How to Use

Sometimes this drug must be taken for few weeks before you begin to feel better. Your family doctor must check your progress at regular appointments, especially during the first few months of treat, to make sure that this drug is help you and to check for unwanted effects .

Take this drug only as directed by your family doctor . Do not take more of it, do not take it more often and do not take it for a longer time than your family doctor ordered.

MAO inhibitors may be taken with or without food or on a full or empty stomach. However, if your family doctor tells you to take the drug a certain way, take it exactly as directed.

Dosage

The number of tablets that you take depends on the strength of the drug. Always the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses and the length of time you take the drug depend on the medical problem for which you are using an MAO inhibitor .

For isocarboxazid
• For oral dosage form - tablets:
  • For treat of depression:
    • Adults To start, 10 milligrams - mg twice a day. Your family doctor may increase your dose gradually as needed. However, the dose usually is not more than 60 mg a day.
    • Children younger than 16 years of age Use and dose must be determined by the family doctor.

For phenelzine
• For oral dosage form - tablets:
  • For treat of depression:
    • Adults Dose is based on your body weight. To start, the usual dose is 1 milligram - mg per kilogram - kg of body weight - 0.45 mg per pound a day. Your family doctor may decrease or increase your dose as needed. However, the dose usually is not more than 90 mg a day.
    • Children younger than 16 years of age Use and dose must be determined by the family doctor.
    • Older adults To start, 15 mg in the morning. Your family doctor may increase your dose gradually as needed. However, the dose usually is not more than 60 mg a day.

For tranylcypromine
• For oral dosage form - tablets:
  • For treat of depression:
    • Adults To start, 30 milligrams - mg a day. Your family doctor may increase your dose gradually as needed. However, the dose usually is not more than 60 mg a day.
    • Children younger than 16 years of age Use and dose must be determined by the family doctor.
    • Older adults To start, 2.5 to 5 mg a day. The family doctor may increase your dose as needed. However, the dose usually is not more than 45 mg a day.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is within 2 hours of your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.