Posted by stargazer2 on August 8, 2007, at 10:10:33
In reply to New Nardil side-effect: body redness, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on August 7, 2007, at 23:53:43
GI, sounds like a drug reaction of some type. Hard to say if your BP was affected (without a monitor, did you get one?) but it sounds like your heart rate was increased, but without counting it for a minute, unable to say if it was higher or lower than a normal heart rate of 60-100. It certainly warrants a call to your pdoc, because the rash could be serious enough to have you stop or wean down the dosage immediately. Are you on a total of 75 mg per day? I just went down to 30 mg/day after my hypertensive reaction of past weekend. These drugs are too dangerous and my inclination is that you have had some type of drug reaction along with an increase in your heart rate and potentially your BP as well. Can not tell what is happening but a monitor would give you a better idea than no BP or heart rate readings.
I feel asleep (almost) the other day at the computer and my BP was extremely low, both my dogs came over to me instinctively when this happened so I think that was a sign something was wrong. I made myself drink alot of fluid to help raise my BP. That made me feel more alert and is an easy solution to my extreme low BP. As far as athe risk of high BP, that is definately more dangerous since you can have a stroke with an increase in BP. Rashes are always a symptom to report to your doctor as they most always are signalling an allergic reaction. Be safe and call you doc today, OK?
I may be coming off Nardil myself since I am very scared of the effects it has had on my BP, both high and low. I want to take something I am not in fear of always having a reaction to and with my past reaction I do not feel safe taking it anymore. I have a feeling my pdoc will want me to come off it too when I see him next week. The elevation of BP was too scarey for me to go through ever again. Jedi says the Nifedipine is not the best thing to take for a hypertensive reaction but my pdoc has always given me Nifedpine and this avoided me going to the ER so I'm glad I had it prescribed, else I would have been in the ER,which would have been a real scene since they are clueless about MAOI's.
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