Posted by djmmm on June 2, 2004, at 6:13:25
In reply to Food interaction *not* depend on MAOI dose?, posted by don_bristol on June 2, 2004, at 3:57:14
> I read somewhere (I can't remember where) that the potentially dangerous hypertensive food interaction of MAOIs with certain foods is generally *not* dependent on the dose of the MAOI.
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> Is this true?
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> So if I take 20 mg of Parnate am I equally susceptible to a food interacation as if I took 40 or 50 mg?
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> And what about food interaction with those impressive doses I read about on message boards like 80mg or 120 mg Parnate daily?Hypertensive reactions depend on the amount or % of MAO inhibited, which, like a positive therapeutic effect, is often independent of the actual dosage
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