The food and drug administration will now require warning labels on all of these drugs, stating that they rob your body of magnesium hypomagnesemia and could lead to severe adverse effects. A study with 95 patients suffering from chronic airway obstruction displayed reduced. Finding a clinical study that discusses the depletion impact of every single drug is. Feb 15, 2011 drug muggers is your side effect solution. Ph this particular edition is in a audio cd format. In certain cases, your medications may be causing memory and other health disorders due to these depletions and toxicities. Heres a list of some of the many drug muggers out there. It is a drug mugger of folate and fatsoluble vitamins like vitamin d, a, e and k. How drug muggers can slowly steal the life out of you suzy. May 06, 2019 magnesium restricts the release of stress hormones and acts as a filter to prevent them from entering the brain. Drug muggers may seem like an intimidating read because of its textbooklike format, but in reality it is an exceptional resource for those taking medication or striving to improve their health.
Side effect solutions to blood pressure drugs lifestyle. Body aches and pains are common side effects too, because these medication categories are drug muggers of magnesium. Prescription and overthecounter drugs help millions of people with devastating diseases and chronic conditions. Cimetidine tagamet esomeprazole nexium famotidine pepcid and pepcid complete nizatidine axid. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrientsand natural ways to restore them. Many leading pharmaceuticals create nutrient deficiencies that are often mistaken for drug side effects.
Go60 drug muggers cause palpitations and leg cramps. Another example is with antibioticsthey are drug muggers for your normal intestinal flora and when they rob your gut of these friendly bacteria you probably get diarrhea, cramps and nausea. Birth control or hormonal replacement drugs with estrogen. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrientsand natural ways to restore them cohen, suzy on. You must check to make sure that it is safe for you to take magnesium with all of your drugs and health problems. It is used to treat or prevent low magnesium levels. The drug mugging effect can explain everything from nagging aches to lifethreatening diseases.
Your heart needs magnesium to pump and to manufacture happy brain neurotransmitters. In her new book, drug muggers, pharmacist suzy cohen advises on how targeted supplementation can help you avoid the hidden dangers created by common pharmaceuticals. Try magnesium malate or aspartate, about 300 milligrams twice daily, or. She explains that when you are under stress, your body. Im going to ruffle feathers but ill tell you anyway. Suzy cohen, pharmacist prescription and overthe counter drugs help millions but can also deplete the bodys natural stores of vitamins, minerals, and hormones. Pharmacist suzy cohen reveals in her book drug muggers.
Read this before taking these 5 massively popular drugs. The title of this book is drug muggers and it was written by suzy cohen r. Feb 23, 2020 tell your doctor and pharmacist about all of your drugs prescription or otc, natural products, vitamins and health problems. Not understanding the drugmugging effect may lead to new. All these conditions may result from zinc deficiency. Common drug muggers include female hormones, diuretics, raloxifene, teacoffee, antiinflammatories, and aspirin. Drug muggers book i always say that magnesium and zinc are my favorite minerals, and thats because they are the first to be depleted when the body gets stressed. Cohen helps her readers to reduce the legwork by providing an inside look into the world of vitamins and supplements, and even provides a list of what.
Does magnesium oxide interact with other medications. As a pharmacist for more than 20 years and a newspaper columnist with 20 million readers each week, she has devoted her life to helping all of us feel better. Magnesium is so critical to the heart that er doctors give it to heart attack victims. Mar 03, 2011 drug muggers of magnesium and many more.
Learn which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients and find out how to restore your health. Click on any title to read more about the book on amazon. These drugs mug you of magnesium, and a magnesium deficiency can lead to depression over time. Try magnesium malate or aspartate about 300 mg taken twice daily, or whatever your practitioner. Ill warn you again, these drugs deplete your body of other minerals, and b vitamins too. If you know of anyone who has been taking corticosteroids, either by mouth, or inhaled, and they have any of the symptoms related to calcium or magnesium deficiency, its due at least in part to the drugnutrient depletion effect, what i affectionately call the drug mugger effect. Drug muggers can slowly steal the life out of you news. The 10 digit isbn is 1452605920 and the digit isbn is 9781452605920. Suzy gave us permission to reprint a section from her latest book, drug muggers. Run low on this mineral and you may experience muscle paintenderness, asthma, depression, heart disease and elevated blood pressure yes, i said that correctly. Common drug muggers of magnesium include female hormones, diuretics, raloxifene evista, anti inflammatories, and aspirin. However, its just a book, and there are limitations with any book. Feb 15, 2020 in the book drug muggers and supplement your prescription, you can look up what nutrients your drugs are depleting. Even the fda agrees and issued a black box warning regarding this.
If you take for more than a year, it could cause problems like panic attacks, chronic fatigue. Depression, osteoporosis or irregular heartbeat it could be caused by a deficiency of the mineral magnesium. Its clear that nearly everyone could benefit from more magnesium. Mar 15, 2011 i actually wrote the book on drug muggers. Now that the importance of magnesium in the body has become obvious, it should also be clear that any substance that negatively affects magnesium levels. Some laxatives and antacids are drug muggers for calcium. Natural solutions for blood pressure drug side effects. Acid blocking drugs the proton pump inhibitors sold overthecounter and by prescription are such strong drug muggers of magnesium that they can cause fatal heart arrhythmias over time. Tell your doctor and pharmacist about all of your drugs prescription or otc, natural products, vitamins and health problems. According to pharmacist suzy cohen, author of the book drug muggers. Magnesium restricts the release of stress hormones and acts as a filter to prevent them from entering the brain. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients and natural ways to restore them paperback feb 15 2011. Drug muggers is intended to help you regain health and vitality. A curated list of the best books on magnesium, how important it is to the human body, and the symptoms and causes of magnesium deficiency.
