Posted by jlkny on May 1, 2004, at 17:52:49
In reply to Re: Nardil, posted by King Vultan on May 1, 2004, at 10:34:13
> > 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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> 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 reference
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> http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/psychiatry/CPS/19.html
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> (if that link doesn't work, sorry, I am at home on my primitive webtv and have a harder time with posting links)
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> In the paper, they do a couple different comparisons of edema:
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> Placebo (n = 43)...... 0%
> Imipramine (n = 65)... 0%
> Nardil (n = 141)...... 8%
> Parnate (n = 41)...... 2%
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> Nardil 60 mg/day for six weeks.......... 5%
> Amitriptyline 150 mg/day for six weeks.. 20%
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> ToddThanks for the link it is really helpful I tried Parnate a year ago and got so sick on the second day of taking it I had to go off of it. My Doctor said starting out on less than 15Mg might help my body adapt to it. Dont know if other experienced that or not? Seems like a lot of people like Nardil better!
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