Elevated potassium levels - Help

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sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

s

Your father should have his kidney function checked.

Susan

sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Nothing wrong with eating food, even for a diabetic. Here, is a search
engine that will answer your questions.

http://yarrow.best.vwh.net/Usda_data/foods.cgi?state_num=5

Here are a few examples.

Per 100 grams (about 3 ounces) of each food.
1491.000 mg Bananas
1400.000 mg Nuts, almond meal
2288.500 mg Whey [which is protein powder]
6300.000 mg Parsley
2570.000 mg Soy flour [how about soy protein powder?]
513.000 mg Beef,
500.000 mg Pork,

The best choices appear to come from spices. Surely, you can add some
spices to his food?

Quoted message said:

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?

Potassium supplements should be avialable from any seller of vitamins.

Susan said:

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sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

s

Your father should have his kidney function checked.

Susan

His kidney function , liver and thyroid are all OK .
Doctor had prescribed Lasix - 20 mg on alternate days .

s

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sethna said:

His kidney function , liver and thyroid are all OK .
Doctor had prescribed Lasix - 20 mg on alternate days .

Is he staying well hydrated? What are his post meal blood glucose
numbers like? Is his calcium intake adequate?

Susan

He takes 1500 mg of calcium + 400 units of vitamin D , plenty of water
..
Glucose fasting 98 - 104 -, post meal 138 - 145 .

s

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sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

s

S.,
Your doctor is correct. Ace Inhibitors can cause potassium retention problems.
The only way to make the problem go away is for the doctor to provide a
different medication. Your father should drink lots of water.

PMID: 1553691
PMID: 7646822

You may want to do a google search for
Pub Med
NCBI
National Library of Medicine
hyperkaliemia

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Jason said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

s

S.,
Your doctor is correct. Ace Inhibitors can cause potassium retention problems.
The only way to make the problem go away is for the doctor to provide a
different medication. Your father should drink lots of water.

PMID: 1553691
PMID: 7646822

You may want to do a google search for
Pub Med
NCBI
National Library of Medicine
hyperkaliemia

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Sometime back he was prescribed Aldectone but the cardialogist
asked him to stop and take Lasix . Can he get rid of Ace-inhibitor and
start using Aldectone . Does it have adverse efffect on Diabetes ?

s

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sethna said:

Jason said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

s

S.,
Your doctor is correct. Ace Inhibitors can cause potassium retention

problems.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The only way to make the problem go away is for the doctor to provide a
different medication. Your father should drink lots of water.

PMID: 1553691
PMID: 7646822

You may want to do a google search for
Pub Med
NCBI
National Library of Medicine
hyperkaliemia

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Sometime back he was prescribed Aldectone but the cardialogist
asked him to stop and take Lasix . Can he get rid of Ace-inhibitor and
start using Aldectone . Does it have adverse efffect on Diabetes ?

s

S.,
Trust the judgement of the doctor but please let the doctor know about
potassium retention problem that was caused by the Ace Inhibitor. You may
want to do a google search related to the medications that you mentioned.
I believe that you may have been referring to Aldactone instead of Aldectone.
I am not familiar with a drug called Aldectone. I am not a doctor. Perhaps
someone else may answer the questions about the medications.
Jason

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sethna said:

He takes 1500 mg of calcium + 400 units of vitamin D , plenty of water
.
Glucose fasting 98 - 104 -, post meal 138 - 145 .

s

How long post meal is that, and what diabetes meds, if any, is he on?

Susan

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sethna said:

Sometime back he was prescribed Aldectone but the cardialogist
asked him to stop and take Lasix . Can he get rid of Ace-inhibitor and
start using Aldectone . Does it have adverse efffect on Diabetes ?

s

Any prescriptive advice you find here will be worth exactly what you pay
for it. You're going to have to do some research and discuss your
findings with the doctor.

Susan

sethna said:

He takes 1500 mg of calcium + 400 units of vitamin D , plenty of water

Checked it is potassium free? Are he using any sodium reduced table
salt (mostly using 40% potassium as substitute)

sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

It should be a simple matter for your dad's doctor to change the
ace-inhibitor to a different anti-hypertensive medication that is not
associated with elevated potassium levels.

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Mr. Natural-Health said:

sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Nothing wrong with eating food, even for a diabetic. Here, is a search
engine that will answer your questions.

http://yarrow.best.vwh.net/Usda_data/foods.cgi?state_num=5

Here are a few examples.

Per 100 grams (about 3 ounces) of each food.
1491.000 mg Bananas
1400.000 mg Nuts, almond meal
2288.500 mg Whey [which is protein powder]
6300.000 mg Parsley
2570.000 mg Soy flour [how about soy protein powder?]
513.000 mg Beef,
500.000 mg Pork,

The best choices appear to come from spices. Surely, you can add some
spices to his food?

Spices? Which spices? Do you call "banana", "almond" or "whey" spices?
And anyway, spices are usually used in small amounts. Do you propose an
all-spice meal? Something like "parsley stew"?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?

