Posted by bulldog2 on November 9, 2009, at 9:12:35
In reply to When does MAO level become too low?, posted by FredPotter on November 8, 2009, at 18:18:18
> So we keep bombarding this MAO-A and -B until we feel better or what? How much better? Parnate has made me feel worse, sleepy, weak, depressed, anxious, hardly able to walk because of sore stiff joints and locked back. I can't even get a plasma MAO-B level measured. MAO-A requires a spinal tap. Are the 2 correlated? Can we use the MAO-B level as an indicator of MAO-A? What happens if MAO-A is too low? Irritability, violence, self-harm, suicide? What on EARTH are we playing at?
> FredI to stopped the drug after 8 weeks. Actually did not like the speedy effect after each dose. I was also impressed by the anecdotal accounts by some p-docs who claimed it was the no miss big gun. It seems many here have not had good results with this med. Yes I do realize many here are have trd. It can also really mess with your blood pressure. I would get spikes after each dose and after a few hours hypotension.
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