DHEA

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The article ms sent says low DHEA is associated with low BP. So why would one try to raise it? Esp if BP is high.Association is not causation.For example men have more heart attacks than women. Men have lower estrogens. Therefore giving men will prevent heart attacks. Trial: more men died with estrogens. Study stopped. As I recall a VA trial. Same thing for women replacing estrogens was the dogma to prevent heart disease in women since 1960s. Trial in WHS showed increased risk of stroke etc.So never confuse association with causationStill looking for trials using DHEA.CE Grim MDOn Apr 12, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Bingham wrote: Here's a bunch that might say otherwise: the last one I listed is a good study (there's hundreds against and a few for, DHEA). Interestingly if it was a "BIG PHARM" drug instead of touted as a "natural supplement" and raised liver enzymes, maybe raised the risk of breast and prostate cancers, and increased chance of cardiac arrythmias, and manic episodes, we'd run from it. But put natural on it and we're sold because natural is safe. Its biggest appeal I am sure are its claim on the weight/cortisol connection. THAT gets a sale every time. http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/8/1941.abstract http://www.annals.org/content/129/7/588.1.short http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322398000912 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047637401003694 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10556982 http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/84/5/1527.short From: dsmemory <dsmemory@...>Subject: DHEAhyperaldosteronism Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 12:43 PM Here is a pub-med article that relates DHEA to blood pressure and also relates to aldosterone.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10604493