Posted by Rick on August 29, 2001, at 23:15:26
In reply to MAO Midday Slump--Low Blood Pressure?, posted by Lorraine on August 29, 2001, at 13:58:24
After I complained to my pdoc because Nardil turned me from hypertensive to way-hypotensive, he first suggested salt but then gave me Florinef when salt didn't work. The Florinef helped a lot, but it is a corticosteroid, so it definitely should not be taken for a protracted period of time.I always wondered if I would have adjusted to the hypostension had I stuck with Nardil more than four weird weeks. I recall one article on MAOI's that said the initial and sometimes-precipitous drop in BP is paradoxically replaced by a somewhat hypertensive effect after awhile. I'd be curious to know if any MAOI users have experienced this kind of reversal pattern.
Rick
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