Posted by katekite on July 2, 2002, at 23:01:08
In reply to Re: moclobemide maybe? Kate Kite, posted by Roo on July 2, 2002, at 15:25:45
For me, after 4 or 5 days I felt too sedated on it. I tried two different dose levels, 75 mg/day and 150 mg/day and was actually more sedated on the lower dose. My response to it might be abnormal since I have some hormone problem going on at the moment.
The first couple days were great. For a while I also used it just on days where I was particularly depressed and I would reliably turn around and have a good day. I've never heard of anyone else using it 'as needed' and can't say I'd recommend that as that's not how it was intended to be used, but it really did seem to work that way.
Sexual side effects: as far as I know moclobemide is supposed to improve sex, not hurt it. I think I read a paper saying the incidence of sexual side effects was 3%, the lowest of any AD so far. And that some of the normal control group reported improved sex. That was just one study, of course. At the time I took it I had a normal libido, and moclobemide seemed to increase it slightly, as well as make sex more enjoyable (like a slight touch became erotic).
There's a policy on this website that says that it's not allowed to discuss any details on importing drugs that are not marketed in the US.
I think it cost 50 or 60 for the first month or six weeks supply, not cheap. I was pretty desperate for a new class of drugs at the time having exhausted most everything else, and it seemed worth it. It was made by (I can't recall which) a major drug company, was blister packed, and was manufactured in New Zealand (I figure new zealand probably has pretty good drug manufacturing standards).
I hope I am not going too far in discussing this. One should be careful about taking anything that may not be made to the standards that are enforced in the US.
Since it is an maoi one would have to be careful with drug interactions. The sex enhancing feature is mild, it's not like viagra I don't think, so I doubt anyone would get it just for that aspect.
I talked to my psychiatrist about it, he had read about it: for a while many docs thought it would be marketed in the US. He did not want to prescribe it (which perhaps some pdocs would, in some cases) but was interested in my response and was 'there' in the background. I think pdocs are more open to being sued if they prescribe something that is not FDA approved. He had not heard anything bad about it, other than that it was perhaps weaker in fighting hard core depression than the old maois (with food interactions and more side effects) that are available in the US.
kate
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