sianrecovery
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endomeister, thats a great table, thanks for posting the link xxxx
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Anti-inflammatories help me with muscle pain. I don't know if Spironolactone works against inflammation, but it is the best thing I have tried for shooting muscle pain. I have higher than normal Aldosterone ( I dont know if it causes inflammation), and high estrogen(this one causes inflammation) with very low progesterone level.I am also taking Prometrium(progesterone), Pregnenolone, and Fred's supplements(helps with numbness and burning pain).
http://www.patient.co.uk/medicine/Spironolactone.htm
I had symptoms of MS and brain damage after taking selenium and melatonin....be very careful. Insightful first post.
Hi SaraM,
Spironolactone can have interactions with ibuprofen and affect/lower hormones. I found out this investigating it before taking any and decide it conflicted too much with meds I was taking and some of my major problems. for me to take it.
A folate deficiency, natural, induced or paradoxical, can cause inflamatory muscle pain that responds sometimes to anti-inflmmatories.
At the moment I'm writing this I don't know what programs, if any, you are pursuing, so these are just possibilities to consider.
dhea has been shown to be helpful in lupus, maybe because it can help lower IL6 proinflammatory cytokine
Hi Freddd, thanks for the input.Aside from hormones, I am on a protocol very similar to yours, only vitamins and minerals with no meds, although I have tried pain killers and other stuff here and there with minimal success.
Hi Sarah,
Are you taking folic acid, folinic acid, NAC, gltuathione, whey, and maybe just vegetables and having the induced folate deficieny symptoms? That is the question. How much Metafolin are you taking?
Heapsreal, do you think it is wise one with low Dhea level, normal testosterone, and high estrogen takes Dhea supplement, while Dhea converts to estrogen and testosterone?
i am using an aromatising inhibitor called arimidex which stops testosterone converting to estrogen, doing this also has helped increase my low free testosterone levels even though my total testosterone is fine. This treatment is used in male hrt and antiaging medicine. Im hoping that increasing dhea to normal will improve immune function and improve sleep through lowering il6 cytokines as well as global symptom improvement. cheers!!!
heapsreal could you please give more info on how you take yr hormone, I never heard of that inhibitor thang before, intriguing. is there a website......?
yes of late 4rxhas been extra slow of late, i have had an order for arimidex in since october, they did say they were having problems with suppliers, but also havent returned emails but they havent taken money either which is good, but they are the best priced, i have a friend who has helped me out with arimidex in short term otherwise its very expensive
When I take any immune boosting supps I start to feel much worse. For instance, I was put on a protocol of Vit D3, LDN, fish oil, coq10, and b12 by Dr. Klimas. The D3 and LDN made me feel especially bad. I do much better without them. This is funny however, because my D3 level is tested as well below ideal. We even talked about getting IV D3 therapy to return it to good levels. If only there was a miracle immune system fix. Maybe Ampligen? That stuff might just be a hoax though.