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MAOI Update: Clarifications Concerning Pharmacology and Terminology

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants/MAOIs
  • Post published:13 September 2019
  • Post last modified:14 February 2026

AbstractThis paper points out that precise use of terms in pharmacology and nosology is essential to understanding MAOI drugs and their potential uses and interactions.  The approved indications for their…

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MAOIs: Updated

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants/MAOIs
  • Post published:23 April 2019
  • Post last modified:14 February 2026

ExordiumThere have been a number of reviews about the pharmacology and clinical therapeutics of MAOIs in the last decade, yet most standard medical texts still have incorrect and misleading information…

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Gillman’s Antidepressants algorithm

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Depressive Illness
  • Post published:19 November 2016
  • Post last modified:15 February 2026

Gillman’s Antidepressant algorithmSummaryThis commentary presents my antidepressant treatment algorithm which incorporates concepts from Bayesian reasoning and ‘critical path analysis’; that makes it a ‘multi-lane’ clinical pathway. It emphasises procedures which…

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MAOI and TCA combinations: which first?

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants/MAOIs
  • Post published:15 August 2022
  • Post last modified:14 February 2026

AbstractMany of the myths concerning MAOI drugs can be traced back to the earliest writings from the late 1950s and early 1960s, before anything much was known about the pharmacology…

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