Been viewing posts in the last few weeks, but decided to come and join 'proper'.
My husband has been diagnosed with PD just over 3 years ago, after a few years of troubled health and bad depression. I just cleared out the medicine cupboard from that time and it is shocking what meds he was on at that time.
We have a wonderful Parkinsons nurse and see the consultant every 6 months. Still difficult when they see you and say, try this new meds and see you again in 6 months time. GP has no clue about the PD as a whole, they just now know how to diagnose. But hey ho, it is all a learning curve. I am very easy going but sadly Husband is very anxious/depressed/despair and we are in the process of fine tuning his meds. We are also now learning about Mindfulness and have a long way to go with that too.
I love reading all your stories, so was only fair to tell you mine/ours. He is currently on Selegeline, Madopar 4 times a day and the neupro patch plus amitripyteline.
Sorry to start off on a negative aspect but there is much info on here about drug interactions.
I understand it is unsafe to take Selegilene and amitryptaline together....check with your pharmacist or any interaction site.
"Patients and Caregivers Clinician Explanation
Contraindicated
Never use this combination of drugs because of high risk for dangerous interaction
amitriptyline oral and selegiline td within 14 days of selegiline treatment is not recommended.
I also take amitriptyline and selegeline together,have been on ami for years long before I was diagnosed with Parkinsons,and have taken both for over 3 years now with no problems.
I did check with my gp and the pharmacist,hope this helps.
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