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Select all that apply: A client has been prescribed an MAOI for depression and reports eating aged cheese and drinking red wine at dinner last night.
Choice A and B are partially correct, but not complete. The client should be advised to avoid aged cheese and red wine while taking this medication, but this does not explain why or what could happen if they do not.
Choice A and B are partially correct, but not complete. The client should be advised to avoid aged cheese and red wine while taking this medication, but this does not explain why or what could happen if they do not.
The client may experience hypertensive crisis if aged cheese or red wine are consumed while taking this medication. This is because aged cheese and red wine contain tyramine, an amino acid that can cause a dangerous increase in blood pressure when mixed with MAOIs. MAOIs are drugs that inhibit the enzyme that breaks down excess tyramine in the body. A hypertensive crisis can be deadly and requires emergency treatment.
Serotonin syndrome is caused by too much serotonin, not tyramine. Serotonin syndrome can occur when MAOIs are taken with other drugs that increase serotonin levels, such as SSRIs.
Hypotension is low blood pressure, not high blood pressure.
The client may experience hypertensive crisis if aged cheese or red wine are consumed while taking this medication. This is because aged cheese and red wine contain tyramine, an amino acid that can cause a dangerous increase in blood pressure when mixed with MAOIs. MAOIs are drugs that inhibit the enzyme that breaks down excess tyramine in the body. A hypertensive crisis can be deadly and requires emergency treatment.
Choice A and B are partially correct, but not complete. The client should be advised to avoid aged cheese and red wine while taking this medication, but this does not explain why or what could happen if they do not.
Choice D is wrong because serotonin syndrome is caused by too much serotonin, not tyramine. Serotonin syndrome can occur when MAOIs are taken with other drugs that increase serotonin levels, such as SSRIs.
Choice E is wrong because hypotension is low blood pressure, not high blood pressure.
Tyramine can cause hypertension, not hypotension. Hypotension can be a side effect of some MAOIs, but it is not related to tyramine intake.