I’m on Spiro, be careful of your Potassium level. Spiro is a Potassium holder, meaning it reduces the amount of Potassium your body would normally eliminate. The danger here is as the body holds onto it, the level in your body rises. Potassium is needed in the body but as it builds up inside you, it can cause lethal amounts. I’ve had to rush to be retested and given a medication to help my body to eliminate the overload. On your blood tests, 7 is in lethal territory, my highest results were 6.8 one time and 6.7 another. As long as your on Spiro, you’ll have to check everything you put in your mouth to see how much Potassium is in it.

I’ve been on it for over 5 years and it has other side affects you may not like. It’s a diuretic, which makes you go to the bathroom more, at night too, which causes you to lose salt in your urine. I also experience drowsiness about a hour or so after I take it and fall asleep. This messes up my sleep cycle at night. Oh yeah, it also reduces your level of Testosterone, the male sex hormone in both men and women, something doctors have a tendency to overlook. It can cause other problems because of reduced levels of Testosterone, something my daughter didn’t even know and she’s a nurse giving it to patients. It helps to lower your blood pressure all right but be careful of it’s many side affects. @becky1024

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