Land: Australia
Språk: engelsk
Kilde: Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Phenelzine sulfate
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NARDIL 1 NARDIL ® _Phenelzine _ _ _ CONSUMER MEDICINE INFORMATION _ _ _Name _ _Address _ _Address _ _ _ _ _ WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET This leaflet answers some common questions about Nardil. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist. CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST TO SEE IF YOU NEED SPECIAL CARE WHEN TAKING NARDIL OR IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION. All medicines have risks and benefits. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking Nardil against the benefits they expect it will have for you. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THIS MEDICINE, ASK YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST. KEEP THIS LEAFLET WITH THE MEDICINE. You may need to read it again. WHAT NARDIL IS USED FOR The name of your medicine is Nardil. It contains the active ingredient phenelzine. Nardil is used to treat major depression. There are many different types of medicines used to treat depression. Nardil belongs to a group of medicines called Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs). Depression is longer lasting and/or more severe than the "low moods" everyone has from time to time due to the stress of everyday life. It is thought to be caused by a chemical imbalance in parts of the brain. This imbalance affects your whole body and can cause emotional and physical symptoms such as feeling low in spirit, loss of interest in activities, being unable to enjoy life, poor appetite or overeating, disturbed sleep, often waking up early, loss of sex drive, lack of energy and feeling guilty over nothing. Antidepressants are thought to work by acting on brain chemicals called amines, which are involved in controlling mood. Your doctor, howe Les hele dokumentet
1 PRODUCT INFORMATION NARDIL phenelzine sulfate NAME OF THE MEDICINE phenelzine sulfate Molecular Weight - 234.27 Chemical formula - C 8 H 12 N 2 .H 2 SO 4 . CAS NUMBER: 156-51-4 DESCRIPTION Phenelzine sulfate is a potent inhibitor of monoamine oxidase (MAO). Phenelzine sulfate is a hydrazine derivative. Each phenelzine sulfate tablet contains phenelzine sulfate equivalent to 15 mg phenelzine base. Inactive ingredients include mannitol, povidone, starch-maize, magnesium stearate, and Opadry 20A25096 Red. PHARMACOLOGY MAO is a complex flavin-containing enzyme system that is widely distributed throughout the body. MAO inhibitors exert their effects mainly on organ systems influenced by sympathomimetic amines and 5-hydroxytryptamine and inhibit not only MAO but also other enzymes as well, interfering with the hepatic metabolism of many drugs. It is unknown whether all the clinical effects produced by this class of drug result from MAO inhibition, other pharmacological actions, or an interaction of both. Therefore the physician should become familiar with all the effects produced by drugs of this class. Phenelzine sulfate is oxidised by MAO to form reactive intermediates which then irreversibly inactivate the flavin prosthetic group of MAO. In the clinical setting, maximal inhibition of MAO is usually achieved within a few days (5 to 10 days in biopsy samples), although the antidepressant effect may be delayed for 2 to 3 weeks. Evaluation of MAO activity in human subjects indicates that favourable clinical responses are likely to occur when platelet MAO is inhibited by 85%. Up to 2 weeks may be required to restore amine metabolism to normal following withdrawal of MAO inhibitors, presumably because of the necessity for the re- Les hele dokumentet