Supplements
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Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva Isn’t as Effective Without Vitamin D
OK. I can’t get enough of Vitamin D lately. I’m fascinated learning about it. One of the questions I had with my doctor was to ask about Boniva. I had been taking it for years, and when my x-rays showed my bone density as improved enough that I no longer had osteoporosis my doctor pulled [...]
Scientific American Article on Vitamin D
My friend Trisha at Ideas for Women, pointed out a great article on Scientific American about Vitamin D. It’s a little long — 6 pages of small type — so you might want to print it off. The article goes into the new studies and developments scientists are finding out about this vitamin and it [...]
What is the Deal With Calcium Supplements and Constipation?
OK, I admit it. For the longest time, I absolutely hated taking calcium supplements for the simple fact that it backed me up so bad it just wasn’t worth it. The pain, the bloating, the gas, the fact that I desperately wanted to poop but couldn’t, or when I finally did, my back end was [...]
Are You Vitamin D Deficient?
At my last visit to the doctor for my annual physical, my doctor ran a blood test and told me I was deficient for vitamin D. The lab test told me that a normal “bottom level” of Vitamin D in someone was 32 ng/ mL, and my level was a “20.8 ng/mL”. (I’m not sure [...]
Is It Safe to Take Actonel With St. John’s Wort?
I spoke with my doctor about taking St. John’s Wort and assumed she’d recommend against taking an herbal supplement. To my surprise, she supported it, and was glad I was up front with her about it. One thing I was really concerned at the time was if St. John’s Wort would interact with the Actonel [...]
My Experience: Perika St. John’s Wort
I have been taking the Perika brand of St. John’s Wort for a few months. I can say without question, I believe it to be the best brand of St. John’s Wort to take for Depression. I had taken St. John’s Wort in the past with little effect, and this brand seems the only one [...]
St. John’s Wort: The Herbal Way to Feeling Good
St. John’s Wort: The Herbal Way to Feeling Good by Norman Rosenthal, MD, is one of the best books I’ve found about self diagnosing depression and treating it with St. John’s Wort. Dr. Rosenthal is a senior researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University. I [...]
St. John’s Wort — How Much to Take?
The target dosage in most of the antidepressant studies of mild to moderate depression has been 900 mg per day. Some people who are sensitive to the drug may be able to get by on 600 mg per day, and some people may need up to — but not more than — 1800 mg per [...]
Side Effects of St Johns Wort
Since St. John’s Wort has been used extensively in Europe in the last 15 years, studies have shown it to be both safe and well tolerated when high quality brands are used in the dosages commonly prescribed. Dr. Helmut Woelk in Germany monitored 3,250 mildly or moderately depressed patients being treated by 663 practitioners. Of [...]
Clinical Studies of St John’s Wort
Most of the studies of the efficacy of St. John’s Word were conducted in Europe. In 1994, the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology devoted an issue to hypericum. Later, the British Medical Journal published an article reviewing the data on well-conducted clinical studies of St. John’s Wort for depression. In the article, three simple [...]