Posted by Chairman_MAO on November 9, 2005, at 8:24:34
In reply to MAOIs and olive oil?, posted by alchemist on November 7, 2005, at 15:37:31
I take 90mg/day phenelzine. MAOI diet restrictions are rediculously overblown.
I have broken just about every rule including tap beer (I am not endorsing my lifestyle, keep in mind), and only had a mild reaction ONCE to a sauce heavy in fermented soy. The only things I do not eat:fermented soy products, air-dried sausages/beef jerky, "stinky" aged cheeses, brine from pickled herring (blech!), caviar (risk of spoilage too great), banana peels (yuck), tap beer from dive bars
That list works for me. In terms of drugs, I have used sensible dosages of d-amphetamine, cocaine (even intravenous cocaine posed no problems, though I can't say that I've done THAT enough for my experience to mean anything), and even MDMA (although only around 1mg/kg instead of 2mg/kg). I will not touch highly adrenergic sympathomimetic amines like ephedrine, PPA, and pseudoephedrine, however. DXM (Robitussin) is also a big no-no, as is Demerol (meperidine, pethidine). I suppose also SSRI drugs are highly contraindicated, but why would I want to take one of those?
In general, people are needlessly scared away from MAOIs, though all users of them should carry around an emergency antihypertensive--just in case. IV phentolamine is the best.
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