Posted by yznhymer on September 25, 2004, at 14:32:00
In reply to Re: moclobemide??, posted by woolav on September 25, 2004, at 13:51:30
> Hi, i was just reading your posts. And am curious about this med..Is it like lamictal (an augmenting drug) or is it different. I read one website that said prozac and moclobemide was a good combo for panic disorder? I take prozac and lamictal. Are they similar?
> Thanks
> SHowdy,
There are people here who know more about the chemistry of this than I do and hopefully will give you a better and more accurate explanation. Also, my apologies if I'm repeating something you've read elsewhere.
I've been on maclobemide for a few years until very recently. My understanding is its not intended as an augmenting agent or as a mood stabilizer, but is rather an antidepressant. Its an MAOI of sorts... selective (it works on just MAO A or B, I forget which) and a reversible MAOI at that, so the hypertensive dangers are not as severe as other MAOIs. I was hoping for a robust response with maclobemide similar to that which I got with Nardil, but that didn't happen. On the other hand, the side effects were minimal, though in retrospect, some headaches I was getting more recently may have been related to the drug. No sexual side effects at all. Woohoo!
My pdoc found it difficult to get reliable information about augmenting moclobemide in the US, since its not sold here. Like me, he'd find individual reports of augmenting strategies on the internet but didn't feel he could rely on them to precribe. Roche, in Canada, refused to provide anything other than the monograph to him since he is in the States.
Good luck,
Mark
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