Your Side Effects May IncludeLinezolid (Zyvox) side effects
This side effect is printed on the FDA label for Linezolid. It was a question in our daily quiz, where you pick the real side effect from four choices.
A blood pressure spike after eating aged cheese
Foods high in tyramine, like aged cheese, can send blood pressure up while you take this antibiotic.
“Advise patients to avoid large quantities of foods or beverages with high tyramine content while taking linezolid.”
Avoid large amounts of aged cheese, cured meats, soy sauce, tap beer and red wine while taking it.
32 reports to the FDA's adverse event system mention a hypertensive crisis. A report is not proof the drug caused it. See the query
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