Posted by stargazer2 on December 6, 2013, at 13:33:37
In reply to Re: landed in the ER - nardil reaction to cheese » baseball55, posted by deerock on December 5, 2013, at 20:38:03
You obviously love cheese more than I do but interestingly you have no fear in tempting fate with mixing NArdil with a variety and quanity of foods, i.e. red wine, 24 oz tea and 4 oz Guyere. Maybe Nardil and more specifically the MAOs are not for you.
You have to respect the warnings and be wary of what the tyramine reaction will do to you. If you have no fear of this then no matter what anyone says, you will not take the seriousness of the reaction as a life or death one.
I respect the reactions although I have only had the "one". I will eat the cheeses I am allowed, cream, cottage, american, somm mozz but know when to stop. The only wine I can have is white but not more than a glass or two.
Some of us have difficulty with moderation so the risk of eating something we shouldn't is always there. IN the case of MAO's, this can be fatal or result in a stroke which is even worse.
Are you able to adhere to the diet now that you've had something specific happen to you?
I hope you can because if the meds are working the food restrictions are well worth the benefit of feeling better. If not, you'd be better giving them up.
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