Posted by Michael on January 20, 2000, at 20:55:30
In reply to Re: Parnate & Lipitor-Michael, posted by Annie on January 19, 2000, at 21:59:30
> Michael, I had been on Lipitor and also, Dyazide and Covera for hypertension for over a year when I started Parnate in November. I was also taking 1200 mg of Neurontin. I was feeling a lot better until the Parnate was raised to 30mg and the Lipitor was raised to 20mg. I started to backslide. My motivation and energy are down again and I can fall asleep sitting up, not long after awakening from a 12 hour sleep. I never napped previously and usually slept about 7 hours.I'm not sure if the change is due to an increase in Parnate, Lipitor, a combination of the two or something else unrelated. My Pdoc has raised me to 40mg Parnate and said this may help the daytime sleeping. He did not seem overly concerned. Annie
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> >I had a heart attack in late October and coronary meds have kind of messed up my routine. If any has any experience with Lopressor and/or Lipotor and its effect on Parnate or depression in general, would love some feedback.
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> > MichaelAnnie, thanks for the info. After suffering low energy and borderline depression that was affecting my work, I unilaterally discontinued the lipitor and lopressor. I decided I would rather risk another heart attack than be depressed. I will see my cardiologist in 2 weeks to get his take on this. Both the lipitor and lopressor were prescribed for their ancillary benefits of strengthening a damaged heart muscle rather the usual reasons.
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