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Phenylethylamine + Selegiline

Posted by Medline on March 19, 2009, at 6:01:29

Maybe a combination of the legal supplement Phenylethylamine and the MAO-B inhibitor Selegiline could improve depression and SA.

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Sustained antidepressant effect of PEA replacement.

Sabelli H, Fink P, Fawcett J, Tom C.

Rush University and the Center for Creative Development, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Phenylethylamine (PEA), an endogenous neuroamine, increases attention and activity in animals and has been shown to relieve depression in 60% of depressed patients. It has been proposed that PEA deficit may be the cause of a common form of depressive illness. Fourteen patients with major depressive episodes that responded to PEA treatment (10-60 mg orally per day, with 10 mg/day selegiline to prevent rapid PEA destruction) were reexamined 20 to 50 weeks later. The antidepressant response had been maintained in 12 patients. Effective dosage did not change with time. There were no apparent side effects. PEA produces sustained relief of depression in a significant number of patients, including some unresponsive to the standard treatments. PEA improves mood as rapidly as amphetamine but does not produce tolerance.

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L-deprenyl plus L-phenylalanine
in the treatment of depression
by
Birkmayer W, Riederer P, Linauer W, Knoll J
J Neural Transm 1984; 59(1):81-7

ABSTRACT
The antidepressive efficacy of 1-deprenyl (5-10 mg daily) plus 1-phenylalanine (250 mg/day) has been evaluated in 155 unipolar depressed patients. Both oral and intravenous administration showed beneficial effects in 90% of outpatients and 80.5% of inpatients. It is concluded that this combined treatment has a potent antidepressive action based on the accumulation of 1-phenylethylamine in the brain.

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