Posted by JadeKelly on March 16, 2009, at 18:08:25
In reply to Tell me about PARNATE's BP issues please., posted by myco on March 16, 2009, at 11:43:15
> Can you parnate users (past/present) tell me what the major sides for you have been while starting and maintaining therapy...I know obviously insomnia is one. I'm primarily interested in the bp issues though. Nardil has the notoriety of hypotension during startup and the occasional hypotensive surprise (which I dont mind usually as they are mild)...is this the same for parnate? I'm a lil concerned, well lets say it worries me lol, about the spontaneous hypertensive episodes...is that common? It wont put me off trying the med I just like to know all my cards before thinking about starting. Nardil had my bp running at below my norm (was high end of average then with nardil it's totally average). Does parnate give you sustained higher bp?
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> mycoHey myco,
I had what I thought was a spontaneous hyprtensive problem in the very beginning of Parnate, I suspect now it was a med I was taking that was ok'd by my Doc. I saw later, it was contraindicated.
Since then low bp all the way until I augmented with ritalin by my PDoc. It was exhausting. My BP is normal now, off every now and then, NEVER high.
Try to find out how you are going to keep your BP up now, while you have some energy. And by the way, Gatorade and salt tablets may help a little, not much tho. I love the ritalin because it is so synergistic with Parnate AND at the right dose, BP is exactly normal.Good Luck to you ;-)
~Jade
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