C-Reactive Protein levels

[Parscore]

So on advice from several of you, I recently had my C-Reactive Protein level tested. The normal range seems to be 0.00 to 3.0. Mine was 3.5. I understand that some of you have a list of what you take for this. Any chance you could list them for me. I am taking some supplements and a few herbs, but would love to hear suggestions.

Also I have been getting some of my blood draws when I have questions and do not want to argue with the doctor about a test; getting them from Life Extension. They use Labcore for the draw. Has been working ok and not too costly. Washington State.

[LearnAll]

Make some effort and review posts about anti inflammatory herbs, spices and supplements. There is lot of discussion we had on this forum in the past. Will not repeat.

[Tall_Allen]

Are you treating the symptom instead of the cause? What is causing your CRP to be high?

[Seasid in reply to Tall_Allen]

I would stop every antiinflammatory supplement and medication (like statins etc.) In order to find out my real inflammation. (I assume that is the most important.)

I was asked by the laboratory technician do I still taking crestor. I said no, I stopped. I am only taking high blood pressure medication coversyl (perindopril arginine). She said that that is ok.

[SoFlaGtr954]

Life Extension is excellent. I use them all the time for my blood draws.

Try Richard Schulze's products and see if this helps your CRP. He has a 5-day liver detox, a 5-day kidney detox and a 5-day colon cleanse. I've done all of them, but for serious cases much more is needed. My father's eGFR was in kidney disease territory - he did Schulze's liver and kidney detoxes and his eGFR is perfectly normal now.

Try high dose Vitamin C via IV as well. You can have this done at a Medspa:

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Also try Curcumin with black pepper to increase absorption. The black pepper is critical:

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Increase the fiber in your diet. You can do this with Psyllium, increasing fruit/veg, and perhaps a product like HerbalMucil Plus (another Schulze product):

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[Parscore in reply to SoFlaGtr954]

Ok thank you will check it all out.

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[MateoBeach]

I also include anti-inflammatory agents in my regimen, including celecoxib, atorvastatin, curcumin and green tea/ECGC extract. More recently I started on metformin (though not diabetic nor pre-diabetic, for its metabolic /epigenetic benefits (via sirtuins, AMPK and mTOR etc.).

N.B.: This is not clinically proven in controlled trials, just something I choose to do.

There is also evidence from studies on women with PCOS that metformin significantly reduces C-Reactive protein. That is just interesting to consider.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/289...

[Parscore in reply to MateoBeach]

Thank you I do take curcumin and green tea, also have been taking metformin for a couple of years, 1600 daily and am not diabetic nor pre-diabetic. Have not looked at your other choices.

[Seasid in reply to MateoBeach]

My CRP level is <0.4 is it good?

I don't believe that I was doing a most sensitive test as the most sensitive CRP test is only for the heart. My doctor said.

Maybe I am receiving a substandard medical diagnostics?

[Seasid in reply to Seasid]

I am only on Firmagon 80 mg every 4 Weeks plus 5 mg perindopril arginine daily for high blood pressure.

I stopped crestor and metformin as my vitamin B12 levels dropped as a result of metformin use under the lowest recommended level. I always hated metformin. I am using CPAP machine.

[MateoBeach in reply to Seasid]

you have to look at the units reported, not just the number. I was getting the less sensitive test reported at <0.3 mg/dL. That’s milligrams per deciliter or 100 mL. Asked for the hsCRP test to measure underlying inflammation, not to detect active infection. That reports as <0.3 mg/L, mg per Liter or 1000mL. 10 X more sensitive. 0.3 mg/L = 0.03 mg/dL.

[Seasid in reply to MateoBeach]

CRP was reported as: < 0.4 mg/L

How good is it?

I am not sure how sensitive was that test, but I was told that the most sensitive could be requested if you and up in an emergency related to the heart.