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Symptoms due to hypotension are seldom an issue even though Benicar is taken every six to eight hours on Inflammation Therapy. According to the package insert, "A Benicar dose of 20 mg daily produces a trough sitting BP reduction over placebo of about 10/6 mmHg and a dose of 40 mg daily produces a trough sitting BP reduction over placebo of about 12/7 mmHg. Benicar doses greater than 40 mg had little additional effect." The infrequent patient who becomes intolerably light-headed with the blood pressure decrease, can usually be managed with a lower dose.

 

 

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Issue: 72
November 2015

Greetings!         
 
We hope you are preparing to ease into the festivities and gatherings that accompany this time of year. As always, when considering our list for thanksgiving, we include patients and family members who have helped us learn and grow. We know managing the recovery from chronic illness is a long, slow process but that process allows us to forge deep and lasting friendships. We are thankful for these ties, begun under trying circumstances, and revel in your joy of incremental successes.

We are thankful many of you are financial supporters which help us continue patient counseling, staying up on the latest research, sponsoring patient outreach and attending medical conferences all year to share IT knowledge with medical professionals. Last year we attended five conferences and this year we are attending seven!  These programs continue because of donors like you who think what we are doing is worth supporting. If you would like to make a donation, click on one of our links:  Donate using our secure page.   Donate using PayPal.   

Please remember to pace yourself during the holidays and listen to your body so you are doing only what you have energy to accomplish.

To a memorable season,
  signatureBelinda
About Inflammation Therapy
 
Vitamin D Photosynthesis and Elderly Skin
 
As the skin ages, there is a decline in the cutaneous levels of 7-dehydrocholesterol, resulting in a marked reduction of the skin's capacity to produce vitamin D3. [1] However, Vanderschueren et al. concluded that renal capacity to synthesize 1,25(OH)2D, in addition to 25(OH)D production in the skin in response to sunlight, may be relatively well conserved, even in elderly community-dwelling men. [2]
 
Despite the up to fourfold reduction in vitamin D3 production in a 70-year-old compared to a 20-year-old, the skin has such a high capacity to make vitamin D3. Elders exposed to sunlight will produce an adequate amount of vitamin D3 to satisfy their vitamin D requirement. [3, 4]
 
References
 
1. MacLaughlin J, Holick MF. Aging decreases the capacity of human skin to produce vitamin D3. J Clin Invest. Oct 1985;76(4):1536-8.
2. Vanderschueren D, Pye SR, O'Neill TW, et al. Active vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) and bone health in middle-aged and elderly men: the European Male Aging Study (EMAS). J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Mar 2013;98(3):995-1005.
3. Chuck A, Todd J, Diffey B. Subliminal ultraviolet-B irradiation for the prevention of vitamin D deficiency in the elderly: a feasibility study. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. Aug 2001;17(4):168-71.
4. Chel VG, Ooms ME, Popp-Snijders C, et al. Ultraviolet irradiation corrects vitamin D deficiency and suppresses secondary hyperparathyroidism in the elderly. J Bone Miner Res. Aug 1998;13(8):1238-42.
 

New Scientific Articles 
 
Daily supplementation with vitamin D3 (1000 IU), calcium (1200 mg), or both after removal of colorectal adenomas did not significantly reduce the risk of recurrent colorectal adenomas over a period of 3 to 5 years.
JBaron, JA, et al. A Trial of Calcium and Vitamin D for the Prevention of Colorectal Adenomas, N Engl J Med Oct 2015; 373:1519-1530.

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent the onset or worsening of osteoarthritis (OA) is not supported by the evidence, according to a meta-analysis.
Bergink AP, et al. 25-hydroxyvitamin D and osteorthritis: a meta-analysis including new data, Sem Arthritis Rheum 2015.    

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Recovery Reports 
 
We are contacted daily by people with chronic illnesses who are looking for an effective treatment. Many ask us to provide evidence of efficacy in the form of statistics or stories. If you have recovered your health or had significant symptom improvement with Inflammation Therapy,
please help us 'pay it forward' by telling your story. We will post it in the public section of our website to encourage others. Any report, short or long, with or without objective data (e.g., lab results, imaging reports) would be helpful. Please email your story to us. Thank you! 
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Quotes 
 
"I'm healthier and still alive because you told me about Inflammation Therapy in 2002. Thanks so very much for being one of my guardian angels." Sue
 
"Dr. T did my CD57 test, at my insistence, and the good news is that it has gone up from 17 to 89." Ellen

 
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