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What side effects from too much PARNATE?

Posted by don_bristol on August 8, 2004, at 12:05:56

What side effects would I get which told me that my dose of Parnate was getting too high for me?

Apart from increased sleeplessness what side effects are there which stop one from going higher on Parnate?

Is it (postural) hypotension?
Is it headaches?

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Thanks for any info.

Don

Re: What side effects from too much PARNATE?

Posted by SLS on August 8, 2004, at 12:30:30

In reply to What side effects from too much PARNATE?, posted by don_bristol on August 8, 2004, at 12:05:56

> What side effects would I get which told me that my dose of Parnate was getting too high for me?
>
> Apart from increased sleeplessness what side effects are there which stop one from going higher on Parnate?
>
> Is it (postural) hypotension?
> Is it headaches?

Postural hypotension is a pretty reliable indicator of dosage. One of my doctors considered a 10% drop in blood pressure upon rising from a chair to be expected once you reach a therapeutic level. It's pretty hard to take too much Parnate. You can titrated it up to dosages in excess of 60mg if you tolerate the side effects. Some possible indicators of taking a higher dosage than is optimal might be hyperreflexia and myoclonic jerks. I'd like to see what other people have to say about this.

- Scott

Re: What side effects from too much PARNATE?

Posted by linkadge on August 8, 2004, at 13:06:16

In reply to Re: What side effects from too much PARNATE?, posted by SLS on August 8, 2004, at 12:30:30

It is releated to a stimulant, and when I was taking too much it gave me the side effect cluster of excess stimulants. Nervousness, and tremor etc.

Linkadge

Re: What side effects from too much PARNATE? » SLS

Posted by don_bristol on August 10, 2004, at 16:55:51

In reply to Re: What side effects from too much PARNATE?, posted by SLS on August 8, 2004, at 12:30:30

>> What side effects would I get which told me
>> that my dose of Parnate was getting too high for me?
>>
>> Apart from increased sleeplessness what side effects
>> are there which stop one from going higher on Parnate?
>>
>> Is it (postural) hypotension?
>> Is it headaches?

Scott wrote:
>
> Postural hypotension is a pretty reliable indicator of
> dosage. One of my doctors considered a 10% drop in blood
> pressure upon rising from a chair to be expected once you
> reach a therapeutic level.

Hi Scott, it's Don here. It sounds to me like it might be tricky to work out a 10% drop. My blood pressure meachine varies quite enough between repeated readings (maybe 5%).

ISTR that a symptom of postural hypotension is seeing stars (and if it is really bad then there is fainting). But I don't think that would happen with just a 10% drop in BP.

> It's pretty hard to take too much Parnate. You can titrated
> it up to dosages in excess of 60mg if you tolerate the
> side effects.

I guess the food (in)tolerance gets worse as you reach those high levels of Parnate. maybe that is one reason to go easy?

> Some possible indicators of taking a higher dosage than
> is optimal might be hyperreflexia and myoclonic jerks.
> I'd like to see what other people have to say about this.

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