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Cluster Headache Help and Support >> Medications, Treatments, Therapies >> I am soo confused: Taurine http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1257038277 Message started by lorac on Oct 31st, 2009 at 9:17pm |
Title: I am soo confused: Taurine Post by lorac on Oct 31st, 2009 at 9:17pm
I have been reading a lot about Taurine, and it seems that either its really good , or really bad.
The vitamin sellers tout it as great. of course. some articles say its bad, and even may cause diabetes. The Mayo Clinic has good things to say about it. Some of the articles say it helps to utilize vitamins etc in the body, and can regulate the heart rythms. And reduce high blood pressure, through its diaretic effects. Some say it magnifies the effect of some meds. Also read that it is good for the liver and kidneys, as it helps clear them , as well as cleaning the viens of plaque. I take Verapamil, and all I know is that I didn't have a problem, till I started taking the Taurine, then my heart rythms went awry. Maybe I took too much? 1000 mg. I don't know. Maybe its the Verapamil building up. Some here say it is helping them a lot, along with Kudzu. Perhaps its just not to be taken with certain meds?? What are your thoughts on it??????????? lorac |
Title: Re: I am soo confused: Taurine Post by Callico on Nov 1st, 2009 at 2:05am
I'm no expert on it, only what it does for me, but I have read in more than one place that it can magnify the effects of calcium channel blockers, i.e. Verap. The two should not be used in combination. As with any medication you need to be careful of interactions to cause a negative result. Used separately they work fine, but combined you have issues.
It wouldn't have taken me so long to tell all I know if my fingers would have cooperated! :D Jerry |
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