The nurse is assisting with teaching a patient who is to begin taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). Which of the following foods should the nurse teach the patient to avoid? (Select all that apply.)
a. Bread
b. Pastas
c. Wine
d. Aged cheese
e. Fish
ANS: C, D
Aged foods must be avoided by patients on MAOI therapy because of risk of a hypertensive crisis. Breads, pastas, and fish are not aged.
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