Posted by Jon21 on September 27, 2003, at 12:09:19
In reply to Re: I didn't mean to convince you!!! » Jon21, posted by JonW on September 26, 2003, at 19:31:44
> Hi Jon,
> I hope you didn't take offense to my post in any way. I just wanted to present another viewpoint. In my opinion, the dietary restrictions of moclobemide are effectively non-existent. That's to say that taking the drug really doesn't cause one to alter their diet in any major way. But the risks are no less real, and one is certainly better safe than sorry.
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> Cool name,
> Jon :)Hi Jon (this could get confusing!),
I didn't take offence to your comments. As I said, I deliberately kept my advice on the conservative side.
I too think that *dietary* restrictions on moclobemide are almost nil for most people, but there may be that one person that beomes very sensitive to tyramine, and aged cheeses are one of the worst offenders. That is why I was rather concerned about giving the all-clear to someone who regularly eats large amounts of cheese.Also to Nikki:
When my pdoc first suggested I try MAOI's when I was 18, I too thought OMG I'll never be able to live like that. The possibility of a hypertensive crisis also seemed terrifying at that time.
Somehow after all the failed drug trials and all the side-effects of everything I've tried in the last 4 years I figured that the MAOI's mightn't be so bad afterall.
I'm careful about what I eat, but after a few weeks you learn which meals you can safely prepare and from then on it's plain sailing. You can then start to experiment with small amounts of restricted foods (at your own risk of course!)Jon
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