How should I use Emsam (Selegiline)?
Use Emsam exactly as directed on the label, or as it has been prescribed by your doctor. Do not use more of the skin patches or use them for longer than recommended. Follow the directions on your prescription label. For patients using 9-mg or 12-mg patches: While you are using Emsam and for 14 days after you stop, you must not eat foods high in tyramine (listed in the “What should I avoid?” section of this leaflet. Eating these foods while you are using Emsam 9-mg or 12-mg skin patches can raise your blood pressure to dangerous levels. Foods that you MAY eat include: • fresh meat, poultry, or fish (including lunch meat, hot dogs, breakfast sausage, and cooked sliced ham); • any vegetables except broad bean pods (fava beans); • processed cheese, mozzarella, ricotta, cottage cheese; • pizza made with cheeses low in tyramine; • soy milk, yogurt; or • Brewer’s or baker’s yeast. This medication comes with patient instructions for safe and effective use. Follow these directions carefully. As
