Posted by King Vultan on May 1, 2004, at 10:34:13
In reply to Nardil, posted by jlkny on May 1, 2004, at 0:53:56
> I wanted to find out if other people experienced edema swelling of the knees and ankles on Nardil? My sister takes it and has not problems but as a guy I had that reaction. It seemed to elivate the depression more that the SSRi's. Now I am on Zoloft and it does not see to be as effective as nardil. They have changed the formulation of Nardil and I wondered if that would affect the side effects. Does anyone know?
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> Thanks
I think this is very much dependent on the individual and how susceptible they are to edema. I am now up to 90 mg/day of Nardil and have not experienced this but have never experienced edema on any other AD, anti-hypertensive, or at any other point in my life, either. I have a referencehttp://www.vh.org/adult/provider/psychiatry/CPS/19.html
(if that link doesn't work, sorry, I am at home on my primitive webtv and have a harder time with posting links)
In the paper, they do a couple different comparisons of edema:
Placebo (n = 43)...... 0%
Imipramine (n = 65)... 0%
Nardil (n = 141)...... 8%
Parnate (n = 41)...... 2%Nardil 60 mg/day for six weeks.......... 5%
Amitriptyline 150 mg/day for six weeks.. 20%
Todd
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