Posted by Elizabeth on August 24, 2001, at 12:05:17
In reply to Re: Parnate rash/headaches » Elizabeth, posted by Lorraine on August 23, 2001, at 11:31:42
> > > > Hey, amphetamine is pretty potent stuff -- +/-0.25 mg is a big range.
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> I wish they had 1 mg tabs, don't you?Well...I tried taking 1/4 of a 5 mg Adderall, and it didn't have any noticeable effect.
> It's oil based. No ingredients listed (probably olive oil and hot sauce :-)
Yikes. :-)
> Hypertension is chronic high blood pressure and hypertensive crisis is spiking high blood pressure associated with eating certain foods on MAOs--although it has been known to occur "spontaneously" on Parnate.
OK, that's all I wanted to know. "Hypertensive crisis" is usually defined (if it is defined at all) as either diastolic BP > 120 mmHg, or abrupt elevation in blood pressure with end-stage organ damage (no, I don't know what that means). HCs sometimes happen without any connection to MAOIs, BTW; I know a guy who has essential hypertension (generic chronic hypertension) who had one a couple of years ago. (That finally convinced him to go get his hypertension treated.)
> OK. You CAN be very funny and your homour is quite dry (and delightful).
Thanks (I think :) ).
> No, I think there is--I suspect that people who are up-regulated tend to be aggitated and thin and people who are down-regulated tend to be sluggish and over weight.
Oh. (I'm sluggish and thin.)
> When does your new insurance kick in?
What new insurance? New insurance is what I need to find!
> I'm glad you are at least able to function in the meantime.
Me too.
> The headaches are very intense. They are on the right and left sides toward the front of my head just above my temples and little to the rear of the temples.
That doesn't sound like high blood pressure to me -- the headache would be at the base of your skull and/or in the back of your neck.
> The PDR says ...
CYA.
> I don't know about blood pressure elevation in my case. I wanted to measure it this morning--but, of course, no headache.
Try and get a measurement. MAOIs can cause headaches for other, unrelated reasons.
> I have also developed a rash on my arms.
That might be an allergic reaction, or it might be unrelated. In case this is of interest, I had a flare-up of eczema while I was taking Parnate. I don't know if it was caused by the Parnate, but it went away after I stopped taking Parnate.
> I had an allergic reaction like this to anti-malarial medication.
How did you come to be taking that?
> I hope that I am not allergic to sulfate (it's pretty common in drugs isn't it?)
Parnate contains the sulfate salt of tranylcypromine.
Let's see what your next post says....
> I saw my pdoc today and he thought the headaches were probably rebound (elizabeth, isn't this what you said--take a bow) because I take my doses before noon to try to ameliorate the sleeping problems.
FWIW, I tried all sorts of dose schedules and the insomnia was about the same regardless. I think that once you reach steady-state levels, it doesn't make much difference when you take it.
> The rash, he wasn't so sure about. (I had been painting wearing latex gloves and using turpentine--so maybe this caused the rash.)
What on earth posesses you to come into contact with all these weird chemicals?!
> We decided for me to watch myself over the next few days staying on the Parnate. If I wake up with a headache, I'm to take my blood pressure.
Good. I want to know what it is. :-)
> If I decide to abandon the Parnate, I will have a 4-5 day washout during which I can use the Adderal and Neurontin.
That's good. Do you have Klonopin or Xanax? Those have helped me a lot when going off MAOIs.
> He wrote me a script for Nardil in case I make the switch and asked me to call his office and let them know what I am doing.
Yeah, they usually like it if you tell them when you change something. :-}
I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I have a book on MAOIs that might interest you. (I recognise most of the articles you listed, BTW.)
> Pleasant dreams to those who are still capable of dreaming (she said bitterly).
It's a small price to pay.... (BTW, my intense dreams are back. No abnormal movements, though. < cross fingers >)
-elizabeth
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