Posted by sfy on November 19, 2004, at 19:51:37
In reply to Re: more MAOI diet questions, posted by Dan Perkins on November 19, 2004, at 18:08:29
For starters you can look here:
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/maoi.html
Some of this advice is admittedly contradictory and sometimes anecdotal. But that's part of the problem with MAOI's - there's variation in both the tyramine content of similar foods and how people react when on MAOI's. What would cause no problem for one person will result in a hypertensive crisis for another.
In the two plus years I was on Nardil, I had no problems but I was pretty strict about the diet. However, now that I'm contemplating (and procrastinating about) going on Parnate, I'm a bit more wary since due to all the noise out there about the diet. Plus my lifestyle has changed somewhat putting me more at risk of ingesting something that might cause problems (particularly alcohol).
But if you do go the MAOI route, your pdoc should prescribe a supply of nifedipine to carry just in case. If he/she doesn't then he has no business prescribing MAOI's.
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