PMR question

[remission]

Has anyone tried Adaptogens ? Sounds like it might help and or it could just be another scheme for companies to get rich off of people with ailments.

Tks

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Sure if they were as good as stated, we’d all know about them - Turmeric (in the list of adaptogens) is the only things talked about on here which seems to help!

But you pays your money and takes your choice - but do remember if you’re going to put your hand in your pocket to check they are okay to take with existing meds.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

self.com/story/read-this-be...

is worth a read. I work on the assumption that if something sounds too good to be true - it probably is ...

I know I shouldn't even try ginseng - but I can't remember why!

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

Doesn't affect your memory (well could make it better), but might affect your sex life...and your blood pressure ....it’s a stimulant...

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to DorsetLady]

Found it later - because it makes you bleed more, so not with anticoags. You'd imagine it might cause even worse bruising along with pred ...

[piglette]

I have heard of people taking them for their chronic stress, so much easier to take a pill than change your life style!! Personally I would think twice about using them, although I did try ginseng when it became terribly popular, in the 1980s wasn’t it?

[remission]

Thanks everyone, you are all so helpful and I appreciate your knowledge