Posted by don_bristol on June 10, 2004, at 14:41:19
In reply to Re: Anyone have a *BAD* experience with Parnate? » don_bristol, posted by Keith Talent on June 10, 2004, at 8:44:03
Keith, that is a great account of what it feels like when having an MAOI hypertensiove crisis. I am very pleased you posted it because I have not come across anything which describes what might happen as well as you have done. Thank you.
I guess there are several lessons to be drawn. One is how hospital ER staff are not sure how to handle an MAOI crisis. Probably because such a thing is not common. There are other useful things in your account too.
Can I ask you about something you wrote. You said to use an 'alpha-1 antagonist' to reduce the blood pressure. I have not heard of that term before. My patient information leaflet in the Uk doesn't contain any information on what to do if there is a hypertensive crisis but it seem that yours does.
What are alpha-1 antagonist normally used for? I would be interested to hear more about these.
BTW not long ago I posted something here about using ther ACE-inhibitor Captopril for a hypertensive crisis. You might want to browse it. http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040527/msgs/352527.html
Hope to hear from you.
Don
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