Posted by Mickapoo on November 23, 2008, at 6:03:21
In reply to Parnate VS Nardil + Anxiety and social phobia, posted by Vincent_QC on November 22, 2008, at 8:32:54
They only side effect I have for now is a little headache, but I do regular migraine so i'm use to it.
Vincent,
I suffered from chronic tension headaches. Over the past 10 years or so was on Elavil (Amitryptiline) for prevention. It did work on reducing them, but still probably 10% of the time wasn't effective. However, my dr was telling me when he put me on Nardil that MAOIs can be used as a headache preventative. You can search migraine prophylaxis MAOI on Google and you will find information to back this up. Anyway, I went from having almost daily headaches to none at all. It's completely changed my life! So, this may be a "positive" side effect!From Wikipedia, for example (there are lots of other sources though):
"MAO inhibitors can also be used in providing an alternative for migraine prophylaxis."
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