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| 21 September 2010
UK Edition |
 Dear Reader,
Go to the doctor for a urinary tract infection and here's what's probably going to happen.
You'll spend mere minutes with the doctor, and be ushered out the door almost immediately with a prescription for an incredibly common antibiotic combination of trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole.
So, it's really common — must be safe. No problem, right?
Oh, come on... You know even the most routinely prescribed drugs come with long lists of problems.
This one comes with a pretty major one, in fact. Researchers recently found that this common drug combo can raise potassium levels to potentially deadly highs.
In fact, 189 patients in the study, in which researchers examined the medical records of 300,000 seniors, had to be hospitalized because their potassium levels became dangerously high.
The antibiotic combo can decrease the kidney's ability to clear potassium from the body. The resulting jump in potassium levels can have deadly effects on heart rhythm.
So what do you do now that one of the most common treatments for a urinary infection comes with a giant warning sign?
Luckily, you have a couple of options.
First, there's D-mannose, a type of sugar that can get rid of an infection in just one or two days. Take one teaspoon every three or four hours while you're awake. Bacteria will cling to the D-mannose instead of the lining of your bladder and will be flushed from your system when you urinate.
Then, there's the prevention aspect. Cranberry has antibacterial properties that do a great job of warding off urinary tract infections. You could drink a glass of cranberry juice a day. Of course, then there's the problem of finding one that doesn't contain the high levels of sugar that the typical supermarket brand does. Another option is, of course, cranberry extract supplements, which are very easy to find.
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Is dark chocolate good for you?
Q: I keep hearing that dark chocolate is good for me. Is this just another story that's too good to be true?
Dr. Jonathan V. Wright: Dark chocolate has certainly been a media darling for a couple of years now. And there is evidence showing that it offers some health benefits. Just one example is a study published a while ago in the journal Hypertension, which concluded that eating approximately 3 ounces of dark chocolate (which contains flavonols) on a daily basis helps in a small but significant degree to combat high blood pressure, insulin resistance, blood vessel dilation, and LDL cholesterol in individuals with hypertension. The researchers referred to prior research that demonstrated the same effects in healthy individuals.
But what this study — and most of the other articles on this topic — didn't take into consideration are the adverse effects of the refined sugar in dark chocolate. But you can. Skip the chocolate bar, and make your own hot chocolate using organic cocoa powder, almond milk, and Xylitol.
Bear in mind we are not addressing anyone's personal situation and you should rely on this for informational purposes only. Please consult with your own doctor before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
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Sources:
"Antibiotic May Up Risk of Dangerous Potassium Levels in Seniors," Yahoo! News (news.yahoo.com)
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