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Originally Posted by en bloc
I wish I could implement more supplements instead of prescriptions. I have been able to add some of the basics (CoQ10, B12, Vit D, magnesium, etc). I see these links mrsD provides (from this and other threads) and get excited...until I see the some of the side effects with my conditions or other meds...then I get bummed.
A couple of my doctors are willing to help integrate a more natural approach, but my severe autonomic neuropathy and Sjogren's (and other conditions) really throw a wrench into the wheel, so to speak, when it comes to treatment options.
I really appreciate the links and I will still talk to my cardiologist at April's appt (when I hope to get off the Crestor) to see if there is something to try (taurine for one) to keep things in check without a statin.
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One thing I keep wondering about
: If you have some genetic error that raises apo-B... and Crestor works for it, why would your doctor take you off it? Seems the reverse might be true.
Or this is a trick to placate you, in the beginning.
The thing with supplements is that not everything out there that has been written about works for everyone equally. People vary considerably in their own metabolisms. I think one way Taurine works, is by enhancing cholesterol excretion via the bile.
It has been used for a long time to improve bile flow and the bile salts are composed of cholesterol. The stones people get are cholesterol stones.
I found this paper this morning. Taurine to reduce alcohol craving:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12436202
Taurine works in the CNS quite a bit.
This explains taurine in more detail.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20804594
And this is very interesting too:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14553911
Taurine is recommended for diabetics and has been for a long time.
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