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PARNATE- tranylcypromine sulfate tablet, film coated


  1. What Is The Most Important Information I Should Know About Parnate?parnate Can Cause Serious Side Effects Including:
  2. How Can I Watch For And Try To Prevent Suicidal Thoughts And Actions?
  3. Call A Healthcare Provider Right Away If You Have Any Of The Following Symptoms, Especially If They Are New, Worse, Or Worry You:
  4. See What Is The Most Important Information I Should Know About Parnate?
  5. How Do I Store Parnate?
  6. What Are The Ingredients In Parnate?active Ingredient:
  7. Inactive Ingredients:
  8. Patient Information
  9. Manufactured For:

What Is The Most Important Information I Should Know About Parnate?parnate Can Cause Serious Side Effects Including: 

  • Increase in suicidal thoughts or actionsin some children, teenagers, and young adults within the first few months of treatment and when the PARNATE dose is changed. Depression and other serious mental illnesses are the most important causes of suicidal thoughts and actions. Some people may have a particularly high risk of having suicidal thoughts or actions.These include people who have, or have a family history of, bipolar illness (also called manic-depressive illness) or suicidal thoughts or actions.PARNATE is not for use in children.

How Can I Watch For And Try To Prevent Suicidal Thoughts And Actions? 

  • Pay close attention to any changes, especially sudden changes, in mood, behaviors, thoughts, or feelings. This is very important when an antidepressant medicine is started or when the dose is changed.
  • Call the healthcare provider right away to report new or sudden changes in mood, behavior, thoughts, or feelings.
  • Keep all follow-up visits with your healthcare provider as scheduled. Call the healthcare provider between visits as needed, especially if you have concerns about symptoms

Call A Healthcare Provider Right Away If You Have Any Of The Following Symptoms, Especially If They Are New, Worse, Or Worry You: 

  • thoughts about suicide or dying
  • attempts to commit suicide
  • new or worse depression
  • new or worse anxiety
  • feeling agitated, restless, angry or irritable
  • panic attacks
  • trouble sleeping
  • new or worse irritability
  • acting aggressive, being angry or violent
  • acting on dangerous impulses
  • an extreme increase in activity or talking (mania)
  • other unusual changes in behavior or mood
  • A sudden, severe increase in blood pressure (hypertensive crisis).A hypertensive crisis can happen when you eat certain foods and drinks certain beverages during or after PARNATE treatment. A hypertensive crisis can lead to stroke and death. People who have thyroid problems (hyperthyroidism) may have a higher chance of having a hypertensive crisis. Symptoms of a hypertensive crisis may include:
  • sudden, severe headache
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • stiff or sore neck
  • a fast heartbeat (palpitations) or a change in the way your heart beats
  • excessive sweating, sometimes with fever or cold, clammy skin
  • the pupils in your eyes increase in size
  • light bothers your eyes
  • fast or slow heart beat with chest pain
  • bleeding in your brain

A hypertensive crisis can also happen if you take PARNATE with certain other medicines.

  • Do not eat foods or have drinks that have high amounts of tyramine while taking PARNATE or for 2 weeks after you stop taking PARNATE.
    • All foods you eat should be fresh or properly frozen.
    • Avoid foods when you do not know how those foods should be stored.
    • Ask your healthcare provider if you are not sure if certain foods and drinks contain tyramine.

The table below lists some of the foods and drinks you should avoid while you take PARNATE.

Type of Food and Drink that contain Tyramine
Meat, Poultry, and Fish
  • air dried, aged and fermented meats, sausages, and salamis
  • pickled herring
  • any spoiled or improperly stored meat, poultry, and fish. These foods have a change in color, odor, or are moldy.
  • spoiled or improperly stored animal livers
Vegetables
  • broad bean pods (fava bean pods)
Dairy (milk products)
  • aged cheeses
Drinks
  • all tap beers and other beers that have not beenpasteurized
Other
  • concentrated yeast extract (such as Marmite)
  • most soybean products (including soy sauce and tofu)
  • sauerkraut
  • over-the-counter supplements containing tyramine
  • Do not drive, operate heavy machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know how PARNATE affects you.
  • Do not drink alcohol while taking PARNATE.

See What Is The Most Important Information I Should Know About Parnate? 

  • Serotonin Syndrome.A potentially life-threatening problem called serotonin syndrome can happen when you take PARNATE with certain other medicines. See, "Who should not take PARNATE?" Symptoms of serotonin syndrome may include:
    • agitation, confusion
    • seeing or hearing things that are not real (hallucinations)
    • coma
    • rapid pulse
    • changes in blood pressure
    • dizziness
    • sweating
    • flushing
    • high body temperature (hyperthermia)
    • fever
    • seizures
    • tremors, stiff muscles, or muscle twitching
    • becoming unstable
    • nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

