Re: Help with Big Picture- Nick or Val

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Val....one more question. I have been on 25 mg a day hydrochlorothyazide for 10

years now for blood pressure. I am not 100% I need to be on it. Doesn't this

leech potassium from your system? Could this becausing the R-t3 issue? I am

willing to try not being on it, monitoring my blood pressue, of course. My

cholestrol has gone down since I started t-3 and I think my high blood pressure

is also linked. My blood pressue is fine on the medication, not sure how it

would be without it.

thanks!

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> You rratio would be 7.79 whihc is not good as it needs ot be 10 or higher.

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Val,

The Hydrochlorthyzide I am on is alone. I had a lot of blood work done in Feb.

My potassium level was 3.5 (3.5-5.2). Sounds like I could start slowly

tapering off, but should add potassuim and try to get it up to the high end of

the range. To taper, should I cut them in half for a week, then in fourths?

What do you suggest?

What dose of potassium? Any special kind? I am assuming it is sold as a

supplement in the US.

Thanks!

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> I do take calls throiugh a service called Ingenio, it is the ONLY way I

> can as it is done by appointment and keep s my number private, ther eis

> a link on th ehome page for this group to set up a call. I am afraid I

> am useless in finding doctors ot hlp wiht this as I haven;t found them.

> As to the Hydrochlorothyazide, OUCH, is it not mixed wiht Triamterene?

> If it si by itself it is messing up your electrolytes BIG time. You

> shoudl SLOWLY taper of it though especially after being on it this

> length of time. I would get electrolyte testing done FIRST to see where

> they are and if potasisum is below 4.2 I would definitly try to switch

> to potassium as you lower it. Potassium has lowered my BP from

> 140-150/90 to 127/77 I was on Triamtere/HCTZ for over 10 years myself

> and have foiund just potasisum is all I need now but I seem to need mega

> doses of it an have not found why I am losing ti still. Maybe years of

> an improper med?

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

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