http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244472.php



Read the links in the article. Research from University Leuven, Belgium - Leuven does excellent research work.

Molly ,
I just took 4 days of 50,000 vit d, I don't know if I want to hear this as I have my first bone scan soon. I wonder if being on low dose prednisone for over a year will have depleted my bones. I have tried to keep it as low as possible, it is a bear to wean off of, I am at 7mg and taper 1mg a month, it makes you grouchy when weaning and my knees swell when I taper too fast, wish I knew what I was getting myself into, but I had never heard of it, nor had any presciption that lasted over a week in the past ,everything was so new and I was in so much pain, so I know why I tried it and I couldn't do the metheltrexate.

I will have to try that supplement we talked about recently in another post for osteoporosis.

How are the hypertension meds? Are they helping? Does hypertension and athlerosclerois go together?The reason I ask is when I went to get a clindamycin infusion for my RA at a naturpath's clinic she told me people with athlersclerosis responded well to clindamycin infusions. I don't know how an antibiotic could help hardened arteries, but she helped patients and had the labs to prove it. I wonder if it would help hypertension.
Well I hope its getting better.
Take care.

From what I have read from the literature from when I got my Dexascan, If you take less then 7.5 mg of Pred, you are OK. If you take more, you can be at risk of getting Ostio.

Valsmum - Pred and osteoporosis = linked. Pred, nasty stuff. Am hyperreactive to it.

Poor you, what a horrible experience some of these meds can put us through.

New anti-hypertensive? Seems to be working. Still spiking, but nothing like my usual spikes. Maxed out the other day at 187/105 - but down from all too usual 225/120... Doing good!! That's a spike, lower was 138/85 so that is coming under control, but the spikes still there. We'll see what the cardi has to opine when I see him again (whenever that is!)

Quote question : "Does hypertension and athlerosclerois go together?" Yes, they do go together. Am not very good with antibiotics, react rather badly and somehow don't fancy a clindamycin reaction, C-diff... (My mother died from C-diff, hospital acquired).

You said you had the supplement...Yes? Awaiting yr input with bated...

Take care me dear - and mille gratz -

la Moll

I was just getting ready to post about this...saw it in a daily digest I get from my accrediting agency. Here is the link to the original study.... Vit D study

I believe that 50,000IU dose is to be taken once a week. Not sure if the body can utilize that much in 4 days back-to-back.

Yes, I've got this one as well - forgot to include, well done <VBG> Amazing all the ins/outs information.

They do say somewhere in the paper/s that best to take 'a' dose daily and higher dose once per week! (But that for about a year, depending on the D£ levels found). Agreed, one could over do it! Also,need to point out the additional need to take calcium; magnesium - there was a whole list. (No need for iron, and check IF supplement has got iron in it. They are linking iron to having a poor effect on the brain). Am not a nutritionist - or anything like!. Would need to check out the detail.

Interesting though.

Avonlady,
Glad to hear about the 7 mgs of prednisone being somewhat "safe". I did ask my dr if there was safe amount of prednisone and he said 5mgs, but I didn't say for how long, and I know Ihave been on it too long. Trying my best to get off of it. Iknow a gal that took Orencia to get off of prednisone, but so far I am on track and tapering 1 mg without it. I may end up taking Orencia again, I rember my knees looked good while on it, but it did not help all my pain,so I wondered if it was worth all the potential side effects which are pretty scary.

What works fore you avonlady? Are you out of pain?
Thanks.