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Posted by JackD on December 8, 2000, at 2:34:28
When an MAOI is classified as "irreversible", does that mean that the MAOs it neutralizes are permanently and irreparably inhibited? Or does it simply mean that the MAOs take longer to return to normal than with a "reversible" MAOI? My doctor told me the latter was true, but he doesn't know a ritalin from a tic tac. I've also heard that low dose Selegiline acts as a reversible MAOI anyway, and I'm wondering if this is true.
Posted by AndrewB on December 11, 2000, at 2:07:16
In reply to Selegiline: Irreversible?, posted by JackD on December 8, 2000, at 2:34:28
> When an MAOI is classified as "irreversible", does that mean that the MAOs it neutralizes are permanently and irreparably inhibited? Or does it simply mean that the MAOs take longer to return to normal than with a "reversible" MAOI? My doctor told me the latter was true, but he doesn't know a ritalin from a tic tac. I've also heard that low dose Selegiline acts as a reversible MAOI anyway, and I'm wondering if this is true.
I can't answer your question directly, but at low doses (15mg or less) allow 2 weeks for selegiline to leave the system.
AndrewB
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