Guest guest Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Dr Crandall. This is the following information that I have found in my drug interaction books between herbal and pharmaceutical drugs, I hope this would be helpful to why the doctor was concerned... I am a fully qualified Naturopath and a Dispensary Technician and have always been consulting my references before prescribing as a lot of people especially of the mid to older generation are on pharmaceutical medication that can interact with any supplementation or food that they could be eating as when something is taken in a concentrated form especially from a tincture or tablet the amount is stronger than in a food form. Cayenne - ACE inhibitors Garlic - coumadin (increases blood clotting time), Beta-blockers (increases effectiveness), prior to surgery (decreases platelet aggregation) Horseradish - kidney inflammation due to strong diuretic effect Onion - nil recorded Ginger - coumadin ACV - nil recorded I hope I have been of some assistance to you. Wendy I am so MAD. I'm told that the TT will interfere with the following meds of a patient that had a stroke 1 1/2 years ago and is now in LTC and the flu is rampant. She hasn't gotten the flu YET but the doctor said she can't have the TT. How can that be???????? I've been giving it to her in tomato juice and she loves it. The meds are: furosemide (BP), docusate, when needed(constipation), lopressor (heart and BP), coumadin (blood thinner), and diovan (BP). Antibiotics for kidney infections which had happened a few times. TT would prevent those, dang it. I know there's no sane answer for this but just needed to rant!!! If there is some data that I can give to this STUPID doctor, I'd surely appreciate the help. Now, I'm not looking to get her healthy, that's just not going to happen and it would be a blessing if she went home to her Lord but if she does get the flu, it probably won't kill her, she'll just be miserable and I'd really like to avoid that for her. Is this a classic example of 'kill 'em slow' or what?!?! Anna, who will be taking EXTRA TT for the rage she's allowed herself temporarily... http://personals..au - Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Then again Anna, All these pills she is currently taking can eventually be taken out of her routine because the TT will handle the blood pressure, so she won't need to be taking furosemide, lopressor, coumadin and diovan. She won't need any antibiotics. And she won't need the docusate for constipation. There are other herbs that will handle constipation much better and gentler on the system without poisoning her liver. Get yourself a copy of "Herb Contraindications & Drug Interactions" by Francis Brinker, N.D. Very good to have just for this occasion. Don Q. - DrCrandall 'HerbalRemedies' Saturday, January 10, 2004 2:43 AM [herbal remedies] TT and drugs ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Ain't no bugs here!Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.558 / Virus Database: 350 - Release 1/2/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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