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>but caused high blood pressure when combined with fine aged cheese. Are you serious about this?
by BatFastard 10y ago
>but caused high blood pressure when combined with fine aged cheese.
Are you serious about this?
- delhanty 10y agoIt's true. If the MAO-I acts on both MAO-A and MAO-B, that is it is non-selective, then the tyramine in the cheese can cause a hypertensive crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_inhibitor#Hypertensive_crisis_.26_tyramine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase_inhibitor#Hy... Edit: spelling
- DanBC 10y agoPeople taking MAOIs need to follow a careful diet to avoid many types of food. http://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/SharePoint110/Antibiotics%20Web%20Documents/TG/MAOIs%20diet%20Glos.pdf http://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/SharePoint110/Antibiotics%20...