Posted by Rick on October 10, 1999, at 1:22:42
In reply to Re: OOPS, I forgot...Nardil+Seleg. Wierdness!, posted by Elizabeth on October 9, 1999, at 3:34:24
> Rick,
>
> My BP was only a little higher than yours had been -- 240/140, I think -- the time I had a pulmonary hemorrhage while on Nardil (no selegiline or overripe fruit, but some weird falafel). MAOI-associated hypertension does go down spontaneously even if not treated, but it's better to get thee to an ER!Elizabeth --
After that happened the first time, I did a lot of reading and found that "hypertensive crisis" is a highly personal thing. A reading that could cause severe symptoms for one person produces none for another, and no immediate physical danger. I have a friend who had repeated readings of 200/120 in a routine doctor's visit, and he felt fine. Obviously they stepped up his blood pressure med regimen, and later tested for secondary causes (there were none, nor has there been any evidence of organ damage).
Before Nardil, I would somtimes get as high as a resting 160/110, so my own body is no stranger to high BP. (BTW, my BP is consistently normal-to-low-normal now after weight loss, and with: 5mg Pindolol, 1.5-2.0mg Klonopin, and 15mg Buspar daily. BTW, my pdoc, who has been an MAOI expert for 20 years (so he claims, anyways), was surprised by the Nardil+low-dose Selegiline reaction, but not alarmed.
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