Posted by Honore on June 28, 2007, at 23:16:26
In reply to Re: Could someone give me some cites on that, plea » Honore, posted by GWA on June 28, 2007, at 19:48:44
Yes-- but this article is about vitamin B deficiency, and mentions nothing about depletion of Nardil, or any other MAOI.
The sentence you quote addresses the destruction of Vitamin B-6 by phenelzine, not vice versa.
"Vitamin B6 deficiency was an unexpected, incidental, finding.... There was no question of nutritional deficiency, and the explanation, therefore, had to be antagonism or de-activation of the vitamin. A range of antagonists is known...... and [the] third [antagonist of the vitamin is] carbonyl reactive reagents.....These agents include hydrazines...including the anti-tuberculous agent isoniazid, carbidopa, phenelzine, and hydralazine)..."
In other words, nardil and the other compounds named antagonize, or destroy, vitamin b. Nothing says that vitamin 6 destroys nardil. Nothing in this article or anywhere that I could find, at least.
I don't know what caused your reaction, but I feel pretty sure it had nothing to do with ingesting vitamin B. All the other articles I've seen repeat the same information about possible deficiency of Vitamin B--NOT nardil.
I really think you have made a mistake in inferring that any such relationship exists.
Honore
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