Posted by KaraS on December 16, 2004, at 22:21:39
In reply to Parnate + Inositol?, posted by Nohope on December 16, 2004, at 16:01:43
> Hi all,
>
> I've been on Parnate for a few months now and *while it works* it is an excellent AD for me. The problem is that after a few weeks it poops out and I have to raise the dose to reclaim the effect. I started on 30mg/day, now I'm on 120mg/day ! (the highest my pdoc will allow).
>
> I read somewhere about a pdoc who used 1g of inositol/day to prevent parnate poop out in one of his patients so...
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> 1) Has anyone tried augmenting an MAOI with inositol?
> 2) How much should be used (parnate is fickle stuff)
> 3) What is the idea or theory behind inositol preventing parnate poop out.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> NohopeJust wanted to add that it's Dr. Jay Goldstein who recommends this. He recommends 1 gram q.i.d. (I think that means 1 gram 4x a day as opposed to 250 mg. 4x a day, doesn't it? )
K
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