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© By Lena Sanchez
A 75 year-old woman started with vomiting, diarrhea and feelings
of doom, severe weakness and loss of appetite, developed a few
days after her visit to her doctor. She returns to her doctor and
he says there isn't anything he can do that she is just old.
Weeks later still experiencing the problems, she falls and hurts
her wrist and is taken to the ER only to discover that she is on
the brink of a heart attack and ended up in CCU. What
happened? Her had doctor put her on a statin medication for
blood pressure that made her severely ill, due to a mineral
drained system, setting her up for imminent heart failure!
A woman suddenly develops an irregular heart rhythm and can
no longer stand up. She keeps passing out and even comes to
the brink of death. Her medications were Lozol and Medrol.
Nothing had gone wrong while she had been taking the blood
pressure drug Lozol (indapamide) alone, but then she had to
have a six-day course of a corticosteroid called Medrol
(methylprednisolone) to deal with a mysterious rash. The
diagnosis: drug-nutrient interaction. The blood pressure drug
depleted her body of potassium, which she had not been able
to replace with diet. But the corticosteroid caused her to lose
potassium, too, sending her level crashing. Since potassium
is needed for proper functioning of the heart, the woman
ended up with a dangerously erratic heartbeat and on the
brink of death.
A 55 year-old woman put on a cholesterol reducing drug following
stent surgery for a blocked artery and told to get her cholesterol
down to 100. Months later doctor says her cholesterol is 160 but
she needs to get it lower and doubled her dose of cholesterol
medication. A few days later she is wracked with pain all over
and becomes mentally foggy and physically unable to get
around because of the pain. She was found to be severely
anemic and lacking potassium and magnesium as well as other
minerals that put her at risk for a heart attack!
How many more like these three women go unnoticed or
undiagnosed?
Heart Attacks occur when certain minerals are missing from the
body and the above examples seems rather asinine as well as
dangerous... These dangers are not explained when you are
given a prescription. Potassium, zinc, calcium are three main
minerals necessary for heart health but prescribed treatments
are creating a loss of those much needed minerals!
Does feeding the fear of having a stroke from high blood
pressure have to put you at risk with Statin drugs? Or trying to
unrealistically lower cholesterol so the drug companies can
sell their wares, justify death? These are common everyday
happening but not written about nor talked about by the medical
profession! If a drug is blocking a body's normal action or
removing something from the body, you are at risk!
Potassium, magnesium and calcium depletion is not the only
problems when taking certain drugs. Eating certain foods while
taking prescription or over the counter medications can be
detrimental to your health as well!
Linus Pauling, Ph. D stated that "You can trace every sickness,
every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency." Little
did he know how the pharmaceutical industry would help that
along!
Here are a few risky depletions caused from taking medications;
1.Taking Oral Contraceptives Can Result in a Deficiency of
folate!
2. Antacids like Rolaids or Maalox can weaken bones by
hindering their mineral uptake.
3. Taking grapefruit juice with the antihistamine fexofenadine
decreases its absorption!
4. Taking grapefruit juice with the blood-pressure-lowering
drug Plendil (felodipine) increases its absorption!
5. When taking an antibiotic you should never drink colas!
Increased sugars and additives wash the antibiotic through
and deplete the body of a multitude of nutrients.
6. Aspirin taken on a regular basis -- say, by an arthritis or
heart patient -- can deplete the body of iron while destroying
the lining of the stomach!
7. The antidepressant drug Prozac (fluoxetine) can decrease
the appetite in some while increasing the appetite in others!
Also decreased B vitamins thought to be the cause people
commit suicide while taking Prozac.
8. If you take Coumadin (warfarin), tell your doctor if you eat
a lot of green leafy vegetables or take fish oil supplements
as they can cause the blood thinner to over react with
bleeding internally requiring close monitoring!
9. Large doses of zinc can interfere with the absorption of Iron,
Copper and Calcium!
Balance is the key to taking supplements along with
medications, but tell your doctor if you are taking supplements
and what supplements! It could save your life.
If you are taking any prescription it is important to eat properly
and make sure you supplement with minerals and vitamins to
offset depletions caused by the majority of medications! Watch
what foods or juices you ingest along with the medications as
well!
Be vigilant and stay alive!
Lena
***Lena Sanchez a happy retired Medical Office
Nurse/Administrator/Consultant who took charge of
her life 8 years ago and is committed to helping
others do the same in all areas of life. Editor of
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