Eldepryl is a medication which inhibits the breakdown of a chemical in your brain called dopamine, and thereby prevents Parkinson's disease.

Active Ingredient

Selegiline Hydrochloride.

Description

Eldepryl is a medication which prevents the breakdown of a chemical in your brain.

Eldepryl is used to treat Parkinson's disease.

Eldepryl is also known as Selegiline.

Eldepryl prevents the breakdown of a chemical in your brain called dopamine, thereby prevents Parkinson's disease.

Brand names of Eldepryl are Eldepryl, Zelapar.

Dosage

Take Eldepryl orally.

Take Eldepryl capsules twice a day, at breakfast and lunch.

Do not swallow the tablet whole. Allow it to dissolve in your mouth without chewing.

Do not drink or eat anything for at least 5 minutes after takink Eldepryl.

While using Eldepryl, you must not eat foods that are high in tyramine such as air dried meats, aged or fermented meats, sausage or salami (including cacciatore and mortadella), pickled herring, and any spoiled or improperly stored beef, poultry, fish, or liver; beer from a tap, beer that has not been pasteurized; aged cheeses, including blue, boursault, brick, brie, camembert, cheddar, emmenthaler, gruyere, parmesan, romano, roquefort, stilton, and swiss; sauerkraut, soy beans, soy sauce, tofu, miso soup, bean curd, fava beans; yeast extracts (such as Marmite).

Preferable food during Eldepryl usage are fresh meat, poultry, or fish (including lunch meat, hot dogs, breakfast sausage, and cooked sliced ham); any vegetables except broad bean pods (fava beans); processed cheese, mozzarella, ricotta, cottage cheese; pizza made with cheeses low in tyramine; soy milk, yogurt.

If you want to achieve most effective results do not stop taking Eldepryl suddenly.

Missing a dose

Do not take double dose. If you miss a dose you should take it as soon as you remember about your missing. If it is the time for the next dose you should continue your regular dosing schedule.

Overdose

If you overdose Eldepryl and you don't feel good you should visit your doctor or health care provider immediately. Symptoms of Eldepryl overdosage: severe headache, hallucinations, vision problems, sweating, cool or clammy skin, fast or uneven heart rate, feeling light-headed, fainting, seizure.

Storage

Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F) away from moisture and heat. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date. Keep out of the reach of children.

Side effects

The most common side effects associated with Eldepryl are:

• dizziness
• weakness
• insomnia
• runny or stuffy nose
• back pain
• constipation

Less common side effects during taking Eldepryl include:

• allergy reactions (urticaria, breathing difficulties, rash, and eruption)
• sudden and severe headache
• confusio
• blurred vision
• problems with speech or balance
• nausea
• vomiting
• chest pain
• convulsions
• sudden numbness or weakness
• painful or difficult urination
• twitching muscle movements

Side effects manifestations are not only depend on medicine you are taking but also depend on your health state and on the other factors.

Contra-indications

Do not take Eldepryl if you are allergic to Eldepryl components.

Do not take Eldepryl if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breast-feeding.

Be careful using Eldepryl if you have kidney disease, liver disease, heart disease, high or low blood pressure, seizure disorder.

Be careful using Eldepryl if you take over-the-counter medications you use, including vitamins, minerals, and herbal products, carbamazepine (Tegretol), diet pills or cold medicines that contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylephrine, nafcillin (Unipen), phenobarbital (Luminal, Solfoton), rifampin (Rifadin, Rifater, Rifamate, Rimactane), antidepressants such as amitriptyline (Elavil), amoxapine (Ascendin), bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban), citalopram (Celexa), clomipramine (Anafranil), desipramine (Norpramin), doxepin (Sinequan), duloxetine (Cymbalta), escitalopram (Lexapro), fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxamine (Luvox), imipramine (Tofranil), nortriptyline (Pamelor), paroxetine (Paxil), protriptyline (Vivactil), sertraline (Zoloft), venlafaxine (Effexor) or trimipramine (Surmontil).

While using Eldepryl, you must not eat foods that are high in tyraminesuch as air dried meats, aged or fermented meats, sausage or salami (including cacciatore and mortadella), pickled herring, and any spoiled or improperly stored beef, poultry, fish, or liver; beer from a tap, beer that has not been pasteurized; aged cheeses, including blue, boursault, brick, brie, camembert, cheddar, emmenthaler, gruyere, parmesan, romano, roquefort, stilton, and swiss; sauerkraut, soy beans, soy sauce, tofu, miso soup, bean curd, fava beans; yeast extracts (such as Marmite).

Do not take Eldepryl if you use over-the-counter supplements or cough and cold medicines that contain tyramine.

It can be dangerous to stop Eldepryl taking suddenly.