Posted by Chairman_MAO on April 26, 2005, at 12:24:21
In reply to Re: TIme for MAOI's? They scare me., posted by willyee on April 22, 2005, at 11:27:54
I take 120mg tranylcypromine per day. I have taken as much as 200mg/day when I was on tranylcypromine alone, and have been taking it since August 2004. I have never had a hypertensive reaction to anything.
The only alcohol I avoid is tap beer, although I absentmindedly had one last weekend to no ill effect. The only foods I have to cut out are these:
--fava beans
--REAL aged cheeses, such as cheddar and feta. Proecssed cheddar, etc. like you find in almost everything in the US is just fine. I had a cheddar cheese burrito with a tap beer in a restaurant and was fine.
--Fermented soy products
--air-dried sausagesThat's it. Statistics show only 8% of MAOI users ever have hypertensive crises, whether they follow the diet or not.
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