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Re: smoking and depression link?

Posted by Twuffy on January 5, 2004, at 15:47:02

In reply to Re: smoking and depression link?, posted by linkadge on January 2, 2004, at 13:05:28

> Tobacco is a MAO inhibitor. It inhibits both MAO-A and MAO-B leading to an increase in serotonin norepinephrine and dopamine.
>
> Linkadge

Wow, interesting, I knew that it was often used by the depressed to alleviate our symptoms. Here is a question then: you can't take an MAOI and a SSRI, so should I go on an SSRI if I am a smoker? hmmm, what is the interaction of the two anyway? Could this explain some failures of SSRIs for people who smoke? Just some thoughts, let us know if you have any info. Thanks for your input.

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