Posted by angels78 on August 15, 2010, at 0:09:40
In reply to Re: NARDIL / PARNATE Users Please Read, posted by ed_uk2010 on August 14, 2010, at 16:15:53
> Also, enzymes are not replaced at the rate of 1/14th per day. This appears to be something which the writer has just invented.
>He said he was correct regarding the 1/14th rate I disagreed, but he thought otherwise. Here's a snippit of our convo below. To each his own I guess.
For instance, the 1/14th rate is in fact accurate, but only in a rough sense, as I pointed out. It is not EXACT, because it is different for every person, but it is damn close enough, and serves the purpose just fine for the illustration I used it for. In fact, ANY number theoretically could have served the purpose just fine, but 1/14 actually has a basis in fact. It is widely accepted that the body replaces MAO enzymes on the order of ROUGHLY every two weeks, and it is a constant, continuous process. Since a complete turnover is reached within 14 days (which is, incidentally, why an MAOI needs to be washed out for 14 days!), it is nothing short of obvious that in any given 24-hour period, you can expect a turnover of roughly 1/14th of total MAO enzymes.
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