Posted by kazoo on December 2, 2000, at 1:16:10
In reply to Nardil side effect profile? not half bad!, posted by rogdog on December 1, 2000, at 18:58:37
> I was looking through the pdr the other day and looked up nardil, and to my surprise the side effect profile was better than most of the ssri's . other than the dietary restrictions, why is this drug not used more?i haven't tried it but just about every article that I have read seems to be possitive. any response or experiences? rog
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Greetz to rogdog.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, so stop reading that PDR! And don't believe everything you read. Up until the mid-1970s, non-medical people having a PDR in their home were charged with a felony. Let's hear it for Freedom of Information!
About NARDIL: you're right, the MAOIs should be used more often, especially with atypical depression, but the fact is that they're not. I attribute this to the age and experience of the doctor: "older" is wiser and you're more apt to get this genre of drug from this group; however, these young whipper-snappers tend not prescribe them. *They* tend to believe *everything* they read.
PARNATE and MARPLAN (yes, this is back and available) fall into the same category.
My story: last January, the IDIOT at the clinic I was going to, told me that she "didn't do PARNATE," meaning she didn't prescribe it despite the fact that I was on it for the previous 5 years. What happened in my case was that the doctor who was giving it to me went back to Russia (little wonder), and this heartless APRN refused to continue with the drug. If you search in the March 2000 messages, you'll find my little nasty missive about this matter. I received the same cold response from the moron I was seeing at UCONN's psychiatric clinic (see below).
There's no doubt that the MAOIs were given a bad rap, and once the damage is done, it's hard to undo the negative publicity (but nothing is impossible: go to http://www.celgene.com and check out what drug is making a come-back ... sheesh!)
kazoo
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