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    The organization or web site, worstpills.org, just gave olmesartan a DO NOT TAKE designation, in their January 2018 newsletter, fyi, for the reasons detailed above.
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    Have you heard of Dr Terry Wahls? She is an Iowa doctor in a VA there - she herself has MS, and has written about it. I recommend doing some googling and maybe checking out one of her books from the library.
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    How often are you taking the 500 mcg? As for injections (the most effective absorption method), a lot of times, clinics will give daily shots for 5 days then weekly shots, and taper thereafter to once a month. Usually that is for people with pernicious anemia. It is important to find out the reason you are B12 deficient, and, for example, to rule out...
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    It is. It's not as "elegant" as the Medscape article presentation, and doesn't include everything, including the table (see below) and of course the comments. Thanks for linking to it.
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    Table 1. Prevalence of Diagnoses in People With and Without Celiac Disease (P < .0001 for All) Diagnosis With Celiac Disease, % Without Celiac Disease, % Odds Ratio Migraine 18.6 4.1 5.5 Anxiety disorder 25.9 ...
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    I got the finger wag once trying to copy and paste a recipe, am a little wary of provoking admin ire again. I love medscape, sign up is free by the way. Let me see if there's anything else I can do - feel free to offer advice on this score. Thanks. Plumbago
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    A recent Medscape article on the surprising number of conditions linked to celiac disease is very good with an easy to read table. As always - read the comments, including the last/first one: “Positive serology test for celiac disease should be confirmed with oesophagogastroduodenoscopy and biopsy not colonoscopy thanks” Yikes. https://w...
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    Sorry, I meant swansons, not stouffers.
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    Note to self: post during the DAY. Too tired at night! Swanson's!!!! I mean. And it does appear to be gluten-free.
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    I thought this one would be relatively easy, but it's proving difficult to track down (this site; Google). Are Stouffer's chicken broths gluten free? (Feel free to weigh in on the other broths too, but I'm mostly concerned with the chicken broth).
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    This seems like a good time to ask what happened with the 2014 FDA regulation on the labeling of gluten free foods. First, has it gone into effect? Second, am I correct in reading that it is voluntary? Really?? What good is that? Anyway, does anyone have any news or experience with this? Plumbago
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    Hello, I’m not capable of explaining exactly what’s going on with the left-sided only symptoms, beyond suggesting a possible association with nerve damage, but really a doctor should be the one to weigh in. The advice to continue eating gluten (and there are guidelines as to how much) before a celiac test is good, and worth following. If you are con...
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    Hi everyone, I recently listened to a medical podcast (The Curbsiders Internal Medicine podcast) during which the docs said that it is impossible to be allergic to an essential element the body has and needs (iodine) and just because one is allergic to shellfish (which has iodine) does not mean one will be allergic to contrast dye (that also has iodine...
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    Has anyone been had their Hep B titers taken? I got the whole series (three Hep B vaccines), and then had to submit proof of responsiveness (or immunity, though I'm not sure that is the correct word, exactly), and my blood draw indicated I was not immune. So I got a booster, which seemed to satisfy everyone at the time. However, yesterday I saw on this site...
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    Hi, When you went gluten free did any symptoms improve (and then return)? If they did improve, for how long? Have you been to an ophthalmologist? A quick google turned up the possibility of TMJ "Inflammation and irritation caused by friction in the temporomandibular joint can irritate and cause dysfunction in the trigeminal nerve which in...
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    Hi, I belong to a diabetes forum (I don’t have diabetes, I just like to learn) and came across this recent post on the four kinds of neuropathy. The poster says you can get a nerve conduction test, EMG. http://www.tudiabetes.org/forum/t/four-kinds-of-neuropathy/64211/10 Yes, I’ve heard gluten can damage nerves, but I don’t know much else about...
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    "I will be working closely with a Functional medicine practitioner in the near future" Excellent! I was going to suggest that. Do as much research on yourself and your issues as you can. Learn as much as possible before the appointment, which will make it so much more worthwhile. Ah, now I see why you were wanting to know about hypothyroidism and...
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    A. Duodenum Biopsy; Mature benign small bowel mucosa with a normal villous architecture. Abdominal pain/bowel issues/Wt loss. R/O Celiac. Findings: Mild gastritis. EGD. ___________________________ It looks like you have "normal villous architecture," in other words, no damage to your villi. It would be good to know how many samples for the...
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    But does he put it in your mouth after putting all the gluten-containing wafers in other parishioners mouths? Anyway, nice that he lets you do it considering that the church decided against gluten-free wafers recently. Plumbago
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    I looked at your past posts, but I’m not sure i know what you were eating then and what you’ve stopped eating now. Also what sort of medical workups you’ve had and what were the results. I understand your biopsy was negative - but I also saw on one post that you were worried they only took one biopsy. Do you have the analyst’s result report there with yo...
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    I’m so sorry you feel you must steal, that must be awful. The only thing I might consider is that it can become a habit, especially the self-justification part. Not that I'm recommending it right now for you , but with a ketogenic diet, the body goes into ketosis, not ketoacidosis, which is something that people with Type I diabetes can go into: in a...
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    I don’t know a lot about this, except to say something similar happens to me. I’m a woman. And in my case, a full bladder (especially at rest, when asleep) seems to cause a flop sweat and I will have to get up, go to the bathroom. No more heat and sweating after that. I also find that if I drink less fluid in the late afternoon and early evening hours, it...
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    Most physicians follow the joint commission’s guidelines on prescribing HTN medications which usually begin with a diuretic and calcium channel blocker (the amlodipine) - see below. Is it possible that your bp was still not controlled on the CCB (amlodipine)? So the ARB was added? Again, I’d just like to say that just bc a drug does have certain adverse eff...
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    Hi Lindsey Anne -- This summer, I had sores on my tongue which were horrible. I wrote about it here: I haven't had any since July. Since June of this year, I haven't really had added sugar, and that has probably helped. I also changed toothpastes to ones that do not have SLS. Plumbago Cycling lady, do you mean a gluten containing diet...
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    I think this is an interesting observation, and definitely worth exploring!
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