Comments on: Re: Prednisone + Ephedrine = Rapid Heart Rate?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:03:27 +0000

In article marst…@netcom.com (Martin Stein) writes:

>I think she tried both and they didn’t work (nightmares, …)
>After calling all the pharmacies around she found one with a 3
>month supply. She wants to import Marplan from some other country
>now … where it hasn’t been taken off the market. Any ideas?

I checked a recent copy of the "Monthly Prescribing Reference", and as of
last month, Marplan (Isocarboxazid/Roche) was still available in the US.
I believe that this drug is "off patent", therefore it is also available as
a generic. As mentioned in another post, the MAOI’s have declined in
popularity, partly due to the dietary restrictions one must adhere to, and
partly due to the success of the SSRI’s (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil).

- Dan

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By: admin

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:03:25 +0000

Thanks a lot! That was very helpful!

The address for the US headquarters of Hoffmann-La Roche is:

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
340 Kingsland Street, Nutley, NJ 07110 - 1199

: Roche Labs has an 800 # 800-526-6367

: Tell her to ask her Doc. It's an MAOI. Still a few around are
: Nardil and Parnate. Botht work wonders if you want to do the
: dietary dance about them. Don't eat this food, don't eat that
: one etc.

I think she tried both and they didn't work (nightmares, ...)
After calling all the pharmacies around she found one with a 3
month supply. She wants to import Marplan from some other country
now ... where it hasn't been taken off the market. Any ideas?

Martin

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Ixos Software GmbH, Munich, Germany
SAP America Inc, Foster City, CA
Email:
martin.st...@ixos.de
marst...@netcom.com
100031.2...@CompuServe.COM

By: admin

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:03:24 +0000

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Martin Stein wrote:

>A friend of mine uses Marplan. Now, that it has been taken off the
>market, she is kind of lost. No one told her, that this would
>happen, and there seem to be no supplies left.

>The pharmacy has not been able to provide her with an adress or
>phone-number for Roche (the maker of Marplan). I looked in
>Compu$erves Biz*File and found >2500 companies in the US named
>Roche.

>Well, if somebody could provide me with an adress or a phonenumber
>for Roche you could help my friend a lot.

>Thanks a lot

>Martin

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>Martin Stein
>Ixos Software GmbH, Munich, Germany
>SAP America Inc, Foster City, CA
>Email:
>martin.st...@ixos.de
>marst...@netcom.com
>100031.2...@CompuServe.COM

Roche Labs has an 800 # 800-526-6367

Tell her to ask her Doc. It's an MAOI. Still a few around are
Nardil and Parnate. Botht work wonders if you want to do the
dietary dance about them. Don't eat this food, don't eat that
one etc.

Have Fun,
Sends Steve

By: admin

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:03:23 +0000

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In article marst…@netcom.com (Martin Stein) writes:

>A friend of mine uses Marplan. Now, that it has been taken off the
>market, she is kind of lost. No one told her, that this would
>happen, and there seem to be no supplies left.

>The pharmacy has not been able to provide her with an adress or
>phone-number for Roche (the maker of Marplan). I looked in
>Compu$erves Biz*File and found >2500 companies in the US named
>Roche.

>Well, if somebody could provide me with an adress or a phonenumber
>for Roche you could help my friend a lot.

>Thanks a lot

>Martin

The address for the US headquarters of Hoffmann-La Roche is:

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
340 Kingsland Street, Nutley, NJ 07110 – 1199

Not sure what their consumer phone number is… just call information
for area-code 201.

- Dan

By: admin

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:03:14 +0000

I have been taking prednisone for about 6 months for alopecia areata.
Beginning about 3 months ago, I started having problems with rapid
heartbeat. Just light walking would send my pulse up to 150, and I
had to stop running entirely because my pulse would immediately shoot
up to 180+.

I have been taking an herbal supplement called Formula One and I just
recently found out that one of the herbs in it contains ephedrine.
Does it make sense that the ephedrine in combination with the
prednisone could be causing the rapid heart rate?

I would appreciate any info. on this, because when I called the
dermatologist who prescribed the prednisone, she told me to call my
internist. When I called my internist, he told me to call the doctor
who prescribed the prednisone! I'm sort of without resources
here........

By: admin

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:03:14 +0000

Noisette (noise...@aol.com) wrote:

: I have been taking prednisone for about 6 months for alopecia areata.
: Beginning about 3 months ago, I started having problems with rapid
: heartbeat. Just light walking would send my pulse up to 150, and I
: had to stop running entirely because my pulse would immediately shoot
: up to 180+.

: I have been taking an herbal supplement called Formula One and I just
: recently found out that one of the herbs in it contains ephedrine.
: Does it make sense that the ephedrine in combination with the
: prednisone could be causing the rapid heart rate?

I don't know about the prednisone (my mom takes it for asthma a lot and
hasn't mentioned that as a side effect), but it's probably the ephedrine.
Seems like this is a natural source of epinephrine, which can cause your
heart rate to increase. Just like many of the asthma meds.

...Carly...
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