Posted by jedi on March 27, 2009, at 3:54:37
In reply to Re: Current List: Foods to avoid with MAOI's, posted by desolationrower on March 27, 2009, at 2:30:27
Hi Guys,
Everyone is different but I've been on Nardil for most of eleven years and have not had problems with many of the foods listed in the 1994 paper. The main offender in tyramine reactions is aged cheese. I have never had problems with fairly large quantities of mozzarella or jack cheeses. I have never had a problem with alcohol of any kind. I don't drink tap beer because you never know the condition of the taps and hoses used to dispense it. Chocolate, even in mass quantities has never been a problem. Many Nardil users with the sweet carbohydrate cravings can probably relate to this one. Large quantities of caffeine has never been a problem for me. Many of the foods on the 1994 list, I would never even think of eating. If I'm not sure about a food, I just don't eat it.I did have a tyramine reaction once when I went brain dead and ate some aged swiss, thinking white cheese, OK - WRONG! Actually I had a worse reaction to the niphedipine that I took to lower my blood pressure. My PDOC at the time gave me, as I remember, 10mg bite-and-swallow capsules. This was way too much for me. I ended up spending a night in the hospital on IV fluids because the tyramine reaction was over way before the effect of the 10mg of niphedipine wore off. This caused serious low blood blood pressure. Be very careful with this medication. Many doctors will not prescribe it now. People die from low pressure too. If I ever use it again, it will be 5mg capsules.
Here is the diet I follow:
MAOI diet short list
Posted by Elizabeth on August 17, 2001, at 13:43:12
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010814/msgs/75408.htmlTake care,
Jedi
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