The British Journal of Psychiatry 158: 856-857 (1991)
© 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Dependence on monoamine oxidase inhibitors in high dose
D Vartzopoulos and F Krull
Universitats-Nervenklinik, Koln.
A 37-year-old woman with a personality disorder and chronic dysthymia
developed a dependence on MAOIs. She ingested 440 mg tranylcypromine daily
without any side-effects while taking no dietary precautions. The features
of MAOI dependence and their resemblance to amphetamine dependence are
discussed.