On 6/28/2013 9:53 AM, Susan wrote:
>
> Foods that affect drug metabolism: >
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15663291
>
> A wise person could google up drug interaction with CYP450 before taking
> anything new, and also note that any such interaction also lowers the
> steroids (stress hormone, sex hormones, electrolyte balance hormones,
> etc.) your body makes, too.
>
> Another very useful tool for stuff most doctors fail to note:
>
>> http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html
>
> Also, askapatient.com is a very valuable source of info that drug trials
> often don't report, but patients experince.
>
> Most docs believe that Singulair, for instance, is completely safe and
> inoccuous, but it raised my bp severely and made me feel irritable and
> agitated. Turns out that was common in patient reports, but none of my
> doctors would believe it was the drug when I reported it.
>
> My mother died of similar skepticism about the effects of the statin
> drugs she took (despite her endocrine doc and I both telling her she
> didnt' need them and they were inappropriatly rx'ed). She liked to be a
> good patient.


Thanks for the links, Susan. I'll check them. It must hurt to know
about why your mom died. I'm on a statin, too. I guess I need to
take these drugs I'm on now more seriously.

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