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Posted by Christia on January 6, 2012, at 22:27:54
I started on EmSam a few weeks ago and was up to 9 mgs as of this week.
I don't want to take it anymore. While small, I am currently having the second food-related reaction, with the headache, in a week. The first sent me to the ER, as my normally 90/60 BP was in the 150s over 80s. It went back down by itself during the 5 hour ER wait after the first reading.
At the CVS this evening, my BP measured 139/85, which is way high for me, but not ER high. I went to the bathroom, and took off the patches. With a home bp monitor, it's already down to the 128 range--but the headache is still here.
I had checked it a few times since the ER visit, and it had been around 105/65.
Tonight, all I ate that was not a fresh veggie was a small smear (maybe 2 tablespoons) of packaged hummus from a health food store. The headache came on, and I googled two ingredients, citric acid and spices. Evidently either can have MSG.
The first night it was a cup of vegetable bisque in a restaurant.
I am really surprised, as I had 2 reactions during the many years I took parnate (both to hidden MSG), and 2 reactions in a week with the supposedly more tolerable emsam.
Very disappointing. And surprising. Please do watch what you eat with EmSam, even though many, many people seem to have no reactions.
Posted by Phillipa on January 7, 2012, at 10:25:47
In reply to EmSam MSG interaction, right now, again, posted by Christia on January 6, 2012, at 22:27:54
That is strange as I know some who take that dose and eat whatever they like to eat and are fine. But we are all different. Phillipa
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