Posted by Cseagraves on January 7, 2009, at 11:20:49
In reply to Re: Parnate/40mg experience JadeKelly/Scoot..., posted by Vincent_QC on January 3, 2009, at 8:22:17
Hi there! My name is Courtney an I'm new here. My pdoc wants to start me on Parnate in a couple of weeks after trying every other SSRI out there. Have read through tons of stuff on the internet and on your posts about MAOIs and its starting to sound scary. Not so much worried about my diet. I'm a vegetarian, so I will have to make some adjustments. Never ate soy products much anyway, but am a chocoholic, but am willing to give that up. My major concern after reading everyones posts is about high blood pressure. If I already have high blood pressure, does that mean that I don't take BP meds while on parnate. Even with my BP meds, it still runs around 120/80. The BP med that I take is Benazapril, which is on the list of no-no's. So I'm confused. Is it while taking parnate you don't need BP meds? Is this something that I will need to just monitor daily while taking the parnate? Also, I don't understand what you mean by having hypertension and hypotension at the same time. Does it really go up and down that much during the day? Also too, when you get a cold, all I have been able to find is info on what you can't take. Could someone tell me what you are allowed to take thats safe?
Thanks so much for any advice!
Courtney
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