Posted by bleauberry on February 10, 2009, at 16:55:54
In reply to Please post your MOCLOBEMIDE / Selegiline Experien, posted by beaches09 on February 9, 2009, at 15:32:08
Dr Bobs Psychobabble Tips section, or I think it used to be called Psychopharmacology Tips? has some good feedback on Moclobemide. It was basically a worldwide discussion by doctors from various countries on their experience with the drug. I would say the majority of them said it was ok for mild to moderate depression, and a lot of them said it just wasn't effective. But in a few countries they said it was a first line med and worked very well. One doctor commented that he didn't know why it worked so well in a certain country but not another. Another commented that it doesn't have that something extra that the other MAOIs have, that it is ok for garden variety depression but not for true blue.
The only problem is I don't know where to find that old Tips section. It was awesome. I wish Dr Bob would put another one together. It was a masterpiece at the time, and still is, if you can find it. Maybe someone on the administrative board can help figure that out.
Anyway, the general concensus seemed to be it was maybe somewhere between ineffective or ok for mild depression, with a few doctors saying they had very good results with it. Don't know why the discrepancy. Obviously though someone must be doing ok with it or they wouldn't still be selling it. It is too expensive from a business point of view to keep a dud drug on the market. They have to have sales, and sales depend on people refilling prescriptions, or getting new prescriptions, neither of which will happen if no one is getting benefit from the drug.
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