Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods: what the published research says
PubMed indexes 4 records that name Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.
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This page lists published research relevant to Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.
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The research
4 studies naming Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods.
Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 1989 · PMID 2510962
Comparative StudyHuman subjects
“Fifty-five percent of the selegiline dose was eliminated in urine as amphetamine and methamphetamine. The findings support the assumption that selegiline does not selectively inhibit monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) when administered in doses of 20 mg/day and higher.”
Names both Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods in its title.
“We found evidence for levodopa positive interaction with coffee, fiber and vitamin C, as well as for the potential beneficial impact of low-fat and protein redistribution diet. Contrastingly, high-protein diet and ferrous sulfate supplements can negatively affect levodopa pharmacokinetics and effectiveness. For other drugs, the data of food impact are scarce.”
Names Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.
European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024 · PMID 38057413
Case ReportsHuman subjects
“However, further study is needed to verify our findings beyond this one patient. In conclusion, we recommend initiating PN and increasing it to goal in patients taking MAOIs, gradually, while monitoring for hypertensive crisis given the theoretical possibility of the tyramine pressor response.”
Names Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.
Archives of general psychiatry · 1994 · PMID 7519005
Clinical TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
“Our results suggest that high-dose selegiline can be an effective antidepressant in treatment-resistant older depressive patients. While the selegiline dose required has nonselective monoamine oxidase effects and thus would not be free of possible tyramine interactions, other advantages suggest that further investigations with selegiline are warranted in this population.”
Names Selegiline and Tyramine / High-Tyramine Foods together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.
Limitations
What this evidence cannot tell you.
Search-based evidence indexes have real limits, and it is worth being explicit about them:
Selection. These records were found by searching PubMed titles and abstracts for both substance names alongside interaction and pharmacokinetic terms. Relevant work that phrases things differently, or is not indexed in PubMed, will be missing.
No effect size. The quoted conclusions are the authors’ words about their own study. We have not extracted effect direction or magnitude, and a single study’s conclusion is not a consensus.
Population mismatch. Findings in healthy volunteers, animals, or a specific patient group may not transfer to you, your dose, or your formulation.
Absence is not safety. Few published studies means the combination is under-studied, which is not the same as established as safe.
Nearby evidence
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