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Pfizer - Nardil

Luigi of Caledon East, ON June 17, 2009

i been taking original Nardil for 35 years and did help ibdeed. In 2003 was reformualted to generic, believe me now its a garbage, 6 years later i am melting away..from 200lbs now 150lbs. Are not in market medicine that will help. Why Pfizer Inc did do this?...Why why, please try to help, we are so many in this situation... apparently 80.000 people Does any one know what we should do?

Darlene of Amherst, NS March 26, 2009

Nardil I have been on Nardil since 1989 and have read all the complaints people have wrote about this drug. I agree with them 100%.Sine they changed Nardil in 2003, I have noticed a tremondous difference in myself since these pills have been changed. My body is so swollen from water retention that I get out of breath just from walking.Diarrhea,sweating terribly, heart palpitations, dizziness, nausea etc.This is living in hell. This company should be sued for doing this without letting the people know about changing this pill. This should not be allowed and something should definetely be done about this! So many people are living in hell because of this company including myself.

Ruins a lot of peoples lives and the company doesn't seem to give a damn. They should be sued.

Mary of St George, UT February 7, 2009

[Costco] is where I purchase my perscription for Nardil

I got off of every other drug that had been perscribed for me and after about three weeks of starting Nardil it worked like a miracle to me. The terrible symptoms semi dizzy, semi nausious, and feeling like I was in a small boat on the ocean every day all day were gone and I felt like a new woman. When I got my first perscription filled when we moved to St George, I commented to Clem, the pharmacist, that the pills looked and felt different. He said that it was the same Nardil but that a different company was supplying them. Since then I have been sliding back to the old symptoms. I am miserable again and don't know what to do about it. I have asked several pharmacists if the formulation of Nardil had been changed since the pill looks and feels different (rough texture). They all said they had not been told of any changes to it.

Now in reading complaints from others about this drug and finding out that the formulation has been changed with notification to the FDC for a label change but without notification to the PATIENT WHO RELIES ON IT, I understand what is happening to me. This is like signing my death warrent because I would rather die than go back to feeling as I did. I have been worried that the drug would be taken from the market. This is just the same thing. It has been taken away because it was changed. The new pill has been letting me down and now I am really miserable again.

I have tried in vain over the years to find a replacement for Nardil but nothing works for me. How can Phizer change formulation of a perscribed drug as critial as Nardil and not advise the PATIENT? What do I do now?

Elizaberth of Caseville, MI September 6, 2008

I have been on nardil for the last 2 years, after the death of my daughter in 2006. I am bi-polar and have never gotten a hold of my illness untill my doctor started me on nardil. I can't say that it made me feel like a hundred bucks, but it has kept me level, without the high and lows that I have been experiencing all my life.

my doctor decided to take me off it over a month ago because of all the side affects and the 40 lb wieght gain. ever since i have been off it, I have been very ill. I am nausiated all the time, and have no energy or drive. I have lost 20 lb, because I can't eat very much. I can't say that I feel depressed, but I am starting to feel down because I am constantly sick.

my doctor does not think it is related to the Nardil, but I do. what else could it be caused from? I am now on arista, but do not feel any different since before I went on it. I am falling behind on my work, bills, cleaning and responcibilities of taking care of my 14 year old. She has been a saint through all this and has helped me greatly. Can someone explain to me what is going on?

William of Pensacola, FL May 11, 2008

Dr. Raul J. prescribed the NEW Nardil to me in 2003- I knew something was wrong but didn't know what until I read about the re-formulation in 2003. Dr. J gave me NO warning or indication the nardil had been changed.He eventually terminated me & I have yet to get back to normal;I've tried Remeron,Zoloft & I'm now on Effexor xr.

I'm basically a vegetable-constant depression,loss of interest,I just want to stay in bed all day-all the classic signs plus I have severe back pain and even had a spine surgery which didn't help. I, and the doctors , can't figure out if the pain is anatomical or psychosomatic.ON THE OLD NARDIL I was HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL!

Lisa of Hickory, NC March 11, 2008

I have been a pt. of NARDIL for 8 to 9 years now. The first half of those years I was put on the old NARDIL made by Lambert Warner. Now the other half of these yrs, I have been switched without knowledge to the new nardil. Ever since the change I've been on a downhill spiral. I have lost my zest for life, I'm constantly snapping at people, crying uncontrollably, my stomach stays in knots. Eating has now become a job instead of pleasure and I've NEVER experienced stress like this in my life, to the point I now have have chest pain plus headaches out of this world. All of these things have come from the change of the old NARDIL to this so called new version of NARDIL.I am terrified that if I don't get the original back SOON this new version is going to lead to an early death for me.

Physical changes, like I have already mentioned. I've gained an extreme amount of weight. I've cut myself up twice (new Nardil). My energy level is rock bottom again. Even my personal care is suffering. Can anyone out there help me or point me in the direction of someone who can and will?

Linda of Boiling Springs, PA March 6, 2008

Since February '07, I have had catastrophic problems after going off of the drug Nardil, manufactured by Pfizer. I have written to them and also to the FDA with no results. I am still having nightmares as well as headaches. I feel I have very little recourse at this point. I know the drug I had been on for many years has been altered. I am now on Lexapro which has done little good. I do pray, that is my last resort.

I am unable to work to complete projects at home, in other words, to enjoy life. Nightmares and headaches continue.

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