Posted by linkadge on August 17, 2011, at 19:29:22
In reply to Re: MAO-A vs MAO-B?, posted by emmanuel98 on August 17, 2011, at 17:52:40
Your brain produces MAO at a steady rate. When you take an 'irreversable' MAOI, the drug grabs hold of each enzyme and that one no longer works (until a new ones are produced). The 'reversable' drug just hold onto the enzyme for a period of time, then let go, so that the MAO enzyme can go back to eating up the neurotransmitters.
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