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Daphne Shaw wrote: > > This is a lengthy message but I must cover anticipated questions to narrow the > responses. We have had a very hard ten months--almost a year since > Hytrin was prescribed for my husband's slightly enlarged prostate. Hytrin is > also prescribed for reducing high blood pressure and used apparently > successfully. But I am interested in cases of persons who have been on > Sinemet and/or Eldepryl and also HYTRIN and have had side effects. > > The last week in April, my husband was prescribed a small dose of Hytrin for > seven days and then he was to take 500mg for three months. The night he took > the first 500mg, he woke me and said that he had been walking the floor for > two hours, that something was happening in his brain and that he could not > describe it but that he was afraid that he might die and PLEASE call 911. etc. When I read this the first time I was shocked and outraged at the Doctor. I wanted to sit down and froth at the mouth about the subject. However I had to leave my apartment on business, and had seversl hours to think about what you wrote. The largest single dose of Hytrin manufactured is 10 Mg. The largest reccomended ADULT dose is 20 Mg. The manufacturers literature and every other source I have seen dictates that the initial dose be 1 Mg and that the patient gradually increase the dosage until the reccomended dosage is reached. Furthermore, no matter what dosage is being taken, a missed dose requires that the patient start all over again at 1 Mg and work back up to the proper dosage all over again. If your father took 500 Mg of Hytrin, he swallowed FIFTY 10 Mg pills! I cannot concieve of a Doctor writing such an Rx, or a Pharmacist dispencing it! If I have misread your message please enlighten me. I would really like to know as I take sinemet CR, selegeline and Hytrin along with my Inderal. Milton Storch [log in to unmask]