    If you have any of these symptoms, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
  • Mania or hypomania(manic episodes) in people who have a history of bipolar disorder.
    • greatly increased energy
    • severe problems sleeping
    • racing thoughts
    • reckless behavior
    • unusually grand ideas
    • excessive happiness or irritability
    • talking more or faster than usual
  • Low blood pressure (hypotension)including a drop in your blood pressure when you stand or sit up (postural hypotension). This can happen more often in people who have high blood pressure (hypertension) and when the PARNATE dose is changed. Postural hypotension may cause you to feel dizzy and faint (syncope).
  • Changes in your blood pressure (hypotension or hypertension) during surgery and during the time around surgery (perioperative).Taking PARNATE with certain medicines used for anesthesia can cause hypotension or hypertension. If you plan to have surgery, tell your surgeon or the healthcare provider who will give you anesthesia that you take PARNATE. Your healthcare provider should stop PARNATE at least 10 days before you have surgery.
  • Withdrawal symptoms.Talk with your healthcare provider before you stop taking PARNATE. Symptoms of withdrawal may include


    • dizziness
    • nausea
    • headache
    • irritability and agitation
    • problems sleeping
    • diarrhea
    • anxiety
    • abnormal dreams
    • sweating
    • confusion
    • electric shock sensation (paresthesia)
    • tiredness
    • changes in your mood
    • hypomania
    • ringing in your ears (tinnitus)
    • seizures
    • Liver problems
    • Seizures (convulsions).Seizures have happened in people who take too much PARNATE.
    • Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).Hypoglycemia has happened in people with diabetes who take medicines to lower blood sugar. Talk with your healthcare provider about checking your blood sugar during treatment with PARNATE. Tell your healthcare provider if your blood sugar gets low.
    • Worsening of symptoms that can happen with depression,such as anxiety and agitation.
    • dry mouth
    • dizziness
    • problems sleeping
    • feeling sleepy
    • headache
    • overexcitement
    • constipation
    • blurry vision
    • shakiness (tremor)

    These are not all the side effects of PARNATE.
    Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

    How Do I Store Parnate? 

    • Store PARNATE between 59 F to 86 F (15 C to 30 C).
    • Store PARNATE in a tight, light resistant container.

    Keep PARNATE and all medicines out of the reach of children.

    General information about the safe and effective use of PARNATE.

    Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not take PARNATE for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give PARNATE to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about PARNATE that is written for health professionals.

    What Are The Ingredients In Parnate?active Ingredient: 

    tranylcypromine sulfate

    Inactive Ingredients: 

    microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous citric acid, croscarmellose sodium, D&C Red No. 7, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Yellow No. 6, gelatin, lactose, magnesium stearate, talc, titanium dioxide, carnauba wax, polyethylene glycol 400 and 8000 and hypromellose

    Manufactured for:
    Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    St. Michael, Barbados BB11005
    2015 Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. All rights reserved

    For more information, contact Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 1-877-370-1142.

    This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
    Issued: 1/2018

    Patient Information 

    Advise the patient to read FDA-approved patient labeling (Medication Guide).


    Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
    Advise patients and caregivers to look for the emergence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, especially early during treatment and when the dosage is adjusted up or down[see Box Warning and Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].

    Hypertensive Crisis

    Advise the patient on possible symptoms and instruct the patient to seek immediate medical attention if related signs or symptoms are present[see Boxed Warning and Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]

    Serotonin Syndrome

    Advise the patient on possible symptoms, and explain the potentially fatal nature of serotonin syndrome and that it may result from an interaction with other serotonergic drugs. Instruct the patient to seek immediate medical attention if related signs or symptoms are present[see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)]


    Interaction with Other Drugs and Dietary Supplements[see Contraindications (4.1)andDrug Interactions (7.1)]

    • Warn the patient not to take concomitant medications, whether prescription or over the counter drugs, or dietary supplements without prior consultation with a health care provider able to provide advice on the potential for interactions.
    • Explain to the patient that some other drugs may require a medication-free interval even after discontinuation of PARNATE.
    • Advise the patient to inform other physicians, pharmacists, and dentists about the treatment with PARNATE.

    Interaction with Foods and Beverages[see Contraindications (4.1)andDrug Interactions (7.2)]

    • Warn the patient to avoid tyramine-rich foods and beverages.
    • Advise the patient to avoid eating foods if storage conditions or freshness is unknown and to be cautious of foods of unknown age or composition even if refrigerated.

    Hypotension


    Advise the patient to report any symptoms of hypotension in the initial phase of treatment to the healthcare provider, because occurrence of such symptoms may require discontinuation[see Dosage and Administration (2.1)andWarnings and Precautions (5.5)].


    Withdrawal Symptoms


    Warn the patient not to stop PARNATE treatment abruptly, as withdrawal symptoms may occur and that the effect of PARNATE may continue even after discontinuation[see Warnings and Precautions (5.8, 5.9)].


    Aggravation of Coexisting Symptoms of Depression


    Inform the patient that PARNATE may aggravate coexisting symptoms in depression, such as anxiety and agitation and instruct them to contact their healthcare provider if they experience such symptoms[see Warnings and Precautions (5.13)].


    Effects on Ability to Drive or Use Machinery[see Warnings and Precautions (5.14)]

    • Warn the patient about the possible adverse reactions that can impair the performance of potentially hazardous tasks such as driving a car or operating machinery.
    • Tell the patient not to operate hazardous machinery and automobiles until they are reasonably certain that their ability to engage in such activities is not impaired.

    Manufactured For: 


    Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    St. Michael, Barbados BB11005
    2015 Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. All rights reserved



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