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11-27-2012, 09:05 AM | #1 | ||
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Hi Mrs.D,
As you may know, I am on several antibiotics. These are all metabolized in the liver/kidney. My kidney and liver functions are regularly monitored. Prior to the antibiotics, I have religiously taken most of the supplements listed in your thread. However, due to the toxicities of the antibiotics, I am thinking of just taking hte supplements on a "randomly" basis. My question is: would I get any benefits, even minimally, by taking the supplements intermittently i.e. 3x or 2x a week? Thank you for your reply? |
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11-27-2012, 09:44 AM | #2 | |||
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You might. In the beginning, people who start supplements may be filling a "void" that was long standing.
Once that is fixed, then just keeping a bit of them going into those enzyme systems may be enough. There just isn't much research on this subject, because it would cost lots of money, to guide people. Omega-3's are essential, meaning we need to have them in the diet or supplemented. But other things like carnitine, CoQ-10, lipoic acid, are actually made by our bodies. (statins will deplete CoQ-10 over time because of their chemistry). If something a person is taking is a depleter...then adding the depleted nutrient back in is important. Ethambutol for example depletes copper and zinc. So taking those in a multivitamin or in the form of OptiZinc may be necessary over time. I don't recall your other drugs. Many antibiotics though over time deplete B-complex, inositol, Vit K Biotin. But not all of them do this equally. B12 I think you need daily. I wouldn't stop that. Taking acid blocking drugs reduce nutrient status of calcium zinc magnesium B12 folate iron. And those are only the ones we know about so far.
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12-04-2012, 07:16 PM | #3 | ||
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Thank you very much for your reply Mrs.D and so sorry for the delayed acknowledgement, it has not been easy for me the past days.
You are so helpful and I appreciate it. I will take the minimum supplements you suggested. Other than Ethambutol, the other antibiotics I take are Rifampin and Azithromycin. Again, thank you. I had my VitD3 tested 2 weeks ago and the result was 40. I was expecting to be h igher than this because of my supplementation. I was taking 2000mg of VitD3 prior to the test. I remember this was about the same number when I had it tested 2 years ago when I was not taking the supplement. I increased it to 4500mg after I got hte result. The Rifampin must be affecting the absorption of my VitD3. |
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12-05-2012, 07:36 AM | #4 | |||
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Azithromycin is like erythromycin and other macrolides: Depletes all the B's inositol kills off good bacteria in the bowel Vit K Biotin
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