MAO inhibitors, cheeses, and pizza

  The cheeses shown in the picture above are NOT allowed for a person taking a non-selective, irreversible MAO inhibitor–tranylcypromine, isocarboxazid, or phenelzine. The greatest number of hypertensive crises in persons taking an MAO inhibitor have been reported in relation to consuming cheese (Schulman et al., 1989). Here are suggested instructions with regard to cheeses…