Posted by socialphobic on August 5, 2008, at 21:48:02
In reply to Re: MAOI diet confusion, posted by mickapoo on August 5, 2008, at 10:49:13
> I understand your confusion & frustration. I started Nardil a week ago and am going through the process of figuring out what I can & cannot have. BTW, I have a horrendous cold with a splitting headache. I called one pharmacy, and they looked up whether there was any interaction with Nardil & Fiorinal with Codeine (which is the only thing that helps for my headaches). The pharmacist told me he looked it up in the two databases they check for interactions- one database showed no interactions, and the other database listed it as having a severe interaction. I then decided to call the same chain of stores, but a different location. Apparently they only checked the one database and told me the medication was safe to take! Aaarghh! That obviously added to my frustration. What I do now is I call several pharmacies, and do research online.
That is exactly why i'm so scared, there is a LOT of contradicting information out there.
My pharmacist told me that ALL nasal sprays are fine. If I took this to be true I could have purchased a nasal spray and had a hypertensive crisis.
It seems no-one seems to know for sure whats safe and what isn't. It sounds like a lot of it is "try it, pray, and hope for the best" type of thing. There is just too much trial and error involved with some foods, especially at restaurants.
To the person who said i'm paranoid, yes I am, but with this kind of information how could you not be? It seems that a lot of foods (especially when eating out) are a hit and miss affair. You don't know how long some meat has been sitting in their fridge, and you don't always know what sauces they put in.
I have decided to change my script for cymbalta because going on an MAOI is just making me too anxious in the first place.
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