What are the side effects of nimodipine?
In the very small dosages used in the nimodipine protocol for ME the side effects are not usually due to the nimodipine, but due to the release of the neurotoxins. Neurotoxins are the waste products produced by brain cells that, in someone with ME, have been trapped in the brain due to the poor circulation. The side effects of the neurotoxins being released are usually tiredness, nausea, a feeling of facial flushing, or temporary increased heart rate. Please remember that a very common cause of increased heart rate in CFS / ME is excess and inappropriate use of the Fight Flight response due to improper pacing or due to temporary viral damage to heart muscle. If an individual has been severely ill or bed ridden for a long time, then the trapped neurotoxins will be greater and these patients should follow the sections in the protocol on starting with smaller doses, for example a sixteenth of a tablet every three days to slow the neurotoxin release. The work of nimodipine is at least four
