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Re: Doctor gave me a PLACEBO? » Zabadoo

Posted by Larry Hoover on December 18, 2003, at 10:34:17

In reply to Doctor gave me a PLACEBO?, posted by Zabadoo on December 18, 2003, at 4:52:00

> A few days ago I started taking Parnate 20mg. I had already been on Effexor, Celexa, Remeron, Buspar. They all had very noticable side effects. But this Parnate has none. So I wondered if maybe the doctor gave me a placebo, since I had specifically requested a MAOI. I broke the tablet open and tasted it. Tasted like sugar. So the question is, can doctors prescribe placebos? Has this happened to anyone else?

The information in the PDR included the following:

Each round, rose-red, film-coated tablet is imprinted with the product name PARNATE and SKF and contains tranylcypromine sulfate equivalent to 10 mg of tranylcypromine. Inactive ingredients consist of cellulose, citric acid, croscarmellose sodium, D&C Red No. 7, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 6, gelatin, iron oxide, lactose, magnesium stearate, talc, titanium dioxide and trace amounts of other inactive ingredients.

NOTE: Parnate (tranylcypromine sulfate) tablets have been changed from rose-red sugar-coated tablets to rose-red film-coated tablets. The film-coated tablets differ in size from the sugar-coated tablets, but the drug content remains unchanged.


Note: Parnate tablets (old stock) are sugar-coated.....

Even the new ones contain lactose, which may taste sweet to some people.

Lar

 

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