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1: Br J Psychiatry. 1991 Jun;158:856-7.Links

Dependence on monoamine oxidase inhibitors in high dose.

Vartzopoulos D, Krull F.

Universitäts-Nervenklinik, Köln.

A 37-year-old woman with a personality disorder and chronic dysthymia developed a dependence on MAOIs. She ingested 440 mg tranylcypromine daily without any side-effects while taking no dietary precautions. The features of MAOI dependence and their resemblance to amphetamine dependence are discussed.

PMID: 1873639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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