Posted by Lou Pilder on August 19, 2016, at 9:17:27
In reply to Re: Nardil, Trazodone and Amitriptyline » David1973, posted by SLS on August 19, 2016, at 8:54:38
> Nardil isn't as forgiving as Parnate when it comes to taking tertiary tricyclics like amitriptyline or imipramine. Serotonin syndrome is a possible adverse effect, although your dosage of amitriptyline is low. When I was on Nardil, I had a moderate degree of SS while taking imipramine that I don't get with desipramine or nortriptyline. You could investigate the usage of nortriptyline for pain disorders. I have heard of it being done, but I don't know the statistical rate of success. Nortriptyline probably is not as good as amitriptyline for sleep, but it is much less anticholinergic.
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Scott writes,[...Serotonin syndrome is a possible adverse effect, although your dosage of amitriptyline is low...].
Be not deceived. You could think that Scott is approving the combination of these drugs because of the dosage of Amitriptyline. But is there any evidence posted by him that is from scientific studies and not anecdotal remarks from him? You see, you could take these drugs thinking that they will not kill you because the psychiatrist chairing this site is allowing Scott to post what could cause death without him interceding here with the facts that are known in psychiatry. By him withholding his warning here, a validation could be formed in vulnerable people's minds, including children thinking that a doctor can not be a quack. This is the same propaganda used by the tobacco companies to addict children to their deaths, and a horrible death by cancer of the lungs.
And as the deaths from these drugs pile up, sites like this can encourage readers to think that these drugs are safer than they really are. That is a great deception and unfair to humanity for this to be allowed.
Lou
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