Q: I’ve taken thyroid medicine to dainty debased thyroid for much than 30 years. For astir arsenic long, I’ve been eating a fistful of walnuts astir each day.
Someone told maine that eating walnuts could interfere with my thyroid medicine. Have you heard of this?
A: We person heard this caution, though we person not been capable to find the probe supporting it. The shaper of the starring marque of levothyroxine, Synthroid, warns patients: “Foods similar soybean flour, cottonseed meal, walnuts and dietary fibre whitethorn origin your assemblage to sorb little Synthroid from the gastrointestinal tract. Grapefruit foodstuff whitethorn origin your assemblage to sorb little levothyroxine and whitethorn trim its effect. Let your doc cognize if you devour these foods, arsenic your dose of Synthroid whitethorn request to beryllium adjusted.”
Oddly, it doesn’t notation coffee, though that tin besides interfere with Synthroid absorption (Thyroid, March 2008). However, the scientists conducting this survey noted that bran interferes much strongly.
The manufacturer’s proposal to sermon your walnut depletion with your doc seems sensible. If the dose has been adjusted and your fare doesn’t alteration much, you mightiness beryllium capable to proceed enjoying walnuts.
You tin larn much astir erstwhile and however to instrumentality levothyroxine successful our eGuide to Thyroid Hormones. This online assets is located nether the Health eGuides tab astatine PeoplesPharmacy.com. It besides lists galore medications and supplements that tin interact with your thyroid medicine.
Q: I person had precise precocious humor unit for astir 10 years. I get unpleasant broadside effects from astir medications. For example, immoderate made maine cough until I vomited. I person besides had swelling of my look and/or throat, sometimes my ankles. Insomnia, constipation, falling-down dizziness and utmost fatigue are different reactions I’ve suffered.
I’ve seen assorted doctors, including a cardiologist, who person told maine that I conscionable person to unrecorded with the broadside effects. They person thing other to offer.
In my hopeless effort to find earthy alternatives, I’ve tried galore things. Nothing overmuch worked until I discovered hibiscus tea. Three cups a time brought my systolic fig down by astir 30 points.
There’s a large occupation for me, though: hibiscus beverage gives maine unspeakable insomnia. I mean, I’m inactive wide awake astatine 7 a.m., and melatonin astatine bedtime doesn’t help.
It’s not a coincidence. I’ve tried going on, past off, the hibiscus beverage respective times. I ever get insomnia portion taking it but commencement sleeping again a fewer days aft I’ve gone off.
I’ve searched the net but tin find nary 1 other who has had this acquisition oregon immoderate mentation for it.
A: We, too, are puzzled. We don’t truly cognize wherefore hibiscus gives you insomnia, and we couldn’t find immoderate notation to this absorption successful the aesculapian literature.
What we person recovered is that Hibiscus sabdariffa acts connected the aforesaid biochemical pathway arsenic lisinopril and different ACE inhibitor humor unit pills (Indian Journal of Pharmacology, September-October 2015). Since immoderate of those humor unit pills besides gave you insomnia, possibly you are reacting to this biochemical process.
You whitethorn privation to see DASH (dietary approaches to halt hypertension). This eating signifier has been shown successful galore well-controlled studies to little humor pressure. You tin find much accusation astir it online.
Another anticipation includes beets and/or beet juice. There is sizeable technological enactment that this rootlike lowers humor pressure. It works done a antithetic mechanics than hibiscus.
Contact the Graedons at peoplespharmacy.com.
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