Posted by missliz on August 4, 2002, at 2:45:21
In reply to Re: Do Parnate/Nardil have anti-psychotic properties? » turalizz, posted by cybercafe on August 3, 2002, at 6:11:31
Yes. For me they did, and they were great. But here's your problem- Zyprexa is the one that's supposedly anti depressant, but you can't use it with MAOIs as it's a brain scrambling combination. Straight from the mouth of my psychopharmacologist, the famous expert on MAOIs (snicker). But I believe him on this- I got the graphic details on some other patients on this combination. Bad news. Risperdol is the only one safe with MAOIs. Or you could just use Haldol. Novels aren't always that much better drugs, just have shinier ad campaigns.
But whats the dx? I'm assuming major depression with psychotic features? The MAOI alone would eventually fix it up, but even with an AP can he avoid suicide by Dominoes double pepperoni during the run up period?? One of the criteria for MAOI use is being with it enough to follow the diet. The stuff takes time to work. Are you doing this inpatient?
Don't get me wrong- I'm a huge fan of these drugs and have found them to be incredibly stabilizing in my case, real wonder drugs. I'm bipolar II and need less mood stabilizer on them. It takes six to eight weeks for the full rewiring to happen though- and it's a rough time. You need to ask the doc about the practicalities of getting there from here.
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