I'm going to be the wet blanket is the discussion of the wonders of OTC
supplements. The fact that you can buy it without a prescription doesn't
mean that you are'nt putting a drug into your body and they are harmless.As
one page put it "poison ivy is natural too". Ideally you would work with
your doctor in the use of OTC supplements and hope he/she is educated enough
or willing to do research about the benefits/risks of a particular
supplement as it applies to you specifically as well as open mined enough to
tell you to go for it as an alternative medicine if he feels it may benefit
you.
Magnesium isn't a harmless little supplement.It can interfer with
tetracycline and and if you have kidney problems can lead to problems.
Here is the med-line site for it:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/magnesiumsupplementssystemic202644.html
You may have to type it into your browser as it is an awfully long line.
Then again you can just look up med-line itself.
As far as Co-Q-10 goes a web search showed hundreds of sites that gave
glowing reports and were willing to sell this awesome supplement "cheaper
than the next site. Looking at the prices it really isn't so cheap
considering I have a $5 co-pay on prescription drugs. Also as supplements
aren't regulated do you really know what the fillers the manufacture may
have put in with the star ingrediant? There is very little scientific
research that backs up the hype of Co-q-10,maybe because there hasn't been a
lot of research done on it
http://www.fciheart.com/CoEQ10.html
It may turn out to be the next asprin for all I know. What little I did find
in medical research seemed to be supportive of it as well but always with
the side-bar that not enough research has been done on Co-q-10 and drug
interactions as well as adverse affects on certain disease. Till then I
personally will hold off using it.
Joanne

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