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Old 11-18-2009, 12:57 PM
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Thanks, guys!

Actually, today, I found this little tidbit on low CPK levels...I guess that mine might be caused by prednisone...It says that it can occur in Cushing's or steroid therapy..

http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/44/5/905

It's interesting, because it says that if it's low, it can also signal muscle weakness, much like if it's too high; although it's not really from muscle damage, but maybe the way things are metabolized to create muscle...Maybe I should take a supplement...I'll check it out...

Do you know what's very interesting? I just read over the thread started by Jana, 'Is this why doctors don't take us seriously?'-something like that-the one that discusses neurosis and MG, and she referenced something a patient was complaining about from this site.

http://www.alsforums.com/forum/do-i-...breathing.html

When I looked up the low CK values, I came across the same patient a year ago...She was complaining about having low CK values and not knowing what it meant. It turns out that she has a thymoma. Here is what she was saying a year ago.

http://www.alsforums.com/forum/gener...t-results.html

Kinda interesting...I wonder if low CK is somehow related to thymoma...I mean, I had mine taken out about four months ago, but maybe it's residual...

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