Posted by Larry Hoover on June 24, 2007, at 19:38:40
In reply to MAOIs and vitamin B6, posted by FredPotter on June 24, 2007, at 18:54:46
> This site
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> http://www.psychotropical.com/maois_full.shtml
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> states that B6 is put out of action by MAOIs. I thought therefore that supplementing it would be a good idea, but what if that gets put out of action too?My reading of the available literature suggests that B6 and phenelzine (Parnate) mutually destroy one another. Tranylcypromine (Nardil) does not have the same clear evidence of destruction of B6, but it is thought to do so.
Supplementation in the normally recommended range of doses for pyridoxine is the general consensus approach for managing this antagonistic interaction.
Lar
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