Posted by Larry Hoover on November 29, 2003, at 7:47:42
In reply to Re: If B12 is stored, why the mega-dosing? » Larry Hoover, posted by DSCH on November 28, 2003, at 14:40:33
> > In my own case, I had recurrent parasthesia for years. I had gum problems. I had impaired smell. I had wheezing. I had fatigue. And I was on Prilosec for GERD. Given the dependency of B12 uptake on stomach pH below 3.0, and the effect of the proton-pump inhibitor, I put 2 and 2 together and got 11-teen. ;-)
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> "Why don't you just make ten louder?"
> "But this one goes to eleven!"What, ten-teen?
I be weird sometimes, as is my wont.
> > In any case, a trial treatment is nothing more than that.
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> > BTW, what I have discovered is that my GERD may have been *caused* by pre-existing B12 deficiency in the first place. The connection is complex....and it is my hypothesis, not one from another source....
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> Gotta love these downward spirals in complex systems, eh?Well, it does indict allopathic medical treatment, too. The presenting symptom (e.g. acid reflux) can be masked, or the cycle can be broken. I don't know if Western medicine simply doesn't know better, or it doesn't care better.
I prefer system intervention over reductionism. It just makes more sense to me.
Lar
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