Posted by Ilene on August 16, 2004, at 19:56:37
In reply to Re: Questions about long term TCA (esp desipramine) » Ilene, posted by King Vultan on August 16, 2004, at 17:21:05
> Mozzarella is generally considered to be okay for MAOI users, particularly if one is on Nardil or Marplan, which are not as apt to generate hypertensive crises as is Parnate. I ate tons of pizza while on high dosages of Nardil and never had the slightest problem, but I always made sure that the cheese was mozzarella only. It's some of the other things they put on pizza that are more of a concern, particularly, pepperoni.
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> ToddThis was a non-chain pizza joint that used Monterey jack and something else. I forget the "something else", but I knew the jack was risky. Why ruin a day's excursion with a trip to the ER, accompanied by spouse, 2 kids, and a teenage houseguest?
I'm not a big pizza fan anyway. I was trying to be a good sport, since this is a place we used to go when the kids were younger. Everything that I considered edible at this restaurant involved cheese, but the other choice in restaurants was Mexican.
I think the kind of pepperoni that Domino's and the other chains put on their pizzas is okay, since it bears the same relationship to aged sausage that chain-pizza cheese bears to real cheese. In other words, it's not actually aged.
I did quite a bit of research when I started taking Marplan. The most significant thing I read was that 80% of reactions are caused by cheese. (I don't know if that includes drugs or just food.)
I've actually done very well on Marplan, if you conveniently ignore the fact that I'm depressed, but my dose may be too low and I'm between pdocs. I've eaten at a variety of ethnic restaurants with no problem. Overall, I think the MAOIs are underprescribed.
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