SELEGILINE 5mg Tablets (Generic)

Selegiline helps fight the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease that is caused by low levels of dopamine in an individual’s body. It prevents the breakdown of a chemical in the brain named dopamine.

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The health and medical information provided here is for general purposes only and is not a substitute for the expertise and judgment of your physician, or other health care professional. It should not be understood to indicate that the use of this medicine is safe, appropriate or effective for you. Always consult your health care professional before using this, or any other, drug.

To avoid serious drug interactions, inform your doctor or healthcare provider about all the medicines that you are currently using, or any medicine you have started or stopped using.

Sometimes, drug interactions can occur when certain medicines are used together with generic selegiline 5mg.

Call your doctor at once if you have:

a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out;

trouble breathing;

confusion, hallucinations, unusual thoughts or behavior;

increased tremors or uncontrolled muscle movements;

worsening side effects of your other medications;

high levels of serotonin in the body (when taken with an antidepressant) --agitation, fever, fast heart rate, overactive reflexes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of coordination, fainting; or

dangerously high blood pressure--severe headache, blurred vision, pounding in your neck or ears, anxiety, nausea, vomiting, severe chest pain, shortness of breath, pounding heartbeats, or seizure (convulsions).

You may have increased sexual urges, unusual urges to gamble, or other intense urges while taking this medicine. Talk with your doctor if this occurs.

Common side effects may include:

dizziness;

nausea, stomach pain, constipation;

skin rash or other irritation;

sleep problems (insomnia); or

mouth sores or ulcers, pain with swallowing (while using selegiline orally disintegrating tablets).

Selegiline is taken twice a day, breakfast and lunch. Whereas, the disintegrating tablet form of selegiline should be taken once a day before breakfast and without any liquid.

While you are on this medication, while using it or 14 days after you stop, keep in mind to not eat foods that you need to avoid during the consumption of selegiline. Eating the food, you are told to avoid can raise your blood pressure to dangerous levels.

Foods that you MAY eat include:

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; or

Brewer's or baker's yeast.

Do not suddenly stop taking selegiline tablets as it can give you some unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.

Store at room temperature, away from heat and moisture.