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Posted by SGB on June 13, 2007, at 13:53:15
I'm scheduled to begin an oral medication of MAOI and am very anxious about the food and drug restrictions. Any words of advice out there for me? Are the dietary and drug restrictions hard to avoid, and what are the worst of the foods?
Posted by Jedi on June 14, 2007, at 1:49:19
In reply to Advice for Taking an MAOI Med, posted by SGB on June 13, 2007, at 13:53:15
> I'm scheduled to begin an oral medication of MAOI and am very anxious about the food and drug restrictions. Any words of advice out there for me? Are the dietary and drug restrictions hard to avoid, and what are the worst of the foods?
Hi SGB,
As a consumer of MAOI medication for most of the past ten years, you do not want to avoid the food and drug restrictions. Aged cheeses and over the counter cold remedies cause the most hypertensive problems. Search the posts over the last month or so. Seems to be a very common topic lately.
Good Luck,
Jedi
Posted by steel on June 14, 2007, at 9:05:58
In reply to Re: Advice for Taking an MAOI Med » SGB, posted by Jedi on June 14, 2007, at 1:49:19
i AGREE To an extent,normaly you should if you stay on it begin to actualy know the medication,its feel,its onset,when it slighly interacts as well as just many different aspects.
When you can truly say you feel comfortable with the drug,you no longer fear it,you can begin to slowly test the restrictions,some people are ultra sensative to almost all,some just the opposite,while some fall somewhere in the middle.
I have not changed my diet much while at the same time i know soy sauce is my definate NO NO food.
Im not saying this to be a idea now,as the first poster is right in the respect that while you begin treat it with all the respect it requires,rather to give you some encouragment that much later down the line you wont neccassarly have to live some extremely limited life.
One thing that does stink is the limitation on otc drugs which are dangerous,i.e nyquil and the like,BUT ODDLY enough,lol i feel my maoi actualy has kept me from getting common sickness.Go figure.Any read as many archived boards as u can,here and on google groups,just try to know as much as u feel u need,good luck.
Posted by psychobot5000 on June 14, 2007, at 16:03:09
In reply to Re: Advice for Taking an MAOI Med, posted by steel on June 14, 2007, at 9:05:58
A rule that can help as kind of an assist with the dietary restrictions is this: the fresher the food, the safer it tends to be--with a very few exceptions, like fava beans (which are dangerous even when fresh--only food I can think of that is that way). But the chemical (tyramine) that causes almost all the problems is present -only- in aged food: aged cheese, sausages, etc, like mentioned above. Aged cheese is indeed the thing you have to be most careful about.
You can also keep a list of the dangerous foods in your wallet or purse, until you get familiar enough with the restrictions. Reading a few articles on the web might help, too--you could try googling 'MAOi dietary restrictions' or 'MAO diet'.
Best of luck!
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