Posted by kirbyw on December 30, 2013, at 5:34:04
In reply to Re: Parnate help: drug interaction » kirbyw, posted by ed_uk2010 on December 15, 2013, at 10:19:05
Thanks for all the advice. I am going to see a lung specialist this week, and hopefully will get some guidelines. Based on the experiences referred to in the postings, it seems safe to try salbutamol. Physicians here in Costa Rica know nothing of MAOIs so I can't get any help there.
Also it would appear from what I have read that cortosteroid based medications for shortness of breath (mainly for asthma, apparently) have no MAO interactions, and can be used preventatively, but will not relieve an episode once it starts while salbutamol will.I do have heart disease. I had bypass surgery six years ago, and I just went through extensive testing just before Christmas including an ecocardiogram and a nuclear stress test (in which I was not on the treadmill-instead they used a chemical called adenosine to replicate exercise). In both tests I came out ok, so they are saying that there is no cardiac related explanation for the shortness of breath. By the way, I have not gone to the hospital for these episodes of shortness of breath They are mild (although very uncomfortable at the same time) but I have an oxygen saturation device and my oxygen saturation level is always around 94 or so during the episodes, a figure which does not require hospital based intervention. After one or two hours, the problem clears up. Thanks again for the advice. Rick
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