Hello, Vicki:
Regarding your post about possibly using Tylenol for muscle cramping: I am
excerpting sections of posts I saved from May 1996 cautioning againts the
use
of Tylenol.

Don Ball wrote on 5/14:
>Pseudoephedrine can cause severe problems in certain susceptible persons.
>Although never diagnosed as having Parkinsons, I have mild to moderate
>autonomic dysfunction and I'm one of those.  Have significant CNS
>depression
(not mental depression), anxiety, respiratory difficulties, and hypotension.
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Art Hirsch wrote:
>The following is taken verbatim from a package of Tylenol flu, although I
>have seen similar warnings on packages of some other special purpose
>Tylenol
>products and on products marketed by competitors of McNeil Consumer
>Products
>Co., who market Tylenol and own the Tylenol trade name:

>DRUG INTERACTION PRECAUTION:  Do not take this product if you are presently
>taking a prescription drug for high blood pressure or you are now taking a
>prescription monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (certain drugs for
>depression, psychiatric, or emotional conditions, or Parkinson's disease),
>or for 2 weeks after stopping the MAOI drug.  If you are uncertain whether
>your prescription drug contains an MAOI, consult a health professional
>before taking this product...........
>After reading discussions on this list regarding Eldepryl and Demerol, this
>incident came to mind, and along with it these two questions:
>
>1.) What are the risks of taking these cold pills with Eldepryl?
>
>2.) What is recommended for a cold, sinus trouble, flu, etc., if one can
not
>take the over-the-counter medicines which contain pseudoephdrine HCl?
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Joe Bruman wrote on 5/15:

>I don't keep up to date on my non-prescription PDR, it's 1987! neverthe-
>less, here is an abbreviated list of products containing pseudoephedrine
>(either hydrochloride or sulfate):
>Actifed, Benadryl, Benylin, Bromfed, Congestac, Contac, Cotylenol,
>Cremacoat, Dimacol, Dorcol, Extra Strength Sine-Aid, Fedrazil, Head and
>Chest Cold Medicine (Vicks), Mediquell, Novahistine, Pediacare, Robitussin,
>Ru-Tuss, Ryna, Sinarest, Singlet, Sinutab, Sudafed, Tylenol, Ursinus,
>Vicks Day Care, Afrinol, Chlor-Trimeton, Disophrol, Drixoral.
>Cheers, Joe
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And Camilla wrote on 5/15:
>Re: drug list Joe posted--Peter can apparently take the "regular" Tylenol
>withou a problem--that's what he switched to after the post-surgery scare
>when he was given Percocet, which contains oxycodone PLUS Tylonol--it was
>the oxycodone in his case that interfered with dopa absorption, as other
>opiates do.  This may be another example of how unpredictable this PD
>stuff can be! What have others found re: Tylenol?
>Camilla Flintermann,CG for Peter,78/6+Oxford,OH<[log in to unmask]>
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