Posted by Quintal on February 19, 2007, at 13:25:01
In reply to Are MAOIs ever ineffective?, posted by UgottaHaveHope on February 19, 2007, at 11:51:48
I've never read a report of someone actually dying from a hypertensive crisis on here despite the number who have used them. Hypertensive crises can be painful and scary, but they're not usually fatal. I get the impression most MAOI related fatalities are due to serotonin syndrome caused by drug-drug interactions rather than tyramine induced hypertensive crises caused by drug-food interactions.
I'm not sure everyone needs something so powerful for their symptoms, but yes, where people have tried standard drugs without success the MAOIs do seem to be more consistently beneficial than most other drugs bar opiates.
Q
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