Reviewer: Walter, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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You are "treatment resistant" as long as you haven't tried a classical MAOI for depression. This drug has a very powerful antidepressant, anxiolytic and also anti-OCD effect. Much more effective than everything else what is legally available as "antidepressants". Side effects (especially insomnia and afternoon fatigue) can be very annoying but are overall not worse th ... Show Full Comment

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You are "treatment resistant" as long as you haven't tried a classical MAOI for depression. This drug has a very powerful antidepressant, anxiolytic and also anti-OCD effect. Much more effective than everything else what is legally available as "antidepressants". Side effects (especially insomnia and afternoon fatigue) can be very annoying but are overall not worse than what you get from SSRIs and all the other crap. The recommendations regarding diet restrictions are outdated (!!!)
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Reviewer: Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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I have taken this medicine for over 35 years and it is the only thing that has ever helped me and I have tried many others. I haven't had any bad reactions at all.

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I have taken this medicine for over 35 years and it is the only thing that has ever helped me and I have tried many others. I haven't had any bad reactions at all.
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Reviewer: Lanna Jo Neal, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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The Parnate I have been getting from CanadaDrugs, has had no effect on the depression. The pills I am receiving do not look like real Parnate. Taking it five months with no results at all. The pills I am getting are very small, some are chipped with white showing through the red coat. no identification mark on pills. Could this be a bad batch of Parnate

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The Parnate I have been getting from CanadaDrugs, has had no effect on the depression. The pills I am receiving do not look like real Parnate. Taking it five months with no results at all. The pills I am getting are very small, some are chipped with white showing through the red coat. no identification mark on pills. Could this be a bad batch of Parnate
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Reviewer: Dee, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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Reviewer: westiemom, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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I have taken Parnate for 27 years. I went off it 20 years ago because I had a severe hypertensive crisis that nearly killed me. I tried 15 other medications but nothing worked for more than a few months to relieve my symptoms of chronic depression. I have had 3 interactions with food all from eating in restaurants. The latest was this week. I ordered a ham & onion omelette with toast. I assume ... Show Full Comment

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I have taken Parnate for 27 years. I went off it 20 years ago because I had a severe hypertensive crisis that nearly killed me. I tried 15 other medications but nothing worked for more than a few months to relieve my symptoms of chronic depression. I have had 3 interactions with food all from eating in restaurants. The latest was this week. I ordered a ham & onion omelette with toast. I assumed it was a safe choice but they must have had parmesan cheese or something on the same chopping block as the onion because I've never had problems with ham. I can eat cream cheese or non-aged cheddar cheese but that's it. the symptoms started right after eating. I was sweating and my vision started ti blur. I had to get outside for air. My neck started throbbing & I had to pull my car over. The back of my head was throbbing & I had to cover my eyes from the light. My friend called her husband but by the time he got there I was screaming in agony (we should have called an ambulance). I lost the feeling in my hands & feet & by the time I got to the ER I felt like the back of my head had been shot off. They didn't do anything except monitor my blood pressure which was very high. I guess there wasn't too much tyramine in the meal because my b.p. started to fall after a couple of hours. They gave me a sedative & sent me home. Two days later I've still got a massive headache & am nauseous. I know it's scary but I rarely eat i restaurants and the potentially fatal reaction is not enough to not use Parnate. Without it I lie in bed & cannot work or even look after myself. i guess it will be a while before I eat in a restaurant again.
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