Posted by Optimist on January 24, 2005, at 10:52:31
In reply to Re: Hypertensive Crisis on Parnate, How to stop it » alienatari, posted by cubbybear on January 24, 2005, at 9:31:13
My impression from reading others posts on MAOIs is that if you're experiencing a hypertensive crisis, waiting till you get to the hospital may be too long.
Personally I wouldn't want to drive to the hospital by myself if I was experiencing one if it came to it. It may not be the most safe thing to do if you didn't have someone else to drive you or have access to an ambulance. I can understand from the medical community's point of view that they don't want you self-administering a hypotensive in case something goes wrong. The best case scenario would probably to be prescribed an emergency pill, then find a way to the hospital afterwards to check on your progress.
It seems the most popular choice for a hypotensive agent on this board is to chew and swallow 10mg of Nifedipine at the first onset of a hypertensive crisis.
Brian
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