Re: Tagamet -- worthwhile adding to regimin?

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In a message dated 12/9/08, jim.mcelroy writes:

> or if it would cause more problems than it helps by reducing my stomach acid,

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Have you tried just plain old baking soda?

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All vitamins, or just B12?

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> My 3 cents in matter Tagamet:

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> Tagamet diminishes absorption ( by stomach) vitamins B-12.

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> Jan

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Doctor wrote only about B-12.

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What Causes B12 Deficiency?

B12 is a huge molecule and absorption depends on many cofactors, so that it

is quite possible to take adequate amounts of B12 in the diet, and still

have a B12 deficiency. Absorption of B12 requires gastric acid, so anything

which reduces gastric acid production such as gastric surgery, atrophic

gastritis, or antacid drugs could produce B12 deficiency. The very popular

antacid drug Prilosec (omeprazole) has been clearly shown to decrease B12

absorption. (

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_u

ids=10369631 & dopt=Abstract> 6) (

<http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10083/10083.ch08.html> 7). Other antacid

pills such as Prevacid, Protonix, Zantac, Nexium, Aciphex, Zantec, Tagamet,

Pepcid, Maalox, mylanta, reduce gastric acid, inhibit B12 absorption and may

produce B12 deficiency. Drugs such as

<http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040115/letters.html> Metformin and other diabetes

drugs can cause B12 deficiency. The anesthetic agent, Nitrous Oxide, or

" laughing gas " , used in dental or surgical procedures causes B12 deficiency

(

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_u

ids=3949064 & dopt=Abstract> 8).

Pernicious anemia is the second most common cause of B12 deficiency. This is

an autoimmune disease with loss of Intrinsic Factor, in which antibodies

damage the stomach lining interrupting the B12 absorption mechanism.

Other people at risk for B12 deficiency include vegetarians, people with

eating disorders such as bulemia and anorexia, inflammatory bowel disease

with malabsorption (crohn's). Auto-immune diseases such as hashimoto's

thyroiditis may also be associated with pernicious anemia.

In addition, has identified genetic defects in which transport

proteins are absent or deficient causing B12 deficiency (

<http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/reprint/100/2/718.pdf> 9).

From: jrrjim

All vitamins, or just B12?

" STUDIO EEG-BIOFEEDBACK_POLAND " wrote:

My 3 cents in matter Tagamet:

Tagamet diminishes absorption ( by stomach) vitamins B-12.

Jan