Posted by Tomatheus on August 12, 2012, at 13:52:49
In reply to Re: Gavis nardil vs. Pfizer nardil round 2, posted by redcard1981 on August 12, 2012, at 7:15:57
redcard1981,
Certainly, questions have been raised as to how closely the FDA monitors the manufacturing of Nardil with the medication being made in France. I'm not sure that such questions have been answered, but yes, there is some thinking that there may be less oversight of the manufacturing of the medications when they're not made in the U.S. (and I'm talking about medications that are marketed in the U.S. but just manufactured elsewhere).
I did want to say that I'm glad that you're having better results with the Gavis phenelzine than you had with Pfizer's Nardil. I think that every little increase in efficacy helps. If I were still taking Nardil, I would probably at least give the Gavis version a try. My trials with Nardil ended after I received what was probably a bad batch of Pfizer's Nardil, and I know that I wasn't the only person to receive a bad batch of Pfizer's Nardil. If nothing else, I might expect the Gavis phenelzine to be more consistent from batch to batch than Pfizer's Nardil, although I can't say that I've heard of any problems with bad batches of Nardil in recent years. Still, the bad-batch problem has been known to happen in the past with Pfizer's reformulated Nardil, and as far as I know, the problem hasn't happened with the Gavis phenelzine.
I hope that you continue to benefit from the Gavis phenelzine.
Tomatheus
Dx: schizoaffective disorder
Treatments: Abilify, 6 supplements, & counseling
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