Posted by SLS on May 10, 2004, at 10:50:11
In reply to Re: social anxiety meds, posted by SLS on May 10, 2004, at 10:01:19
> > I have relatively bad social anxiety and am currently on Nardil, one of the two MAOIs still available in the US,
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> When was Marplan discontinued? I haven't looked into it myself, but I have seen conflicting stories here on PB.http://www.oxfordpharm.com/marplan.htm
It looks like Oxford Pharmaceuticals is still selling Marplan, as it continues to appear on their website. I sent them an e-mail requesting information on its availability.
I know that Terrence Ketter, MD, a respected research clinician at Stanford, prefers to use Marplan over Nardil because of its more favorable side-effect profile. However, the old way of thinking of Marplan was that it was a "weaker" Nardil. I don't know if there is any difference in the risks of hepatotoxicity between these two hydrazines.
I do remember reading of some instances where a person who did not respond to Nardil went on to respond to Marplan. I wish I could produce some documentation of this. I guess this would not be too surprising given the great interindividual differences in response to any one drug. I hope Marplan is still around. I may want to hava a go of it myself. I am a partial resonder to Nardil and Parnate.
- Scott
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