rasagiline, an antiparkinson agent. ▪ INDICATIONS: This drug is used alone or with levodopa to treat idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. ▪ CONTRAINDICATIONS: Lactation, pheochromocytoma, and known hypersensitivity to this drug or monoamine oxidase inhibitors prohibit its use. ▪ ADVERSE EFFECTS: Adverse effects of this drug include drowsiness, hallucinations, depression, headache, malaise, paresthesia, vertigo, syncope, angina, orthostatic hypotension, diarrhea, dry mouth, dyspepsia, impotence, decreased libido, conjunctivitis, fever, flu syndrome, neck pain, allergic reaction, alopecia, arthralgia, arthritis, dyskinesia, and rhinitis. A life-threatening side effect is hypertensive crisis (after ingestion of tyramine products).
