Posted by yznhymer on August 8, 2007, at 0:15:32
In reply to Re: EMSAM and chest tightness, twitching » yznhymer, posted by Phillipa on August 7, 2007, at 23:10:50
> Can you get akathesia from EMSAM? I don't know anyone? Love Phillipa sorry you feel so bad
Thanks, Phillipa. I had to look that up. I don't know about EMSAM specifically. I'll have to research it. It would explain the movement but not the chest tightness, at least based on what I found so far.
If that's what is going on here, apparently, "Decreasing the dose of the offending medication would be the treatment of choice."
Also, I found "Propranolol should be the drug of first choice. The dose required is usually low. Treatment should result in improvement within three to five days. Other drugs occasionally reported to be effective include clonidine, clonazepam, amitriptyline, and opiods."
So taking off the patch and taking a klonopin was probably not a bad thing to do. If it persists tomorrow, Imna call the pdoc.
Peace out,
Y
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