Rasagiline and Mucuna together?

[Ob6842]

My MDS is a huge fan of rasagiline and I’ve taken it for almost 3 years, and want to continue to take Mucuna and carbidopa as needed along with it. I've read that Mucuna should not be taken with rasagiline. Is there any truth to this? I’m not going to stop taking rasagiline, and I’d rather not start taking Sinemet!

[park_bear]

No truth to that idea at all. Rasagaline helps to conserve dopamine and so they do work well together.

[Muay]

My sister who has PD has taken mucuna together with rasagiline for over a year with no adverse effects.

[Dap1948]

I contacted Dr Maldonado, the Spanish neurologist who wrote the book about macuna. At first I tried to drop the rasagilne but my body has been on it for 14 years and didn’t like giving up! Dr Maldonado okayed my return to rasagiline which I take along side madopar and macuna.