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Bipolar Disorder Medication Spotlight: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI’s)

Friday, August 21st, 2009
With this post, we continue our sort-of-biweekly series on medications used to treat bipolar disorder and related symptoms. Two weeks ago, we covered an older class of antidepressants that are still sometimes used – Tricyclics. This week, we turn our attention to another older classes of antidepressants – Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors or MAOI's, for short.

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