Posted by Larry Hoover on November 9, 2005, at 8:52:52
In reply to Re: MAOIs and olive oil? » alchemist, posted by Chairman_MAO on November 9, 2005, at 8:24:34
> In general, people are needlessly scared away from MAOIs...
I disagree with the conclusion, notwithstanding my full belief in the truthfulness of the personal information just provided us.
The "cheese reaction" can kill. Individual sensitivity to tyramine (while under an MAOI) varies by about 100-fold. What one person eats with impunity, with reckless abandon, is a fatal dose for another. The difficult aspect of taking an MAOI is in learning about your tyramine sensitivity. Everybody's safety threshold lies in a different place. Rather than blindly living in fear, that tyramine threshold must be determined by experiment. If a person taking an MAOI finds that they are highly reactive to small doses of tyramine, they ought to discontinue the drug.
All users should carry with them an emergency anti-hypertensive agent, just in case.
Just a little of my opinion....
Lar
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