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Selegiline
Pronounced se-LEJ-i-leen
Brand names: Eldepryl, Zelapar, Emsam (patch)
Type: MAO-B inhibitor (Parkinson and depression medicine) · All Neurology Medicines
What Selegiline is used for
- Parkinson disease
- Depression (skin patch form)
Common side effects
- Nausea
- Headache
- Trouble sleeping
- Dizziness
- Dry mouth
Important cautions
- At higher amounts it loses its selectivity and the MAOI food and drug restrictions apply — interacting medicines include many antidepressants and the pain medicine meperidine
- The patch form carries MAOI dietary precautions at higher strengths
How it comes
Tablets, capsules, dissolving tablets, skin patch. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
Related medicines — Neurology Medicines
Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.