 |
 |
Mary, I haven't taken Paxil but I have prescribed it on a number of occasions. It does not as a rule cause extrapyramidal side effects but I guess it can in PWPs I had the same thing happen with aciphex, a drug for stomach ulcers. I tried 3 times to start it and wound up with dystonia each time. I doubt that the feeling of pins and needles is an extrapyramidal side effect but it may be caused by Paxil any way. Extrapyramidal side effects of drugs are usually to anti-psychotic drugs that block dopamine. They usually cause a dystonia which comes on suddenly. Paxil should not cause Extrapyramidal side effects to my knowledge- But my personal experience with aciphex is that even drugs that are not usual offenders almost any drug must be considered as possibly guilty in any person especially in PWP. What problems with Paxil are you having now? For Beryl- the pins and needles feeling is probably not related to extrapyramidal side effects unless it is a feeling that you have got to get up and move around . Paxil is a good antidepressant (and recently was approved for use with social phobia) but there are a number of others that can be used. Charlie At 06:30 AM 4/8/01 -0700, you wrote: >Thank you for your helpful information. To me I think >they are pins & needles all up & down my arms & legs. >I'm not sure these are extrapyramidal symptoms. I >hope we hear from more people who are or have used >Paxil. > >Mary > > >--- Beryl Pine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Message text written by "Parkinson's Information > > Exchange Network" > > >I have just started Paxil among my other meds. I > > have > > read that it causes extrapyramidal symptoms, & I am > > experiencing some. < > > > > Mary > > I tried it for two days, felt strange. Please tell > > me what extrapyramidal > > symptoms are. > > Beryl > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. >http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton, WI PD DX 12 years (at age 44) Age 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn