Posted by King Vultan on July 9, 2004, at 12:14:36
In reply to Re: King Vultan-MAOI Diet? King Vultan, posted by bluebird on July 9, 2004, at 11:34:50
> So, Nardil has less chance of the hpertensive crisis. Is that what I am understanding you to say. What about alcohol? Is it to never be consumed? See I have been trying to decide Parnate or Nardil. If Nardil has less chance of this then I may go with Nardil. But Parnate doesn't have as many sexual SE right? That's the difference. How do I get to the MAOI post that you were talking about? I am new to this and not very experienced at doing these post. Thanks for all of your info. bluebird
Sorry, you said you had done a lot of reading, and I figured you had seen this:http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/psychiatry/CPS/19.html
This article is one of the two best I have seen for information on MAOIs. You may want to take a look at table 3, which gives a subjective comparison of the adverse effects of all three MAOIs. Table 2 also has some info comparing Nardil and Parnate, but it is based on a fairly limited number of study subjects. However, the 22% occurrence of anorgasmia/impotence for the 141 people on Nardil (vs. 2% for the 41 people on Parnate) is a number that really jumps out at you.
The sources referenced in the article recommend "no more than two domestic bottled or canned beers or 4-fl-oz glasses of red or white wine per day, this includes nonalcoholic beer." They specifically state to avoid tap beer, as high tyramine concentrations have been found in several cases. The people up at Sunnybrook/Toronto even had one of their patients on Nardil suffer a hypertensive crisis after drinking tap beer at a local bar, as I recall; and my opinion is that tap beer is one of the most critical things to avoid while on an MAOI. As to the number of drinks per day, I will admit to on occasion, imbibing more than the two they recommend, but each person will have to make his or her own decision on that one.
Todd
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