Re: Cholestyramine interfering with other supplements and drugs, guidelines?

[Guest guest]

Great questions. I do the vitamins one hour after my CSM. Sometimes two. I

take high

doses of Vit C througout the day but keep it one hour before or one hour after.

It is

amazing how you need to plan out your schedule with the CSM. Fat soluble

vitamins are

the ones of most concern as the CSM bind to them.

Bobbie

>

> I'm asking if any of you out there have a strategy to take " normal "

supplements such as

vitamins, minerals, herbs, omega-3's, etc. --when you are using cholestyramine

(CSM) to

remove biotoxins. According to the package insert (see below), it seems the

only way to

take your normal supplements is to do that ONE HOUR before your morning CSM

dose.

And since you can't eat any food before your first morning CSM dose, that means

for

example, waking at 6 AM, taking your supplements, then waiting until 7 AM, then

take the

first CSM of the day, wait another half-hour, then eat breakfast. Whew.

>

> This just seems like a lot of work! It might be easier waking in the middle

of the night,

say at 2 or 3 AM, gobbling your supplements, then going back to bed! Some

things the

package insert states:

>

> " Cholestyramine interferes with the absorption of fat soluable vitamins such

as A, D, E,

and K. " [and I assume Omega-3 fat supplements.]

>

> " SINCE CHOLESTYRAMINE MAY BIND OTHER DRUGS GIVEN CONCURRENTLY, IT IS

RECOMMENDED THAT PATIENTS TAKE OTHER DRUGS AT LEAST 1 HOUR _BEFORE_ OR 4 TO

6 HOURS _AFTER_ CHOLESTYRAMINE (OR AT AS GREAT AN INTERVAL AS POSSIBLE) TO

AVOID IMPEDING THEIR ABSORPTION. "

>

> In other words, once you start your day CSM doses, you really CAN'T

effectively take

other supplements during your waking hours since the 4 to 6 hour window is in

effect.

>

> Shoemaker's CSM protocol states: " You may wish to take a multiple vitamin with

minerals if you will be taking CSM for an extended period of time. " What about

those of us

who used to take antioxidants throughout the day, such as vitamin C, or alpha

lipoic acid,

or vitamin E?

>

> --Bill Croft

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