MAOI + Vitamins

[Jug]

Hi.
I wanna take my Vitamin Supps while on an MAOI. However the Supps have some vitamins which are contradicted by Nardil (MAOI).
Ive taken the Supps before on Nardil with no Ill effects but what I want to know is do these contradicted herbs / foods just increase your blood preasure or could they have other side effects?

Hmm I guess slightly elevated Blood Preasure could have negative long term effects?

I havn't been able to get a strait answer from any Doctors or Pharmasists on this.

Respect

 

[fastandbulbous]

Hmm I guess slightly elevated Blood Preasure could have negative long term effects?

Because of the non-competetive inhibition caused by MAOIs like Nardil, you'd get more than slightly elevated bp., you'd get a hypertensive crisis - the margin in which the bp is only slightly increased is relatively small. Depending upon the herb you're talking about, even a tiny dose (that wouldn't be effective normally) can put you into a hypertensive crisis with potentially fatal consequences.

Get transferred to a competetive (ie reversible - known as a RIMA) MAOI if you're in any doubt