Posted by Elizabeth on April 20, 2002, at 10:53:36
In reply to Re: Nardil and tyramine foods, posted by djmmm on April 19, 2002, at 9:16:00
It's dated, sure, but I think it does say something! Especially given the panic that was going on over MAOI-food interactions in the early '60s. Of course, there were a lot of cheese-related deaths before they figured out what was going on. I think it's a good idea to keep the potential for food-drug interactions in mind, just in case, but it's been blown way out of proportion -- there's really no need to scare people away from these relatively safe medications.
> Im sure I have posted this before, but I have always found this interesting, although it is (very) dated..."A retrospective analysis of the incidence of acute hypertensive crisis in 692 patients treated with MAOIs found that the incidence was 8.4% prior to instituting dietary restrictions but 3.3% after dietary restrictions were imposed (Bethune 1964)."
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> Not very significant in my opnion, statistically, or otherwise...
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> There are a number of other studies sited here, and a good amount of info on tyramine content.
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> http://www.vh.org/Providers/Conferences/CPS/19.html
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