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I take vie Mixed tocopherols and micxed tocotrinols as well as the alpha VitE, and it K2..also from reseacrh. I'm still unsure , as I take 100mg aspirin a day too how the K2 and aspirin go(I'm at very high risk of a stroke)..but one hospital emergency dept doc said its fine as they work by entirely different mechanisms (he was a student studying it I guess)?..so if anyone has any knwoledge of this from research..like what happens when you mix vitK2 and aspirin..does it still thin the blood? I also drink loads of water..which is the most important for stopping clots than anything. at least 12 glasses per day..(probably less if in Uk in winter though)
Vit K2 is less involved in bleeding than vit K1 - I assume that is what you are meaning when you ask about aspirin being involved? I assume that aspirin is the preferred option for reducing the form of stroke you are at risk of having? I am on a few medications that relate to increased risk of bleeding but with other forms of anticoagulant therapy the vit K story is less significant.
Thanks PMRPro. Yes, I have up to 60% blockage from plaque on an ultrsound of left carotid, bout 30% on right carotid arery. I assume this want helped by the narrowing at top of carotid from moyamoya which is almost closed (I think)on the left..hence the blood flow slowing I guess. I have natural hghest cholesterol but no one was too concerned as my HDL was also very high making the ratios good...obviously this is incorrect advice. I tried Lipitor but felt bad and my liver enzymes went up. Now on crestor..feeling better (except for the smoke knocking me last few days). The smoke cleared mostly last night with the long-overdue rain. High risk of stroke from moyamoya, hence needing a brain op (STA-MCA or EC_IC, and I do not even know if they are the same). But before the brain op I thought I neded a nagigram..but one neurosurgeon told me he didn't mention a scan to me as I was at too high a risk of stroke from it dislodging or even, I think, roughening the plaque. I think he planning on operating without any angiogram, he wrote he felt it was not necessary. I have two neurosurgeons, two it seems disputing schools here in Sydney (seems an ongoing fight over the funding, setup and patients for clot removal from 2016..still ongoing).
i definitely feel a load better on aspirin, and the vitK2 is as I have severe osterporosis..and to help stop any calcium deposit into the plaque, to stop it breaking up and causing a stroke..at least that's the thougt. I've also upped my water level to over 12 cups a day which is about what I used to take. This always helps. I find it diffucult to work out what is moyamoya and what is PMR, but the ultrsound showed up the plaque, but good new is I do NOT have GCA and I have clear STA
I was scheduled for the angiogram on last Friday (2 days ago) and called by hospital afternoon before abut i thought I had postponed it..very tempted to go ahead but the interventional radiologist had not contacted me and my GP wanted me to ask him if he could just go up to the plaque and then inject the dye (iodine ) from there. The hosputal staffwanted me just to show and ask him on the spot but I really can't tell him what to do which is almost what tht would be! He never returned my call either, but I found an email from his secretary that night saying not to go.
Here is another excellent publication regarding K2... what bothers me somewhat is where they mention 49 “mg” dosage pertaining to effective dosage for bone replacement (if I read it correctly. I need to read it again and follow the reference trail). Later they speak to the order of magnitude lower doses I’m used to reading.
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