Posted by capricorn on April 30, 2006, at 7:03:29
In reply to Large amount of tyramine containing foods?? HELP!, posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 30, 2006, at 3:40:55
> So I had my first pdoc appointment on the NHS and I survived. In fact, it was altogether a postive experience, something I wasn't expecting!
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> Anyway I sort of had my eye on moclobemide, and the pdoc asked if there was anything of thinking of trying and er I said moc. He said, "very good choice" and sort of looked impressed. So now I have a box of moc.
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> So bearing in mind that I have a phobia about poisening myself and I'm quite scared to take any meds anyway...
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> What exactly is a *large* amount of tyramine containing food?
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> I asked the pdoc and he was sort of like don't eat a whole jar of marmite. But......
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> I can quite happily eat 150g of chorizo sausage slices in a day, or say 150g of cheddar. Or say 300g of raspberries. Would this be a large amount???
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> Any insight? The insert doesn't say anything other than "avoid eating large amounts of tyramine containing foods" which isn't much help!
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> Thanks!
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/maoi.html should help you.
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