Patients prescribed non reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor should be advised not to consume food containing tyramine because thi combination causes:
a- postural hypotension
b- hallucinations
c- anaphylactic shock
d- muscle weakness and tremor
e- acute adrenergic crisis including sever hypertention
Effect: Concurrent use of MAO inhibitors (e.g. phenelzine) and anorexiants (e.g. amphetamine) leads to increased amounts of norepinephrine, which increases sympathetic activity. Potential reactions include chest pain, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertensive crisis (headache, hyperpyrexia, and hypertension), seizures, cerebral hemorrhage, and death.
Tyramine-containing foods: aged cheese, aged or spoiled meats, beer, red wine, yeast.
a- postural hypotension
b- hallucinations
c- anaphylactic shock
d- muscle weakness and tremor
e- acute adrenergic crisis including sever hypertention
Effect: Concurrent use of MAO inhibitors (e.g. phenelzine) and anorexiants (e.g. amphetamine) leads to increased amounts of norepinephrine, which increases sympathetic activity. Potential reactions include chest pain, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertensive crisis (headache, hyperpyrexia, and hypertension), seizures, cerebral hemorrhage, and death.
Tyramine-containing foods: aged cheese, aged or spoiled meats, beer, red wine, yeast.