Pharmacokinetics maoi

These drugs are well absorbed after oral administration, but antidepressant effects require at least 2 to 4 weeks of treatment. Enzyme regeneration, when irreversibly inactivated, varies, but it usually occurs several weeks after termination of the drug. Thus, when switching antidepressant agents, a minimum of 2 weeks of delay must be allowed after termination of MAOI therapy and the initiation of another antidepressant from any other class. MAOIs are metabolized and excreted rapidly in urine.