Posted by Quintal on June 9, 2007, at 18:56:08
In reply to Does anyone here use a BP monitor for MAOIs?, posted by girlnterrupted78 on June 8, 2007, at 23:30:40
I bought a blood pressure cuff when I started moclobemide just to see what it was doing to my blood pressure - absolutely nothing as it turned out. I bought mine directly from a medical equipment wholesaler that supplies doctors with their instruments. It's true the self-inflating digital ones aren't as accurate as the blow-up stethoscope ones, but you're not in intensive care so a few mm/hg error either way won't be of any consequence.They're good for getting ballpark estimates and my GP sometimes sends patients home with one to monitor their own blood pressure at different times of the day so she can get a better picture of how it varies.
The cuff came in useful when I started Parnate anyway. It was useful in following the changes in my blood pressure and heart rate after each dose - Parnate had a very pronounced effect on my blood pressure and heart rate. I once had a headache after smoking some marijuana on Parnate and thought I might be having some sort of reaction but the cuff showed my blood pressure was normal. It can be helpful for detecting false alarms, like confusing an ordinary headache with a hypertensive crisis.
Q
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