Posted by SLS on January 30, 2015, at 14:25:03
In reply to Re: Treatment of MAOI hypertensive crisis » SLS, posted by ed_uk2010 on January 30, 2015, at 8:11:47
> > I was hoping it would be approved so as to give me the option of carrying it around with me instead of nifedipine for MAOI hypertension.
> Perhaps - but I'm unsure how helpful it would be to take phentolamine on top of prazosin.You are right. I was thinking generally for other people.
> If you were to develop a severe hypertensive episode in spite of being on an alpha blocker already, nifedipine might in fact be more logical.
I agree with you, Ed. I usually do, even when I become disagreeable.
> Oral nifedipine is very rapidly absorbed from the capsules when swallowed whole. There is no need to chew, puncture or attempt S/L administration of the caps.
Good to know.
> >Even chlorpromazine is used in emergencies.
>
> I've never felt convinced that chlorpromazine is a logical choice. It's thought that chlorpromazine exerts a hypotensive effect by acting as an alpha-1 antagonist,I think it is considered as a possibility because it is usually readily available and comes as i.v.
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