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Re: Parnate+Selegilne: WARNING!

Posted by Judy on May 3, 2000, at 22:06:55

In reply to Re: Parnate+Selegilne: WARNING!, posted by Rick on May 3, 2000, at 19:19:50

Whoa Rick! That sounds uncomfortably familiar to me. I was having trouble with Parnate dosages because I'd get dangerously tired in the afternoon when I had to make a 50-mile commute home.

My doctor recommended that I try taking two pills in the morning and four in the late afternoon hoping the sleepiness would hold off until bedtime. The first afternoon, I took four and then drove home without problem. Just as I got home (about an hour later) I got the creepiest cold crawly feeling in my scalp. It lasted for a long time. My first fear was an allergic reaction - I never even gave BP a thought. I waited a day and tried the four at a time again. Same thing. I ended up going back to two, two and two and I've not had any problems.

Thanks Rick, for that valuable information. What did you do when you found your BP at 90/50 by the way, just wait it out? Did you have any other symptoms besides the cold creepy crown?

Judy

> 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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