Posted by bulldog2 on January 23, 2009, at 16:17:21
In reply to Re: Marplan is GREAT! » maoi_wowee, posted by psychobot5000 on January 22, 2009, at 22:12:13
> > Take this with a grain of salt as I haven't researched hepatoxicity of Marplan, but I've always found these warnings about potential physical complications from taking MAOIs to be way overblown.
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> Yeah, I tend to agree. Nothing 'bad' ever happened to me when I took MAOIs--never ran into any hypotensive crises or anything, and the medical community's warnings always seemed a little hysterical to me concerning that and related issues (though I understand no doctor wants an unnecessary death on their hands). Still, I get the impression that the liver risks with Marplan are somewhat serious--I figure a simple blood-test every few months to keep an eye on it is probably a reasonable thing to do, and not really very inconvenient--just a thought.
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> Best,
> PsychbotI cut and pasted this which is about liver protection.
There are a couple of things you could try. I took milk thistle (helps protect the liver against drugs) and for a while also took L-methionine (also protects the liver). I have heard that N-acetylcysteine also protects the liver but have never actually used that one since it's only available in health food places and not all of them at that. It's harder to find. But if you start on the milk thistle and L-Methionine, that should help
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