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Turmeric and Pred

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kate50809
kate50809

A couple of years ago I had an TIA and was prescribed statins.  After a short while I started getting leg pains so I stopped taking them.

I have been taking turmeric for a while as it is supposed to reduce cholesterol.  My last blood test showed an improvement but the doctor wasn't convinced it was the turmeric!!  I have another blood test next week.

But, turmeric is also an anti-inflammatory and I am not sure if I should continue taking it while taking pred.

Any thoughts?

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  • Guest
    Guest kate50809

    Posted

    I have been taking it too with the Pred. Took it at night and it helped me a lot getting  easier up in the morning. Good luck!
  • Misha452
    Misha452 kate50809

    Posted

    I have been taking Turmeric and Prednisone for two years and my Rheumatologist thinks it is fine. I am currently at 7 mg prednisone. I have never heard anyone mention any negative side effects from the Turmeric.

     

    • kate50809
      kate50809 Misha452

      Posted

       I am on 10mg and from the end of the month will be reducing 1mg per month. Hopefully the turmeric will help with this.
  • Anhaga
    Anhaga kate50809

    Posted

    Check some older episodes of trust me I'm a doctor.  There's one where it was demonstrated how diet can lower cholesterol as effectively as statins, at least for some people.  I don't remember everything but it included eliminating red meat and, unfortunately, eggs, and increasing vegetables.  I think it's also been shown that olive oil, so far alone of all the commonly used oils, has a protective effect against heart disease.

  • Anhaga
    Anhaga kate50809

    Posted

    There are some contraindications for turmeric for some people, you'd have to google it as I can't remember them, but I don't think taking pred is one of them.

  • karenjaninaz
    karenjaninaz kate50809

    Posted

    There is a scholarly article associating turmeric with anemia by interfering with the body's iron stores. This can cause anemia. This can be a problem with the anemia of autoimmune diseases. Iron can be taken but not at the same time. I became very anemic after a month on turmeric but maybe it was also the anemia of PMR. This went away with prednisone- according to my doctor. I suggest keeping an eye on the blood count.

  • lily58584
    lily58584 kate50809

    Posted

    I personally don’t see why you should stop.  Another way to get it is by cooking with it fresh as it is a great food along with ginger.  I have a doctor that looks at me like I have 3 heads when I ask him if he thinks food plays a part of your health...it’s not a trick question.  Hope you get to feel better...
    • Michdonn
      Michdonn lily58584

      Posted

      Lily, I have a doctor who believe just the opposite. I believe the food play a very large part of your well being. My parents believed that and taught it to my brother and I. We are an Irish family of diabetics, which so far have been able to live healthy active lifestyles with the help of the good diet. Thinking positive with a smile. ☺️
    • lily58584
      lily58584 Michdonn

      Posted

      My mothers side of the family is from Ireland and it seems like my health “issues” come from that side.  But my dad was from the Philippines and was a cook on the merchant marine ships and was very strict about our diet.  Lot of fish, rice and veg.  We were lucky enough to live near the Italian Markets in Philly.  He used a lot of herbs and roots too.  As a kid we couldn’t wait for him to go out to sea so mom could pop open a can of spaghetti 0’s.  Lol!
    • Michdonn
      Michdonn ptolemy

      Posted

      Ptolemy, I think there is a lot of truth in that statement. ☺️
    • Michdonn
      Michdonn lily58584

      Posted

      Lily, as a kid I love to eat Frank-O-American spaghetti, it use to kill my parents. Most of my health issue are from my dad's side. My mother was from Nova Scotia, and was very healthy, die of a heart attack at 89. She was living alone at the time. Would walk a mile or more to the grocery store, wanted no help. ??

    • Anhaga
      Anhaga Michdonn

      Posted

      I don't know where my health problems come from.  My father was a smoker and that led to problems, pneumonia and eventually lung cancer but he seemed healthy until then and might have made it past 64 without the cigarettes.  My mother died at 32, brain haemorrhage, but her sister is still alive, must be around 90 something, very frail now but still lively until a couple of years ago.  But I and all her children have had various problems.  The only one of her children who seems to have remained physically healthy despite a rather difficult adult life is a son she adopted, which seems to point to some sort of genetic component.    

  • EileenH
    EileenH kate50809

    Posted

    Quite a few people take it to help their PMR - it is generally fine with pred. Some find that the turmeric capsules are too much for them and just use it in cooking/drinks. 
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