The real story, listeners will discover how to take niacin. Scientifically termed drugnutrient depletion, its what i call the drugmugging effect because drugs mug your body of essential nutrients. Fda warns about drugmugging effect of heartburn medications. How drug muggers can slowly steal the life out of you. A study with 95 patients suffering from chronic airway obstruction displayed reduced magnesium levels after receiving longterm oral corticosteroid therapy. The authors of the definitive book on the subject, druginduced nutrient depletion handbook, list more than 100 medications that deplete magnesium. For an excellent discussion of all forms of nutrient depletion associated with use of medications, see suzy cohens book drug muggers. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrientsand natural ways to restore them that over 200 medications block magnesium absorption. It can contribute to pancreatic difficulties and diabetes. Magnesium is an essential nutrient, indispensable to your health and wellbeing. Fyi new fda warning on cipro and arrhythmia and magnesium. Shocker, but certain acid blockers are strong drug muggers of mag.
Oct 22, 2014 heres a list of some of the many drug muggers out there. Depression, osteoporosis and irregular heartbeat can be caused by a deficiency in the mineral magnesium. Magnesium oxide, synthetic vitamin e as dlalpha tocopheryl acetate, zinc oxide, folic acid, and cyanocobalamin. Apr 02, 20 thats because these medication categories are drug muggers of magnesium. Try magnesium malate or aspartate about 300 mg taken twice daily, or whatever your practitioner says. Depression, osteoporosis or irregular heartbeat it could be caused by a deficiency in the mineral magnesium. Magnesium oxide oral interactions with other medication. Drug nutrient depletion and magnesium nutritional magnesium. I should let it be known here that i have no connection with the author or publisher of this book or any other reason to praise it, other than the fact that i have found it so impressive and useful. Drug nutrient depletion and magnesium the gainesville sun drug muggers cause palpitations, leg cramps. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients and natural ways to restore them 384. For example, coffee may cause a depletion of calcium, magnesium, and zinc, among many others, and stress has been shown to take a toll on your bodys b vitamins.
The fda knows and insists on the strongest black box warning for ppis because of the magnesium steal. The following drug classes and their effects on magnesium levels will be discussed in this order. These can all be caused by a deficiency of the mineral magnesium. Unpleasant, uncomfortable, and unexplained side effects. Thats because these medication categories are drug muggers of magnesium. But in the process, these medications can also deplete the bodys natural stores of vitamins, minerals, and hormonesthe very nutrients you need to keep energy levels high, fend. Drug muggers, its really a lifesaving book and it helps you stay off the medication merrygo. Bald patches, loss of tastesmell, erectile dysfunction, or chronic diarrhea. Most blood pressure pills are drug muggers for magnesium. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients and natural ways to restore them, there is also evidence to suggest that corticosteroids may reduce serum magnesium levels.
Common drugmuggers of magnesium include female hormones, diuretics, antiinflammatories. Talk with your doctor right away if you have any of these signs of. B vitamins, vitamin c, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium birth control pills these are drug muggers of at least eight different nutrients. Fyi new fda warning on cipro and arrhythmia and magnesium depletion. In this comprehensive treatment of the various ailmentsdiseases caused by lack of this mineral, the author includes chapters on depression, migraines. Magnesium is known to support cardiac function and bone health as well as mood. When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your library section along with the audio. This book makes the case for the widespread use of niacin for the prevention and treatment of health problems. Try magnesium malate or aspartate about 300 mg taken twice daily, or. Mar 11, 2012 depression, osteoporosis and irregular heartbeat can be caused by a deficiency in the mineral magnesium. This formula contains 222mg of calcium to 50mg of magnesium oxide only 4% absorption rate, which is the wrong ratio. For now, here are some very common diseases that might be due to to the drug mugging effect. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients and natural ways to restore them by suzy cohen r.
Introducing our brand new antistress magnesium kit. Bald patches, loss of tastesmell, erectile dysfunction or chronic diarrhea it might be zinc deficiency. The best books on magnesium my magnesium deficiency. Also, because absorption is so variable, anything that stresses your physiology can impair magnesium absorption, such as lots of exercise, stress, alcohol or coffee, or any unusual dieting patterns. Bald patches, loss of taste or smell, erectile dysfunction, and chronic diarrhea. But in the process, these medications can also deplete the bodys natural stores of vitamins, minerals, and hormonesthe very nutrients you need to keep energy levels high, fend off. The 10 digit isbn is 1452635927 and the digit isbn is 9781452635927. I bought your drug muggers book and learned that coffee is stealing iron from my body. Common drug muggers include female hormones, diuretics, raloxifene, teacoffee, antiinflammatories and aspirin. Thousands of drugs are mugging you of essential micronutrients, and this is what causes side effects. Common drug side effects that are almost always related to medication use depression, osteoporosis, or irregular heartbeat. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrientsand natural ways to restore them at. Suzy cohen is known as americas most trusted pharmacist.
Drug muggers slowly steal the life out of you life extension. When youre overextending yourself, not sleeping enough, or even emotionally taxed, your magnesium level drops rapidly because its being utilized for certain. Its worth your time to check this list to see if you take any of these magnesium depleting drugs. First off, not every single drug is listed in it, as there are thousands. The manufacture of small amounts of biotin in the gut happens thanks to the hard work of beneficial bacteria. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration and are not intended to. Do not start, stop, or change the dose of any drug without checking with your doctor.
This is a wellwritten, easily read and important book, magnesium being the most essential supplement needed. Common drug muggers of magnesium include female hormones, diuretics, raloxifene evista, anti inflammatories, and. Which medications are robbing your body of essential nutrients and natural ways to restore them kindle edition. It could be caused by a deficiency of the mineral magnesium.
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