herb/drug interactions

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Thank-you all for your replies concerning my MS/fibromyalgia case. Since

there were so many replies, I'll address them all together without the

standard reply format.

 

Her pulses are very deep, practically imperceptible, neither thin nor

taut, but soft. The middle (bar) positions are the strongest--liver and

spleen from my training. Her tongue body is thin and slightly deviated

(no strokes or TIA's), slightly pale and with a thick slimy white coat

and red tip.

 

Depakote is to prevent migraines. Klonopin is for sleep (the only thing

that worked). Her psychiatrist is aiming to get her off the Klonopin. I

think the neurontin is for erythromelalgia (burning feet and, less so,

hands). I will check again about that. Propranolol is for hypertension.

I will treat this with acup. She's 'always' had 'heartburn'--had a

negative endoscopy--the Prevacid got rid of it. She says she had the

muscle pain before she was ever on Lipitor, but I will ask again,

perhaps suggest a CK level. Wouldn't positive results on SED rate or

C-reactive protein indicate inflammation that could be anywhere in the

body, so therefore, it wouldn't directly suggest the Lipitor as culprit?

My understanding og red yeast rice is that it is where Mevacor

originated so there are almost identical adverse effects with it, as

some of you suggest. Thankfully, after her second treatment she had 4

days of relief from hip pain. Her shen, by my reading, is way more

vibrant than mine would be if I were on all those meds! I am still

trying to piece together her diagnosis and the pathogenesis of her

current conditions. I'll report if anything particularly interesting

develops in this case. I have told her we would not pursue herbal

treatment at this time.

 

Professor White, can you say more about panthethine? Anything to do with

pantothenic acid? I will suggest alternative cholesterol treatments to

her.

 

Marian

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