Posted by cubbybear on December 21, 2003, at 1:46:13
In reply to Re: MAOI users--experiences please, posted by SLS on December 20, 2003, at 10:20:07
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> I experienced a serious tyramine reaction to eating 2 thin slices of pepperoni on a pizza. Pounding occipital headache - the works.Scott--you make a good point about different people reacting differently to different foods. You probably know that I've taken Parnate for many years. I've never had a hypertensive crisis and that's no doubt a result of not eating ANY cheese, etc.
Now for the first time, I would like to see what happens if I sample a small pizza, because the recent research indicates that fresh mozarella is OK.On the other hand--what you said raises a question: how can you be sure your hypertensive crisis was the result of the pepperoni and not the cheese? Did you do OK with pizza previously, then suddenly got the headache after adding the meat?
It seems to be me that if just one or two people can get a bad reaction from eating a small pizza, then all those new revised guidelines about fresh mozarella being OK are probably "not so" OK. What do you think?
I'm also curious to know what your BP was during the hyp. crisis and how you handled it.
Thanx
cubbybear
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