Question by summer18au: Serious side effect with Parnate (anti-depressant)?
I have been taking parnate a potent anti-depressant at 30mg. When I take it I experience pain in my chest and heart pulpitations. I also have a slight occipital headache (back of head) which is accompanied by paresthesia (this strange tingling feeling all over the back of my head. When I get up I feel extremely dizzy, go almost deaf with ringing in ears, I have difficulty breathing and my neck is sore.
I went to the dr and she said that my blood pressure was normal and heart beating normally (throbbing stopped by the time I reached the dr)
It cant be hypersensitive crisis or urgency characterized by some/ all of these symptoms: “occipital
headache which may radiate frontally (must be severe pain – mine isnt), palpitation, neck stiffness or soreness, nausea orphotophobia. Tachycardia and associated
constricting chest pain”.
If my symptom are not indicative of hypersensitve as I would have died from Intracranial bleeding are my symptoms just “normal” side effects of the drug?
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Answer by cally l
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TRANYLCYPROMINE (Parnate®) belongs to a class of drugs called monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). Tranylcypromine increases the level of certain chemicals in the brain that help fight depression and other mood problems, including certain anxiety disorders. Tranylcypromine can interact with certain foods and other medicines to cause unpleasant side effects. You must know what foods and medicines to avoid (see below). Generic tranylcypromine tablets are available.
Serious Side effects that you should report to your prescriber or health care professional as soon as possible:
• agitation
• chest pain
• confusion
• difficulty breathing
• difficulty passing urine
• enlarged pupils, sensitivity of the eyes to light
• fever, clammy skin, increased sweating
• headache
• lightheadedness or fainting spells
• muscle or neck stiffness or spasm
• sexual dysfunction
• slow, fast, or irregular heartbeat (palpitations)
• yellowing of the skin or eyes
Other than the above, if you notice some minor side effects they can be ignored -
Great question
Tranylcypromine is indeed a strong drug. I think you have you answer pretty much summed up already. But my only input is that if you are feeling or having these side effects you definitely consult your doctor about them. If you having heart palpitations then go and tell him/her.