Posted by dragonblack on July 26, 2011, at 10:57:14
In reply to Re: Giving up on Parnate: what's next before ECT?, posted by policebox on July 26, 2011, at 1:32:06
> If you have had any positive response to Parnate at all, then I might suggest seeing if you can stick with it while titrating your dosage upward. The 60 mg maximum dosage... I'm not really sure where they got that from. From my readings about Parnate, the therapeutic dosage is something along the lines of 1 mg per 1.5 kg of the patient's weight. For me at 175 lbs, that means I should be taking anything up to around 120 mg as a therapeutic dose (or possibly more).
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> Parnate is a very safe medication, provided you avoid anything that's contraindicated. Many people on this board have had success with "high" doses of Parnate and even report that many of the adverse side-effects disappear once they get above 60 mg.
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> Anyway, sorry this was so long. I just wanted to pass that thought along as a suggest for you to consider. I wish you the best.
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> ShannonHi Shannon,
I've looked into going up on Parnate and I can't pull it off without doing it on my own, which I don't have the money to do. I hate stopping before reaching what might be a therapeutic dose for me, or at least dose-limiting sides that let me know one doesn't exist, but there it is. It's doubly frustrating having read about the successes some here have with high dose Parnate. Oh well, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want.
Thanks for writing back. Take care.
P.S. What's your handle from? Cool name.
DB
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