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I do not wish to alarm anyone but to inform you and hope that
you will take precautions to prevent problems with food and
drug interactions.
In the 60's this problem started to come to light but still has
not been given the attention it needs. People as well as
most doctors are unaware of the problems that can exist when
mixing certain foods with certain drugs. Some prescriptions
say take with food, but does not tell you that when you taking
it with some foods make things worse!
If you are taking an MAO inhibitor (a class of antidepressants
and/or hypertension) and some diuretic prescriptions you
could be on the brink of danger when eating and not know it!
For instance if you are taking Nardil (phenelzine), Parnate
(tranylcypromine), Elavil (amitriptyline), Prozac, (fluoxetine),
Lanoxin (digoxin), etc., and you eat a grapefruit or drink a
glass of grapefruit juice or have a meal or snack heavy with
aged cheese or other processed and aged foods, you could
be facing severe illness and/or death.
People taking MAO inhibitors for depression or hypertension
also face possible severe problems when eating the following
foods;
Figs - Caviar - chopped chicken liver - Broad beans -
Brewers' yeast - yeast extract - yeast supplements - beef
liver pate - over ripe bananas - Avocados - pickled, salted
or smoked fish - Bologna - pepperoni - salami - protein
dairy supplements - soy sauce - summer sausage -
Vermouth, Chianti or drambuie liqueur - brie, stilton,
Roquefort, romano, provolone, parmesan, mozzarella,
emmenthaler, cheddar, brick, or blue cheeses.
This little known problem that exists when taking certain
medications have had small amounts of documentation
over the years but is recognized by the pharmaceutical
companies as a real problem and not broadcast to those
in danger.
On September 3, A 40 year-old man started taking Parnate
(tranylcypromine) for serious depression. A month later he
complained of a slight headache but ate supper with his
family. He consumed beef casserole, Danish Blue and
cheddar cheeses with crackers. During the night he became
worse with dizziness, nausea and an unbearable headache.
By morning he felt well enough to eat breakfast, which
included two or three large slices of cheese. Shortly after
he became incoherent, distressed and started bleeding
from the nose and was agitated, aggressive and confused.
By the time he got to the hospital his blood pressure was
seriously elevated. He died at 8:30 PM. On autopsy of his
brain was found swollen with intense vascular congestion.
The doctors concluded that it was the combination of the
cheese and his medicine that killed him. (Lancet- 1964)
This is just one of many known cases and it is suspected that
there are countless numbers of deaths that have not been
attributed to food and medication interactions that should
have been.
How many other medication/food interactions exists is
not now known. If you have any of the following symptoms
after taking your medication and eating let you doctor know
and tell him/her that you have read that these could mean
an interaction of foods and medications and you want it
noted in your chart. Then watch what you eat thereafter!
Signs of known hypertensive interaction crisis are: severe
headache, stiff neck, palpitations, anxiety, high blood
pressure, nausea, chills, pale appearance, chest pain,
sweating, collapse, coma.
Some Information taken from the book's "Eat, Drink and
be Wary" as well as "Dangerous Drug Interactions: How To
Protect Yourself from Harmful Drug/Drug, Drug/Food,
Drug/Vitamin Combinations"
by Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
If you are on medications check carefully to make sure what
you eat does not become a death sentence for you!
Wishing you health,
Lena
***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant who took charge of
her life 8 years ago and is committed to helping
others do the same in all areas of life. Editor of
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