Posted by Rick on May 3, 2000, at 19:19:50
In reply to Re: Parnate+Another Opinion, posted by SLS on May 3, 2000, at 16:19:48
During the four days I was weaning off of Nardil, my pdoc started me on 5 mg Selegiline. He said patients are "really not supposed to" take them concurrently, but that it should be OK.
Well, the first morning I took Selegiline with the Nardil, I happened to check my blood pressure about 45 mins later, and it was 210/120! I felt just fine, although there was a strange cold sensation on my crown. 30 minutes later I was down to 140/90, and after another 30 minutes I was at 90/50. (One of the reasons I stopped Nardil is that it converted me from mildly hypertensive to hypotensive!).
I thought this must be a fluke, but the next morning was a replay of what happened the day before. I cut off the Nardil immeiately at that point, with no problems.
My pdoc, who has been an MAOI proponent for over twenty years, said he had never heard of such a thing. Maybe this WAS a rare reaction, but I thought I should share it with you.
Rick
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