Posted by Harlock on April 26, 2005, at 13:02:34
In reply to Re: TIme for MAOI's? They scare me., posted by Chairman_MAO on April 26, 2005, at 12:24:21
> 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.
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> 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:
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> --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 sausages
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> That's it. Statistics show only 8% of MAOI users ever have hypertensive crises, whether they follow the diet or not.I'm not familiar with that drug. I'm assuming it's an maoi.
How has it worked for you and what do you suffer from?
Avoiding certain foods will be real easy for me, except for pizza and beer. I never use OTC drugs, so there's no issue there.
What exactly is a hypertensive crisis. What happens to you, and how to do remedy it?
poster:Harlock
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