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phenelzine

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phen·el·zine  (fnl-zn)
n.
A monoamine oxidase inhibitor, C8H12N2, used especially in the form of its sulfate as an antidepressant.

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Noun1.phenelzine - monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression
MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitor - any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate


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The NICE guidelines suggested using medication only in patients who are unwilling or unable to receive psychotherapy (which had better evidence for efficacy than drug therapy), adding that there is some evidence from nonrandomized trials of benefits from paroxetine, the noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant mirtazapine (Remeron), the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline (Elavil), and the MAO inhibitor phenelzine (Nardil).
Q I HAVE been put on a medicine called Phenelzine by my doctor and I am told I have to stay on a strict diet.
Dr Marion Donegan prescribed Paroxetine, despite the fact Ken Cummings was already taking Phenelzine.
 
 
 
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