Posted by SLS on October 26, 2022, at 19:31:12
In reply to Re: MAOI vs SSRI, posted by undopaminergic on October 26, 2022, at 16:08:06
> > In my opinion, Nardil (phenelzine) is the most effective antidepressant available - or at least of those that I know of.
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> I thought it was clorgyline. Or do you mean "readily" and/or "clinically" available?
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> -undopaminergicClorgyline is no longer available for human consumption. It was withdrawn from the NIH in the mid-1990s. It is used now only as a biological probe. As an irreversible MAOI, it is unique in its specificity for MAO-A. Even if clorgyline hadn't been suspected of producing adverse cardiac events, I doubt any pharmaceutical manufacturer would invest to develop a compound for which the patent has long expired.
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