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isocarboxazid

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i·so·car·box·a·zid  (s-kär-bks-zd)
n.
A compound, C12H13N3O2, used as an antidepressant.

[Contraction and alteration of isoxazolylcarbonyl, one of its components + (hydr)az(ine) + -id.]
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Noun1.isocarboxazid - a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depressionisocarboxazid - a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression
MAOI, monoamine oxidase inhibitor - any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate


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s): such as phnelzine (Nardil) tranylcypramine (Parnate), and isocarboxazid (Marplan) are only used when none of the other drugs work.
Includes phenelzine oxidase, an enzyme that breaks (Nardil), isocarboxazid down neurotransmitter.
Irreversible MAO inhibitors include phenelzine, tranylcypromine, isocarboxazid, hypericin, and nialamide, all of which are non-specific.
 
 
 
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