Posted by Avenarius on April 6, 2012, at 13:49:29
In reply to Don't take more than 5mg!!, posted by Novelagent on April 5, 2012, at 15:44:54
Novelagent, you really don't know what you're talking about so I suggest you simply stop posting. I'm sure this suggestion has upset you, but I don't care to argue with you. Why don't you just read this thread (link below) and take it up with the doctors who've prescribed selegiline in the 40 to 60 mg per day range.
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Selegiline-for-depression.html
If you want to educate yourself beyond your own anecdotal evidence try reading this:
http://www.psychotropical.com/maois_full.shtml
or just read this section...
MAOIs and blood pressure
I am sure a survey of psychiatrists would reveal that most think that MAOIs raise the blood pressure. MAOIs are effective hypo-tensive agents. A substantial proportion of hyper-tensive patients who take MAOIs for their depression are able to cease some, or even all, of blood pressure treatments they were previously taking. How and why the oft quoted admonition not to use MAOIs in patients with hypertension arose is utterly opaque to me. The usual pattern of BP change with MAOIs (see figure below) is for a postural drop to occur when the dose is raised to a therapeutic level. Partial or complete acclimatisation to this drop develops over one to three weeks. Regular monitoring of the sitting and standing BP (this is best done immediately on standing, and again after one minute) allows the dose to be adjusted without problematic hypo-tension developing. A significant but not incapacitating degree of hypo-tension indicates that the minimum therapeutic dose has been achieved.
AND read this regarding MAOI dietary restrictions:
http://www.psychotropical.com/maois_diet_full.shtml
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