Posted by rod on October 30, 2002, at 9:08:24
In reply to Re: Could anyone QUIT SMOKING by the help of an MAOI?, posted by Ed O`Flaherty on October 29, 2002, at 15:03:41
First, I am not searching for an aid to smoking cessation. Just want to find out, whats wrong with me.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11233991&dopt=Abstract
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2-Naphthylamine, a compound found in cigarette smoke, decreases both monoamine oxidase A and B catalytic activity.
----------I also read, reuptake inhibitors like Prozac slow down the metabolism of serotonin from the first dose for some days, till some other regulating mechanisms come into play. So I thought Reuptke inhibitors reduce the metabolism of the transmitter they affect for a short time.
!Strangly, thats the time when I get the best effect from meds. Freed from the need to smoke, and depression goes back enourmously. after some time this changes.
It is known MAOIs can do this for the entire time they are taken. (slowing down the metabolism of NE, DA, ...)
Maybe an MAOI is the answear to _my_ problems.
Just want to know if there is someone, a depressed smoker, form whom a MAOI solved the problem (depression + smoking) and is the ultimate effective medication.
A MAOI is one of the few meds I havent tried yet.
> I have not seen anybody on an MAOI give up smoking but then MAOIs are not used much nowadays.I have though seen some people give up smoking by taking omega-3 fish oil for a while.5-10g daily should help your depression too.Put omega-3 fish oil in the search box and read more about it.Why not try nicotine patches or gum?
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