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@sunnyflower, @artist01, @helennicola
All medications and many vitamins & minerals etc do indeed have potential side effects. Look at the information pamphlet you get with you prescription medications. How many of those side effects do you have. I took 18 prescriptions at one time. Imagine how many possible side effects there may have been. My Mom never had any problems with Turmeric but that’s not to say someone else might but if it were me I would ask the doctor the probability of those side effects. Does the risk outweigh the benefit? She and I have not taken anything prescription or over the counter that wasn’t authorized by a physician.
My seizure medications and other medications can play havoc on various nutrients and one is often dependent on another. Vitamin D for example. Calcium is dependent on vitamin D and also on vitamin K. Vitamins and minerals are far to complicated for me. But I don’t believe a doctor would recommend them if he felt they were unsafe.
Always talk to your doctor and pharmacist.
Take care and good health,
Jake
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Agreed. If you take any medications you should consult your doctor prior to taking herbal supplements—ginger, turmeric, green tea, echinacea, THC/CBD, etc. All drugs, supplements, etc. are metabolized by enzymes in the liver. More than 50% are metabolized by CYP3A4. Anything metabolized by this enzyme can interfere with your medications. I am on anti rejection meds, including Tacrolimus...there are more than 700 drug and food interactions with it. Drugs.com is a good app I check when I don’t know about an ingredient I find. I eat very well and shop at a food coop. But I have found that natural foods often contain herbs or flavonoids I cannot take, so I am also careful to read labels.
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Hi @jakedduck1 I agree we have to be careful with medications and supplements and their potential side effects. Our healthy existence is related to maintaining equilibrium within our bodies. Too much or too little of a substance can cause an undesirable chain of events. Sorry to hear you have struggled with seizures for so many years. Has the medications helped? The side effects must be awful. While in the ICU for my AVM, the physicians gave me Keppra. I had to continue taking it at home. I had felt all the side effects it was capable of. I hated taking it. I didn’t know how much of what I was feeling was due to the Keppra or due to me in order to help myself. After talking to my physician I was eventually weaned off the medication two months later. Luckily, I never had a seizure. Do you have dizziness, balance issues, or headaches? I believe drowsiness was one concern and warned no driving. How do you handle the side effects? Are you aware of the Keto diet? I know it is not an easy diet to follow to consume low carbs. I tried it for 6 months for weight loss with my husband. It was originally used to control seizures before medications were discovered. I believe low carbs help our nerves function better. One of our friends was also on the diet for weight loss. While on the diet his hand tremors went away. As soon as he got off the diet his tremors came back. I hadn’t realized I was helping myself then. At that time I didn’t pay much attention to the details of my symptoms with lifestyle changes. Best wishes. Toni