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Originally Posted by Ephirith
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The famous line in Silence of the Lambs, "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti" (Amarone in the book), Hannibal Lecter is making a medical joke. Liver, fava beans, and wine are all foods that you especially have to avoid while taking MAOI psych meds, because of nasty interactions. Lecter, being both a psychiatrist and serial killing cannibal, knows this. So he's basically saying he killed him... in a way that also reveals he wasn't taking his psych meds [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] |
MAOI psychiatric medications are primarily used to treat severe, treatment-resistant major depression and atypical depression, though they can also be used for other conditions like panic disorder and social anxiety disorder