Posted by missliz on January 20, 2003, at 1:12:36
In reply to Re: Nardil dosing - do you have a Dr? » Marginal, posted by ace on January 19, 2003, at 21:35:49
Uhhh... Your doc really needs to actually look up the titration protocol instead of making it up. You start with One pill, 15 mg. Go up slowly, like 15 mg a week. Diving into an MAOI that fast could be disastrous! The dose you needed years ago may not be the dose you need today, and Nardil is 'specially famous for needing regular dose tweaking.
The Rule Of Psychopharmacology is NEVER jump in at a big dose of an AD. Good way to flip even a non bipolar person into mania. All psych meds need to be titrated up to the dose that seems comfortable. You can hurt yourself eating too big a dose of anything too soon. Your pdoc should know better. Actually, if you've made it to MAOIs so should you.
I loved Nardil, but MAOIs demand respect. Gobbling 45 mg right away sounds like a spontaneous hypertensive crisis to me, especially if it was your max dose before.
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