Hi Michele. I've been on and off Azilect for quite a few years now. This time for a year. I don't pay much attention to the so called restrictions. My neuro had told me the last time I saw him that they have lifted many of them. Azilect is an MAO B Inhibiter. I believe it's the MAO A you have to watch out for. I do heed the warning about being off of it for 2 weeks prior to surgery. There are definitely some contraindications regarding anesthesia, possible fatal. Actually I don't see any difference when I'm on it and off it but I think it may still be neuroprotective so I take it. Hope this helps. Roberta In a message dated 7/16/2011 2:04:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Who is on azilect or can shed some light on the do's and don'ts of the foods and alcohol that you can't have? Thanks. Michele Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn