Posted by stargazer on November 13, 2006, at 22:52:53
In reply to Re: MAO EXPERTS/USERS...Recommendations??????, posted by josephine grandoni on November 13, 2006, at 20:55:26
Eleanor, Phillipa, Josephine, et al...
I saw my pdoc today and although I wanted to try Nardil first, he suggested we start with Emsam. I could have pushed for Nardil, but I'm also interested in trying Emsam, so why not start there.
There are no dietary restrictions for the 6 mg patch so that is an advantage over Nardil. I was reading the insert tonight and a few items caught my eye. The biggest adverse effect was for skin reaction to the patch, around 22%. I will read again tomorrow and post about some of the other things I read. There was info on weight gain comparing Emsam to a placebo and there really wasn't any difference, I think it was around 2%, so that did not seem like a major adverse effect, as some here had suggested.
My pdoc said I have to be off Cymbalta X 14 days but after reading the insert I believe it said a 1 week period of washout, so I have to verify this and call him if I'm correct. Thank God I can read this stuff, although the print is so small, it takes forever to find the relevant data and then to understand it. If what I read is true, I can start Emsam this week rather than waiting until next week. I hope I can start this week,no time is like the present. I may start a new thread on Ensam since SLS isn't taking it and the thread doesn't really help with knowing who is taking it and how others are faring on it. I hope there are some with good results since so many have panned it. I am optimistic that there is a good chance for success.
Good night all. Time to take my seroquel which I will stay on for now. I think my pdoc is afraid for me to come off it, even though we're not sure what it is doing, for fear that I will plunge again, even if my relative stability is from a placebo effect.
SG
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