Posted by orochi on November 18, 2014, at 19:27:40
Hello,
I hope someone here can help me.
I recently started with Anafranil from depression,anxiety,ocd. I tried various other newer drugs before (ssri,ndri,remeron,stablon) and they all failed.
Currently I am at 50mg and so far I have no effects and no side effects.However, there are things which worry me.
For example I read that certain drugs which are metabolized the same paths as Anafranil can raise the Anafranil blood levels and then cause very dangerous side effects.
I don't take any drugs which could interact with Anafranil, but I wonder what about foods and herbs?
For example I knew that grapefruits are problematic but recently I saw something in a documentary about garlic where they said that garlic has the same effects as grapefruits!
I never heard of that before.
Now I'm worried cause I frequently eat garlic.
And what about other foods or herbs/spices?
I mean how shall I know wether a certain herb or spice which I use is allowed or not?
It's virtually impossible to test every food or herb for drug interactions.
Spices which I use almost daily are:
Cinnamon,curcuma,black pepper,ginger,chili,garlicI also used to take spirulina tablets daily as supplements. But now I worry, that spirulina could interfere with Anafranil. I mean how shall I know by which enzymes spirulina is metabolized in the liver?
I feel really uneasy about this situation cause now I worry about eating something forbidden without knowing it.I also read that some cruciferous vegetables also influence liver enzymes. Now I don't know what kind of vegetables I can still eat and in which amounts.
What also worries me is the D2 antagonism of Anafranil. Does this not mean that Anafranil can have the same dyskinisia side effects as antipsychotics?! That would be really scary.
poster:orochi
thread:1073579
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