Posted by Adam on October 15, 1999, at 18:01:57
In reply to pepperoni pizza, posted by Elizabeth on October 12, 1999, at 1:22:02
Hey, Elizabeth,
I find the fact that you can eat pepperoni pizza pretty encouraging, as in a few months I'm
going to have to get off the "patch" and take whatever MAOI I wind up taking orally. I have
read a number of articles (well, abstracts) where a number of foods thought to be "forbidden"
actually had little or no tyramine content. I think in one they looked at pizzas from a number
of major chains (Dominos, Pizza Hut, etc.) and found them all to be OK. I wonder if it's the
same one you referenced, or perhaps Shulman, et al. cite them.Anyway, what do you figure are the absolute no-no's? It seems to be almost universal that tap
beer is definitely something to avoid. I can't tell you how much this bums me out. I simply love
beer. Good beer, that is. Domestic bottles? Ick, with a few exceptions. I just don't think
sipping a martini would be in any way an adequate substitute. I'm not in it for the EtOH. Well,
maybe just a little. :)Also, how do you find your response to alcohol? I'm known among my friends as being the guy who
could drink large amounts for my size and be fine. The other night I had like two beers in an
hour and was definitely quite buzzed. It seems selegiline has turned me into a lightweight. I've
heard as much about MAOIs, but I wonder if this is true of all of them, or just some, and if it is
true, why? Is it related to enhanced levels of dopamine? And if so, would selegiline be more of
a problem than, say, Nardil, due to its potent dopaminergic properties?OK, I know this is off the thread a little, but I figured I would ask...
> > Why haven't you tried an MAOI? Because you love pepperoni pizza, thats why!
>
> I love pepperoni pizza. (Or at least, we're good friends.) I take Parnate. See:
>
> Shulman KI, et al. Refining the MAOI diet: tyramine content of pizzas and soy products. J Clin Psychiatry 1999 Mar;60(3):191-3.
>
> Many doctors share the view that MAOIs are underutilized. Shulman and colleagues have taken the effort to show that they are also safer than has been thought. (Remind me to send them a thank-you note.)
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