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Posted by JochenK on July 3, 2005, at 5:56:10
Are there any precautions to be taken when scwitching from one MAOI to another (e.g. from Parnate to Nardil)? Does there have to be a medication-free period like with other ADs?
Jochen
Posted by Joe1 on July 3, 2005, at 8:18:07
In reply to Switching MAOIs, posted by JochenK on July 3, 2005, at 5:56:10
Yes, you need to wait 7 days going off parnate.
How long have you been on parnate? How does it
work for you? I took it for 2 months it was
on or off like a roller coaster. So I went back to
nardil .
good luck
joe
Posted by JochenK on July 3, 2005, at 10:10:08
In reply to Re: Switching MAOIs, posted by Joe1 on July 3, 2005, at 8:18:07
> How long have you been on parnate? How does it
> work for you?I had been on Parnate for about 18 months (160 mg/die). The positive effects are rather slight, however; but stronger than with any other medication. Therefore, I am switching back to it now. (But I have never thought of Nardil ... until now.)
Jochen
Posted by willyee on July 3, 2005, at 12:47:10
In reply to Switching MAOIs, posted by JochenK on July 3, 2005, at 5:56:10
> Are there any precautions to be taken when scwitching from one MAOI to another (e.g. from Parnate to Nardil)? Does there have to be a medication-free period like with other ADs?
>
> JochenMight wanna research the archives,i cant recomend this directly to u as it is technicaly contradicted,BUT quite a few people have switched over without a washout.
SSri to maoi is def something u wanna washout from,and even with maois nardil might be a problem.
Parnate however is now being considered reversable,parnate states its effect wears off in a couple of days,but a direct effect seems to be dependent on daily dosing,and usualy in 4-5 hours a DIRECT effect isnt there.
What im saying basicaly is most people dont have a problem switching from parnate to nardil with little washout perhaps a day.
One benifit i personaly can vouche for in doing this is,nardil unlike parnate takes a lil time to work,so if u washout from parnate,high proability is u will hit a W/D,you will feel very lousy period and it will be that much hard to tolerate nardil or any other med that doesent bring IMMEDIATE reliaf since ur in a W/D.
Switching while ur in a somewhat stable state from parnate as in a few peoples case i know of might make the transition less difficult.
Id read some of chairmans posts who did just that,as well as a few other archived posts to see if u might wanna try this,as well as see that ur doc thinks.
Also before anyone says anything,lol do a search for keywords parnate,reversable and u will see some data sheets are now stating parnate is believed to be reversable.
Posted by EERRIICC on July 3, 2005, at 22:17:34
In reply to Switching MAOIs, posted by JochenK on July 3, 2005, at 5:56:10
I switched from nardil to parnate with no washout and had no complications. I was under the care of a doc who knew alot about MAOIs at the time and his experience taught him that this was safe.
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