfriend and also served cheese and salami)won't be discovered in an autopsy.
When I started taking parnate, I said to my p-doc, maybe the reason MAOI's aren't prescribed much is because a depressed person with suicidal ideation could drink a bottle of red wine with some cheese and salami and just check out. He said these are tendencies, not certainties. And in any case, you don't just check out, but get a terrible headache and spike in BP. If MAOIs were that dangerous, they would never be prescribed. And I have found that I can have the occasional slice of pepperoni pizza, some parmesan cheese on pasta or blue cheese in a salad, the occasional glass of beer or red wine, with no ill effects whatsoever.
Anyway, thought people might find this interesting.
Posted by phillipa on June 15, 2011, at 0:35:54
In reply to Innocence, posted by emmanuel98 on June 14, 2011, at 23:01:40
Emmanuel I have a Nook and will see if this book available sounds good but is it scarey and hard to read late at night? I wonder how he picked Nardil to write about as it's not popular to the lay person. Think he took it? Thanks for posting this. Phillipa
Posted by floatingbridge on June 15, 2011, at 13:04:26
In reply to Innocence, posted by emmanuel98 on June 14, 2011, at 23:01:40
Thanks, emmanuel, it is interesting. I'm asking glad that you are enjoying reading.
Peace,
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Posted by emmanuel98 on June 15, 2011, at 19:16:41
In reply to Re: Innocence » emmanuel98, posted by floatingbridge on June 15, 2011, at 13:04:26
> Thanks, emmanuel, it is interesting. I'm asking glad that you are enjoying reading.
>
> Peace,
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> fb
Thanks fb. I can do it in small doses. I'm having terrible difficulty concentrating. I see my p-doc tomorrow and will talk to him about benzos for just a couple of weeks. The seroquel seemed to be a fluke. I took 25mg today, since I wasn't going to be driving and it didn't help at all.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 15, 2011, at 21:20:43
In reply to Re: Innocence, posted by emmanuel98 on June 15, 2011, at 19:16:41
That's too bad. Was there other things say higher trigger, that interferred?
Darn. Still it could be useful.
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