Posted by stargazer2 on November 9, 2007, at 19:44:52
In reply to Re: When do you take Nardil?/John, posted by JohnSky on November 9, 2007, at 15:30:09
John, you should split the dose. If it is very energizing you may want to take 15 in the am and 15 in the afternoon, but not too close to yur bed time.
The original Nardil from 20 years ago no longer exists. I took it then and was very well controlled on 30mg. Alot of users say the newer Pfizer version of Nardil does not work as well as the original version. Even though it is not considered a generic med, Pfizer reformulated Nardil in the last few years and it no longer is red with a hard outer shell. The reformulation did something to the medication causing it to breakdown more quickly and now you have to use higher doses and there are definately more side effects than the original Nardil.
It seems that this is happening more and more to medications as they are bought out by other pharma cos. and are reformulated to possibly save money by making a cheaper product with cheaper ingredients.
There's alot written about the reformulation of Nardil and the users who destabalized when it was released by Pfizer. Do a google search on Nardil, reformulation or consumer complaints and you will see what the argument is. The change in the med caused many users to end up in the hospital and relapse for the first time in many years. It is obvious to the end users that the refomulation of Nardil caused some change in the way the med works, enough so that stable users destabalized and their depression returned after many years of being well controlled.
The worse thing that can happen to a depressed patient is to have a medication that is working for them pulled from the market. I had this happen to me in 1994 with Marplan and I was never able to get another med to work as well as it did. When Marplan was released this past year, I rushed to try it again and of course, it never worked like the original did.
Pharmaceutical Companies do this constantly and also once a med becomes generic, the meds are not the same as the brand name product because the generic components are never the exact same thing so even though it says the active ingredients are the same, the inactive ingredients affect how the medication works.
It stinks to not know if the medication you have been taking is going to continue working once it becomes generic. Oftentimes it does not despite being told it is the same thing. Example: Buproprion vs Budeprion, generic of wellbutrin.
Sorry so much info, i got carried away...
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