Posted by MARTY on March 24, 2006, at 14:50:49
In reply to Re: Nardil_MAOI + Buspar = Hypertention++, posted by JaclinHyde on March 24, 2006, at 11:29:57
I agree with you JaclinHyde; The side effects, even the sexual one, is a relatively small pay for saving our lifes. That said, if theres a way to have both my life and a normal sexual life.. that would be better no? the fact is there a way to work those side effects but on the MAOI it's much more difficult than with SSRI or Tricyclic.I didn't take a decision yet. I'm waiting to talk to my PDoc and the people at pfizer (maker of Nardil) to fully understand what is the potential problem with Buspar. The only literature I've found on the subject after hours of googling is this
-> Phenelzine should not be used in combination with buspirone HCl, since several cases of elevated blood pressure have been reported in patients taking MAO inhibitors who were then given buspirone HCl. <-
... and this is from the official drug monograph of Pfizer. To me, it's not very clear how I should interpret the potential problem.
* Does it mean that someone could have an hypertensive crisis right from the first time he takes Buspar with Nardil ?
* or it means that Buspar is sometime giving hypertension to some people and that it's not a good thing to happen with Nardil because it's even more easy to get an hypertensive crisis in case of an excess Thyramine ?
* Now that I've tried it at X dose and my blood pressure ain't move at all, does it mean that as long as I take the same Buspar dose I should be okay ?
* etc.. (yes there are even more possible way to interpret it)
Right now I've stopped it for as long as I don't how to interpret the warning. After that I'll be able to take an enlighted decision. That I'll come back here to share it with you. and since there is nothing more to read than the pfizer warning I think it would be a good thing to freeze the answer in the forum so the next one facing this decision would not google for hours for nothing :)Hope your all well,
Marty
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