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Originally Posted by mrsD
are you taking zinc supplements? It is not common to be low in copper. Most multivits have copper in them, and we get copper
thru our water pipes.
But if you take alot of zinc, it will deplete copper.
Low copper levels are found in MS patients.
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I don't take zinc supplements. I take a regular multivitamin and eat a complete range of foods.
I'm completely baffled by this, of course. I guess I need to supplement at 2mg per day. I just wondered if it made any difference which supplement?
Yes I am anemic and take iron twice a day, and have normal levels of iron. Without the supplement I become anemic again very quickly.
The anemia is idiopathic. I also have PN. I have NOT had bariatric surgery. I'm 71 years old. This is just odd. I do have hypogammaglobulinemia (CVID).
I had a spinal tap in 2010, and do not have MS. I am seeing a Duke Neurologist who ordered this 24 hour urine copper test.
I'm truly baffled by this. But I have no idea how serious the deficiency is. I can't find any web site that scales the levels of deficiency.
Elaine