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MAOIs can be dangerous too, certain combinations with strong MAOIs can be problematic. Foods containing tyramime and many drugs don't play nicely with MAOIs.
by elevaet 5y ago
MAOIs can be dangerous too, certain combinations with strong MAOIs can be problematic. Foods containing tyramime and many drugs don't play nicely with MAOIs.
- jmcgough 5y agoThere are a number of researchers now who believe that the risk of MAOIs is overblown, for example: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30255284/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30255284/
- actually_a_dog 5y agoThat's not what your link says. The claim there is that MAOIs are less dangerous today than in the past because the tyramine content of food has been significantly reduced. In particular cheese, which it says was the only food associated with fatalities due to hypertension, now presents much less of a danger than before.
- gehwartzen 5y agoThere are newer classes of of MAOIs called Reversible Selective MAOIs (Moclobemide) that do not have this problem with tyramine containing food.