Why is there an adverse interaction between monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) often given for psychological disorders and an epi pen?

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a. Why is there an adverse interaction between monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) often given for psychological disorders and an epi pen?

 
b. Epi pens deliver a fast, large dose of epinephrine and are used by people suffering severe allergic reactions.    As an AR agonist, epinephrine plays no role in allergic reactions, so why is it used?
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