'Spontaneous' hypertensive episodes with monoamine oxidase inhibitors
Fallon, B.; Foote, B.; Walsh, B.T.; Roose, S.P.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 49(4): 163-165
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 3281932 Document Number: 323560
Hypertensive reactions occurred without obvious cause in two patients receiving monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) while being monitored in a hospital. These patients appear to have experienced "spontaneous" hypertensive episodes temporally related to the ingestion of the MAOIs. Similar occurrences in outpatients reported in the literature are reviewed.