Posted by SLS on March 16, 2012, at 6:03:21
In reply to Re: MAOI » brklyn2311, posted by tensor on March 16, 2012, at 3:37:37
> > Parnate actualy plays nice with a lot of meds you can use to augment.Low dose stims,most sedatives etc.Unless the old nardil comes back parnate is the only drug ill ever touch again.
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> I have to admit I'm scared about MAOIs, their potential for hypertensive crisis and serotonin syndrome. Don't know how exaggerated my fears are.It doesn't hurt to have a healthy respect for the dangers associated with MAOI. You need to be vigilant in screening foods for a hypertensive reaction and medications for serotonin syndrome. I will say that it gets easier over time to live this way. The old diet is sometimes exaggerated.
- Scott
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Try Searching the Internet for "MAOI" "Diet".http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8889911
http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/12/859.full
"Absolute dietary restrictions include39:
Aged cheeses and meats
Banana peels
Broad bean (fava) pods
Spoiled meats
Marmite
Sauerkraut
Soybean products
Draft beers.
Among the many foods determined to be unnecessarily restricted are avocados; bananas; beef or chicken bouillon; chocolate; fresh and mild cheeses, eg, ricotta, cottage cheese, cream cheese, processed cheese slices; fresh meat, poultry, or fish; meat gravy (fresh); monosodium glutamate; peanuts; properly stored pickled or smoked fish (eg, herring); raspberries; and yeast extracts (except Marmite).39"
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