Phenelzine: Side Effects, Uses & Monitoring
Facts extracted from current FDA product labeling for Phenelzine. Educational only — not medical advice.
Labeled uses
Phenelzine Sulfate Tablets, USP has been found to be effective in depressed patients clinically characterized as “atypical,” “nonendogenous,” or “neurotic.” These patients often have mixed anxiety and depression and phobic or hypochondriacal features. There is less conclusive evidence of its usefulness with severely depressed patients with endogenous features. Phenelzine Sulfate Tablets should rarely be the first antidepressant drug used. Rather, it is more suitable for use with patients who have failed to respond to the drugs more commonly used for these conditions.
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