Posted by Astounder on November 1, 2007, at 22:45:44
In reply to Re: Diet restrictions on EMSAM 9 MGS? » Astounder, posted by Phillipa on November 1, 2007, at 22:09:00
> Is this a new MAOI or another name for one? Phillipa no patch? And any idea why all these parkinson's meds are being used for depression?
It's a new one--approved last year. Parkinson's meds, like the DA agonists and MAO-B inhibitors, are useful for depression because in addition to activating the nigrostriatal pathway (which is dysfunctional in Parkinson's), they also innervate the mesolimbic pathway, which is involved in reward. Reward deficiency is an explanatory model of depression.
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