Experiences with

Slow-K

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Hi there! I'd love to test all my vitamin and mineral levels (including selenium etc.), but have been a bit frustrated as there doesn't seem to be any remotely affordable way to do it privately. Medichecks offers an advanced vitamins and minerals check, but it only includes A, B1, B2, B6, B12, D, E,

Good Afternoon After a stint in hospital with suspected afib i was placed on 5mg Apixaban to be taken morning and evening I am also taking Candesartan 8 mg and Bisoprolol 1.25 mg both to be taken once a day My question is :- I thought saw something about Vitamin K on one of the medications not

Is it necessary to take vitamin K with vitamin D 3?

I was about to order up some pumpkin seed supplements as like a lot of older people I've issues with my bladder. (I've had this for 15+ years) In the last couple of years I've been on a couple of medications from the GP regarding this, but they haven't really worked, so I thought I'd give supplements

Lupus is pretty quiet at the moment (yay!) but always means one of the other issues is being a bugger. Currently, my APS is being an absolute devient, can't seem to stay within my therapeutic range at the moment and having lots of internal bleeds. Had to have it reset with vitamin K a few months ago

Hi, Wonder what's your opinion about anticoagulant supplements such as fish oils, Curcumin versus foods reach in Vitamin K like most of green veggies. Could there be no contraindications while consuming both as it kind of evens up ? I came across many comments not to have fish oil, or drink celery juice

Morning I have only posted a couple of times on here, the first in 2017 for my results to be explained to me ie Free T4 14.8 pmol/L 7.5-21.1 TSH 0.21 miu/L 0.35-4.7 TPO Antibodies 42 IU/mL 0-10 Folate 9.9 ug/L 3.1-19.9 Vit B12 282 ng/L 110-914 I received advice

Started 10 months ago by waking up 1 morning by severe pain in lower right skull & around the rght ear & cheekbone. Finally an MRI in May shows bone marrow edema in these 2 discs, C1 & C2. Neurologist said he'd never seen this in that area. Only thing diagnosed beyond that is mild osteoarthritis & osteopenia

Hi ladies I wondered whether you had your babies vaccinated at week 8. Why did you go for it and for those that decided against vaccinations, would you mind sharing as to why? My little boy is 8 weeks tomorrow. He has had the vitamin k injection when he was born and I've had the whopping cough vaccine

Hi Friends Do greens such as Kale, spinach etc actually increase risk of blood clots ? So I recently found out that I have CAD in 5 arteries including a medium blockage in my LAD. Was very marginal for a stent but they decided not to at this point because I have a flow of 0.81 / they stent at under

Hi,I'm going to be doing an at home thyroid test in the next several days when it arrives. What do I need to do, if anything, with the levothyroxine and supplements I take? I take levothyroxine 75mg x1 day Vit d 1000mg x1 day Vit k 100mg x1 day Magnesium 264mg daily Igennus super B complex 1tablet every

Howdy folks. Does anyone drink green tea (decaf) or know of any issues ref AF/meds?I've looked on Dr Google and it mentions Warfarin being an issue, as it contains vit K, but I'm on Apixaban. Mentions Propanolol and similar meds but I'm on Diltiazem and Amiodarone. Issues in general seem to relate to

My 81 year old mum was diagnosed with osteoporosisast sept (-3.5), they couldnt scan her hips as they have been replaced, so they did wrist and spine, but as she has had spinal fractures they said it was hard to read. They believed the spinal fractures were compression fractures, but I now believe they

I made avocado ice cream this weekend. It makes for a nice creamy dessert since I am non dairy. https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool/vitamin-k-phylloquinone/fruits/highest it doesn’t just have to be prunes

I broke my foot following a fall off a high kerb in August 2021 and should have been referred for a DEXA scan by the minor injuries unit who treated this, but wasn't until I asked my GP for one, following a tip off from a friend who knew that that is NHS guidance. Following the DEXA scan and recommendation

Background.* Hashimotos, for which I take Bovine replacement "Metavive". I am allergic to Thyroxine and cannot tolerate Porcine. * Sjogren's. * 17 different food allergies. * Gall bladder issues. * HRT replacement. * Huge stress; mother very unwell post Covid / PMR & GCA, and other huge stress issues

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I am 74 (F) and was diagnosed in Nov, 2019 with PV and JAK 2 positive. I have been in clinical remission for 18 months and take Jakafi 10mg 2x daily. I have an allele burden of 15 currently down from 60 at diagnosis. My blood draws have been within limits for 18 months with only a blip in the blood calcium

For those who ask if bone can be regained without pharmaceuticals – you may be interested in this. I am 73 and was diagnosed with osteoporosis more than a decade ago. My bone density tests have shown continual decline. My doctor urged me to take Prolia but I declined. I researched strontium citrate,