Nutri Adrenal Extra ( NAX ) and Blood Pressure

October 9, 2011

One year ago my wife, who is hypothyroid, was prescribed NAX----3 a day

following a saliva test which showed poor cortisol production. She also takes

T3 only.

During the past 12 months we noticed that her BP was rising and approaching

dangerous levels and she was prescribed medication for that, which didn't help

greatly. Also during this period her hypothyroidism didn't improve much.

One week ago she decided that she had been on NAX long enough and stopped it all

together. Amazingly her BP has dropped dramatically and is now normal. She

feels better than she has for many months. We are pretty sure that the NAX was

responsible for the rise and wondered if anyone else had had a similar

experience.

She also recently has had her T3 first dose increased and time of taking it

adjusted. This seems to be sufficient to allow proper utisation of cortisol

production.

I wonder how many more people are potentially damaging their cardiovascular

system because they have been encouraged to use adrenal hormones when they don't

really need them.

October 10, 2011

As I understand it, Nutri Adrenal and Nutri Adrenal Extra provide support for

the adrenals, but do not contain adrenal hormones. This is why they can be

marketed as nutritional supplements.

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How about writing to Nutri themselves to ask how taking 3 NAX per day could have

raised your wife's blood pressure?

I had a rise in blood pressure when taking T3, but I wasn't taking much in the

way of NA or NAX.

Are you sure it is not the change in dosage and schedule of the T3 which has

solved the problem, rather than dropping the NAX? If the thyroid medication was

not correct before then the adrenals would have been under stress. It is always

confusing when you change two factors at once.

Some people can take handfuls of NA and NAX without any apparent effect, so I

don't believe they are powerful or dangerous.

Miriam

> I wonder how many more people are potentially damaging their cardiovascular

system because they have been encouraged to use adrenal hormones when they don't

really need them.

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