Posted by Larry Hoover on May 28, 2003, at 7:57:24
In reply to Re: Mg potentiates benzos? Cool!, posted by mattdds on May 27, 2003, at 20:13:19
> Larry,
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> This Mg is really cool stuff. I did a brief google on "magnesium and mitral valve prolapse" and was quite amazed. I had no idea there was so much evidence out there supporting this as an etiologic factor (as well as a treatment for) of MVP symptoms.And exactly how many doctors have suggested it to you? In any subject with coexistent anxiety and MVP, it ought to be the first line of treatment.
For complex reasons, blood magnesium tests are absolutely worthless. The only true "test" is magnesium loading. In other words, magnesium supplementation.
> Can you imagine if Mg were patentable?
I'm friggin' glad it's not.
Good or bad, the system we've got is just the one we've got. You can't patent St. John's wort (or other herbs), either. <sigh of relief>
>The evidence out there for this seems to be quite good, by the standards we usually apply (the study from the Am J Cardiology was pretty solid!). But since there is no money in studying this, it doesn't get the attention it may deserve.
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> Thanks Larry!
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> MattI'm glad you're paying attention, ya know? I don't know it it's that there's no money in studying this, or simply that attention is distracted by all the other things going on in medicine.
<rant mode on>
There have been a number of major studies of the nutritional content of the American diet (look up NHANES, for example). Every study has shown that a substantial portion of the population is unable to obtain even the lowest acceptable level of certain nutrients from the diet. Yet, even when symptoms of nutrient deficiency start to appear, pharmacological treatments are initiated, rather than nutritional ones.There is a philosphical truism (really, an untruism) that states "all your nutritional needs can be met by eating a balanced diet". That is simply false, even for a healthy person. No allowance is made for the enhanced nutritional requirements in states of biochemical imbalance associated with disease. Nor is the concept of *optimal* intake even considered; RDAs, RDIs, and the like, are set at the 95% cut-off for the prevention of overt deficiency disease. Nevertheless, rickets (as one example) is on the increase in America. What's wrong with this picture?
I can assure you, I do not have a Prozac deficiency. Nor one in Klonopin. I'm looking elsewhere for my supplements.
<rant mode off>Lar
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