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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: 2 October 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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Overview: MAOI and TCA interactions

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants/MAOIs
  • Post published: 29 June 2019
  • Post last modified: 2 October 2026

AbstractThis paper traces and analyses the historical origin of the mistakes and misconceptions surrounding the misinformation promulgated concerning the interactions between MAOI and tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) drugs.  This is an…

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Attenuation of the MAOI pressor response by NRIs

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Antidepressants/MAOIs
  • Post published: 20 June 2019
  • Post last modified: 1 October 2026

Exordium*Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ Santayana, G. The Life of Reason 1905I frequently find myself…

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CNS ‘Stimulants’ and MAOIs

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:MAOIs
  • Post published: 14 November 2002
  • Post last modified: 1 October 2026

This is an updated summary of the advantages and potential disadvantages of combining stimulants such as amphetamine, methylphenidate, modafinil with MAOIs.

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