Posted by may_b on August 10, 2001, at 2:24:14
In reply to Re: MAOI Diet » may_b, posted by Elizabeth on August 9, 2001, at 17:05:34
Hi Elizabeth
> The way you describe the symptoms, though, makes it sound like your BP must have been quite high *or* there might have been something else going on that contributed.
I am sure it was very high.
> Using nifedipine can be risky under some circumstances,but not in emerg, where this could have been monitored (theoretically)?
>and there really isn't any particular blood pressure that's generally agreed to be an indication for nifedipine. So it might be expected that a doctor (in particular, a medical doctor who didn't have much experience with MAOIs) would want to be conservative about it.
I think you are absolutely right -- he seemed utterly unfamiliar with parnate and had no knowledge of nifedipine.
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> > (I felt like I was going to have a heart attack or more likely a stroke. The whole episode took six hours to resolve enough for me to leave the hospital.)
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> That's a little odd -- my impression has been that MAOI-associated hypertensive episodes usually last much shorter than that.
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With or without treatment? They took no intervention for well over an hour, according to my brother. (It felt much longer than that.)
> > Their attitude was condescending and invalidating.
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> I just expect that sort of behaviour from doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, et al. It sounds like you ended up with some especially incompetent ones.< wry smile > For now, further risk seems inadvisable. I have discontinued Parnate and any foodstuff identified on any maoi restriction list anywhere. It's pretty unworkable but I guess Parnate should clear out of my system in a month. I will talk to the Doc and if I can get some control over my situation, (ie, a prescription for nifedipine or some other such drug) it would be worth continuing. Aside from this catastrophe, it was a very effective drug for depression. Parnate parted the fog. Hate to give that up...
thanks again for your ideas and reactions,
may_b
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