Category: Toxicology
Keywords: phentolamine, tyramine, pheochromocytoma (PubMed Search)
Posted: 2/12/2009 by Bryan Hayes, PharmD
(Updated: 11/3/2024)
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You have a 44 y/o female patient with an arterial line monitoring her blood pressure which is reading 302/156 mm Hg. Her heart rate is 140 bpm. Her history reveals she is taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) and has inadvertantly ingested tyramine at her friend's cheese/wine party. What do you do?