Potassium supplements should be avialable from any seller of vitamins.

Great idea (or lousy reading comprehension): her father is having
elevated potassium levels, so let's him have more potassium in the form
of supplements.

--
Javi

Earthquack said:

sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

It should be a simple matter for your dad's doctor to change the
ace-inhibitor to a different anti-hypertensive medication that is not
associated with elevated potassium levels.

Wow! that's some bedside, or should I say graveside manner. In any case
a 'tell' for a psychological profile that is convergent with that of
the late Dr Harold Shipman.

Hugh Jarse said:

Andrew said:

sethna said:

My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
which has high K content . He is a diabetic .

Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

It should be a simple matter for your dad's doctor to change the
ace-inhibitor to a different anti-hypertensive medication that is not
associated with elevated potassium levels.

Wow! that's some bedside, or should I say graveside manner.

If Sethna's dad's doctor continues the ace-inhibitor despite the
hyperkalemia it soon might be graveside.

Truth is simple.

Will be available to "glow" and chat about this and other things like
cardiology, diabetes, Bird Flu, the Lamb's opening of the 6th seal
(Rev. 6:12), cooking and nutrition that interest those following this
thread here during the next on-line chat (05/04/06) from 5 to 6 pm EST,
LORD willing:

http://tinyurl.com/8w7uq

For those who are put off by the signature, my advance apologies for
how the LORD has reshaped me:

http://tinyurl.com/7mcuo

Prayerfully in Christ's love,

Andrew
http://tinyurl.com/zlaml

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B. Chung said:

Hugh Jarse said:

Andrew said:

sethna wrote:
> My father is having elevated potassium levels . The doctor says it is
> beacuse of ace-inhibitor he is on . He doesnot take bananas , oranges
> which has high K content . He is a diabetic .
>
> Are there any good suppliments available for normalising K levels ?
> What dietary care he need to take . Please help .

It should be a simple matter for your dad's doctor to change the
ace-inhibitor to a different anti-hypertensive medication that is not
associated with elevated potassium levels.

Wow! that's some bedside, or should I say graveside manner.

If Sethna's dad's doctor continues the ace-inhibitor despite the
hyperkalemia it soon might be graveside.

Truth is simple.

Will be available to "glow" and chat about this and other things like
cardiology, diabetes, Bird Flu, the Lamb's opening of the 6th seal
(Rev. 6:12), cooking and nutrition that interest those following this
thread here during the next on-line chat (05/04/06) from 5 to 6 pm EST,
LORD willing:

http://tinyurl.com/8w7uq

For those who are put off by the signature, my advance apologies for
how the LORD has reshaped me:

http://tinyurl.com/7mcuo

Prayerfully in Christ's love,

Andrew
http://tinyurl.com/zlaml

Andrew,
I agree with you. Thanks for the excellent advice for Sethna and for all
of the other people that you have provided advice to during your life.
Keep up the great work. I hope that Sethna throws the ace-inhibitor pills
into the trash can before the end of this day as a result of your advice.
Jason

Jason

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On Wed, 03 May 2006 17:44:54 -0700, [email hidden] (Jason) Huffed
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Quoted message said:

Andrew,
I agree with you. Thanks for the excellent advice for Sethna and for all
of the other people that you have provided advice to during your life.
Keep up the great work. I hope that Sethna throws the ace-inhibitor pills
into the trash can before the end of this day as a result of your advice.
Jason

Jason

dispensing medical advice, as a doctor, to someone else's patients,
without ever examining that patient, is unethical.

Ma¢k said:

On Wed, 03 May 2006 17:44:54 -0700, [email hidden] (Jason) Huffed
and Puffed the following into the madness of usenet:

Quoted message said:

Andrew,
I agree with you. Thanks for the excellent advice for Sethna and for all
of the other people that you have provided advice to during your life.
Keep up the great work. I hope that Sethna throws the ace-inhibitor pills
into the trash can before the end of this day as a result of your advice.
Jason

Jason

dispensing medical advice, as a doctor, to someone else's patients,
without ever examining that patient, is unethical.

Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

And, so it is. 🙂

This questions belongs in sci.med

"Ma¢k" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

On Wed, 03 May 2006 17:44:54 -0700, [email hidden] (Jason) Huffed
and Puffed the following into the madness of usenet:

Quoted message said:

Andrew,
I agree with you. Thanks for the excellent advice for Sethna and for all
of the other people that you have provided advice to during your life.
Keep up the great work. I hope that Sethna throws the ace-inhibitor pills
into the trash can before the end of this day as a result of your advice.
Jason

Jason

dispensing medical advice, as a doctor, to someone else's patients,
without ever examining that patient, is unethical.

And actionable.

N.

PS: There is a defence that anyone accepting "blind" advice over the internet
has already assumed the risk. OTOH, bringing the "advice" back to the
original doctor (eg, as a question) shifts the onus back to them...