Posted by Timon on February 25, 2009, at 3:23:05
In reply to Re: EMSAM withdrawal and fatigue, posted by RUKynd on February 3, 2009, at 9:53:49
HI. I have been using EMSAM for over 5 years now. I recently discontinued the drug because of local unavailability of the medicine. I am a patient just like you and in no way qualified to make firm conclusions of what happened to me or others, but sadly, we patients are the ones that suffer and experience the results of the withdraw.
I suffered and still suffering severe reactions to the discontinuation of EMSAM. I will be more than happy to exchange information with people suffering from this withdraw. I contacted Bristol and they informed me that they have not conducted any studies pertaining this subject except for a limited experiment in animals plus other shilling remarks.
I really do think that EMSAM is a great choice for people like me that have tried almost everything. I had great results with EMSAM but the withdraw is severe. My Doctor made things worst by prescribing Nardil while I was able to get a supply of EMSAM. HUGE MISTAKE!!!!! Bristol reported this contraindication to the FDA but has not included the information in the package insert nor posted any information for prescribing physicians on their web site. You need to search the FDA database to find it.
I do not want to alarm anyone but the withdraw is SEVERE after taking the 12mg / 24 hrs dosage for over 5 years. Have anyone experienced something like this?
poster:Timon
thread:876580
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