Posted by pedr on January 6, 2010, at 14:27:15
In reply to Re: Parnate + Alcohol, posted by willey on January 6, 2010, at 2:13:22
> If youre not i apologize as i read the post wrong,if so however ir ur on parnate u cant drink!
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> but i promise your playing with fire.
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> I just hope ur not drinking on parnate,u have no idea what danger ur tip toeing around.Mate, go easy on the scaremongering will you? "Danger", "Fire", "Tip toeing". You might be unnecessarily alarming MAOI users. If you cared to read up on MAOIs, alcohol is not contraindicated. Sure, drinking whilst on any anti-depressant is counter-productive since alcohol is a depressant but it is not necessarily dangerous at all.
You should definitely avoid draught beer - that really is risky, especially microbrewery beer. One or two pints could indeed cause a hypertensive crisis. Just the same as strong cheese.
However moderate amounts of white wine, bottled/canned beer and others are all perfectly safe on MAOIs. Most PDoc's and experienced MAOI users who like to drink will all say the same thing. Even this website has (outdated) information that concurs: http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/maoi.html
Get your facts straight.
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