Side effect solutions for bone building meds and diuretics

Oh yes, definitely connected. I don’t mean to be crass but your diuretic makes you lose water volume (the point). But with every bathroom trip, you pee out minerals. Many people are saying “Aha” now, because you started out taking a blood pressure med, then at some point, you were prescribed a bone building drug for osteoporosis. I’ll share my side effect solutions because I realize you have to, need to (or want to) take your prescription medications.

You’ve asked, “What’s next for me?” Depending on the specific diuretic you take, you may eventually need an antidepressant, something for leg cramps and tinnitus (ear ringing) .?.?. you may need a drug for heart arrhythmias, all that to counter the mineral and electrolyte deficiencies that result from the drug mugging effect of drug number 1, your blood pressure drug.

Shocked? When side effects, due to the drug nutrient depletion (drug mugging), are not recognized you’re getting a new ‘disease’ and a new medication for it.

This year, an estimated 163,000 people will suffer memory loss (perhaps Alzheimer’s) due to various prescription drugs that mug brain nutrients. About 61,000 people will hear the words “Parkinson’s disease,” but you won’t realize it was drug-induced. Another 32,000 of you will suffer a hip fracture from a drug-induced fall, and almost 8,000 people will die from internal bleeding caused by over the counter “nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs” or NSAIDs.

This gets me fired up! It’s why I wrote Drug Muggers (Rodale 2011) for you, because 75 percent of doctor’s office visits end with the physician giving you a prescription for a medication and you need me to protect you.

I’ll email you a longer version of this article with more side effect solutions if you sign up for my free newsletter at my website. In the meantime, here are several side effect solutions to ask your practitioner(s) about. Don’t make changes without your physician’s approval: