Posted by Sad Panda on March 27, 2004, at 11:49:03
In reply to Re: Need Cheese Info for MAOIs » Sad Panda, posted by cubbybear on March 27, 2004, at 5:31:11
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> > MAOI's are potent & may have the least side effects, but combined with certain foods like aged cheese they potentially become lethal by causing a 'hypertensive crisis', if mixed with the wrong medicines they can cause lethal Serotonin Syndrome. For this reason most doctors won't even prescribe them & they have become last choice.
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> I beg to differ. . .the reasons doctors won't prescribe MAOIs is not that they're so dangerous, it's a) the POTENTIAL dangers have been overstressed and exaggerated, and b) the big drug companies who are making the SSRIs, Effexor, and all the other "latest and greatest" ADs have done everything they can to convince the doctors to push only their products and relegate the ones that don't make any money for them into the trashcan.
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>Hi Cubbybear,
I agree totally that drug company reps are persuading doctors into the latest thing that makes money. I agree somewhat that the dangers are overstressed & I disagree that the dangers are exaggerated. If you are taking Nardil or Parnate & someone gives you a injection of pethidine in an ER suitation, you are going to be in some trouble. If you eat a big chunk of some 12 month old air cured sausage of the Spanish variety you are going to be in trouble. You & I are educated enough & we would probably carry around some Thorazine with us, but I don't think the average person would know what to do.
Cheers,
Panda.
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