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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. ------------------------------------ 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? ----------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------- 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]> ========================================== Margaret Tuchman (54, dx 1980) [log in to unmask] "Service is love made visible. Generosity is caring made active. Friendship is trust made manifest." - William Arthur Ward