Eating any of these foods —
including tyramine rich soy sauce — while taking MAOI drugs can bring on an episode of high blood pressure accompanied by severe headache, palpitations and nausea.
Not exact matches
Perhaps the biggest food suspect, however, is
tyramine, a compound that occurs naturally in aged and fermented foods,
including cured meats, aged cheese, smoked fish and some beer.
There have been postmarketing reports of patients who experienced significantly elevated blood pressure (
including rare cases of hypertensive crisis) after ingestion of unknown amounts of
tyramine - rich foods while taking recommended doses of AZILECT.
Tyramine rich foods
include:
Foods that help support the detoxification of
tyramine include such sulfur - containing foods as: