After educating a client who is receiving phenelzine, the nurse determines that the education was successful when the client states the need to avoid which of the following?
A) Fresh cottage cheese
B) Cooked sliced ham
C) Tap beers
D) Soy milk
Ans: C
Phenelzine is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. The client needs to avoid foods high in tyramine, such as tap beers, matured and aged chesses, dried aged and fermented meats, broad bean pods, concentrated yeast extract, sauerkraut, and soy sauce.
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