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>Smoking may be self medicating for depression and at least one study suggests smoking lowers the risk of death for people who suffer depression That's interes
by deemster 3y ago
>Smoking may be self medicating for depression and at least one study suggests smoking lowers the risk of death for people who suffer depression
That's interesting because nicotine contains MAOI(monoamine oxidase inhibitors) compounds that are used treat depression.
- temp0826 3y agoNicotine itself is not MAO inhibiting, other compounds in tobacco have this effect (which may be synergistic/potentiating the nicotine effects)
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y agoNot may, it definitely does. There's a lot of research that shows the combination of harmala alkaloids and nicotine are a lot more addictive than either one alone.