Posted by jkshrews on July 28, 2006, at 10:46:39
In reply to Re: how to treat Low Blood Pressure caused by Emasam, posted by naughtypuppy on July 27, 2006, at 9:02:21
I think eating some tyramine sounds like a pretty dangerous approach to raising your blood pressure while on Nardil. (Unless, of course, you ae suicidal!) How would you know how much you are getting? Or the status of your digestive MAO on that particular day?
Here are some things to remember.
1) These drugs have been around for decades. Selegiline is an old drug--EMSAM is merely a new method of delivering it.
2) Low blood pressure has always been a troublesome side-effect for MAOIs. One MAOI, Eutonyl (pargyline) is actually sold to treat hypertension.
3) Since the 1970's, there have been two cures for the hypotension side-effect. One is salt pills, which is very safe, you can do it yourself, and it is usually very effective. The other is a metal-corticoid hormone, and I think you will have trouble finding a doctor in the U.S. that will try it.4) Having hypotention can be hard to get treated, because doctors in the U.S. usually do not consider it a pathology. I have heard that in Europe doctors regard it as a disease and in med school are taught about two dozen treatements for hypotension. I would like to know what they do over there for MAOI-induced hypotension.
> My pdoc recomended eating a little bit of aged cheese several times a day with Nardil to bring my base bp of 90/50! up to a higher level. Increases Tyramine level. I was hitting the floor several times a day going into convulsions. Still get dizzy, but it seems to help, and I like the cure. Better than another taking another pill!
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