Posted by cubbybear on February 21, 2004, at 0:16:13
In reply to MAOI food and drug interactions, posted by Ilene on February 20, 2004, at 17:45:15
> I keep reading out of date info about what you can and can't eat while taking MAOIs, so here is what I've gleaned. Most of it comes from Psychotropic Drugs Fast Facts, 3rd edition, some from other reading. It's rather North America-centric; apologies to Babblers from furrin' parts.
> Aged cheeses are the worst. These include Liederkranz, English Stilton, blue cheese, aged cheddar, brick, mozzarella, Gruyere, Swiss, [I question the mozzarella--good mozzarella is fresh. ]
>
It's very frustrating--sure the list was updated several years ago, but contradictions remain. Like you, I question the listing about mozarella--since I read on another source that fresh mozarella is OK. So long as contradictiions remain, MAOI users will have difficulty deciding what to do or not do in certain instances. I would very much like to try a small pizza in Pizza Hut with only plain mozarella,but still worry about this. Has ANYONE experienced a hypertensive reaction solely from eating fresh mozarella? Please come forward!
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