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- - Danger of Alpha lipoic Acid (https://www.neurotalk.org/peripheral-neuropathy/192930-danger-alpha-lipoic-acid.html)

Balanchine

10-04-2013 10:14 AM

Thanks, Mrs. D and Gerry. You've put my mind at ease. I do take the jenn-yoo-whine Synthroid and now have added the Lipoic, which I'll take on an empty stomach as per recommendation!

Stacy2012

10-12-2013 09:46 AM

I just read if you are on Thyroid meds and take ALA, it will double your heart rate.

As you know, I tried to take Rala and gave up due to acid reflux however I have just decided to try it again and ordered it, its been probably a year since I tried it, things change, and I am hoping I can take it this time. I really want to try it since it seems to be a main staple of helping PN.

mrsD	10-12-2013 11:15 AM

I have answered this many many times.... I cannot search right now because today is hubby's birthday.

Post 29 in this thread is one of many explanations.

Double the heart rate? If you have 60 do you really think it
would be 120 on lipoic acid?
I would like to see a link to that comment. The most common assertion is the unproved hypothyroid cause.

Stacy2012

10-12-2013 11:34 AM

I reworded my post. Mostly was just stating what I read.

codyc

10-12-2013 11:47 AM

I have been on Thyroid Meds for 33 years and have been taking R-Lipoic Acid daily for 16 years and it has had no effect on my heart rate which is between 60 and 78 throughout the day :)

Balanchine

10-12-2013 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by codyc (Post 1021782)

I have been on Thyroid Meds for 33 years and have been taking R-Lipoic Acid daily for 16 years and it has had no effect on my heart rate which is between 60 and 78 throughout the day :)

I too don't notice a difference having started the ALA a couple of weeks ago along with my synthroid.

Sallysblooms

10-12-2013 03:29 PM

No negative problems at all for me. I am so thankful for wonderful supplements.

Steven N

10-13-2013 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 1008034)

I think that Thorne link in Dr. Smith's
Post is quite interesting.

Everything in medicine is suspect IMO
Most of the time. I am reading a non fiction
Medical history book this vacation and
It is basically horrifying-- Drawing Blood.

Did you know the Mayo clinic was founded
by Dr. William Mayo who established
it to do spleen removals for a fraudulent
diagnosis--- splenic anemia.
The doctors there were called "murderers"
by their colleagues and this went on
For many years! Because most of the
Patients either died right after the surgery
or within 5 or less years thereafter.

This book really illustrates how medicine
evolved in the US in the early 1900's.

Unfortunately, some of it still hasn't evolved. 50% of American dentists still fill teeth with mercury, although it has been banned in several other countries.

mrsD	10-13-2013 06:51 AM

Remember when searching ALA...you want alpha lipoic acid to come up, not alpha linolenic acid which shares that abbreviation.

Also many scientific papers use thiotic acid as the term for alpha lipoic acid. So you will need to try that term instead.

ginnie

10-13-2013 08:04 AM

Hi Steven

I just wanted to comment on what you said. I find it horrible that some dentists use mercury fillings. What is worse is they do it knowingly to a person with a compromised immune system. Before I knew about this, I was getting the mercury fillings. Also Dentists do not realize that the Root Canal is also awful as the infection stays in the tooth. This infection can grow, and effect the whole body. I also do not understand why doctors cannot communicate well with each other, when there is more than one field of medicine being addressed. Good grief there is fax and computers. ginnie:grouphug:

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