Re: Ammonia Levels

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My ammonia level is also high, but nowhere near as high as

's 200! Mine was 82 last month, down from 140's. The

lactulose seems to be the only thing that keeps my sanity and my mind

working. Normally, I take 3 doses per day, but my Doc said that if

I'm really confused, I can take a dose every hour. My wife is kind

enough to let me know when I'm whacked out! With love of course, so

it's really good to have that kind of support.

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> I have check the web for ammonia levels and could find

> nothing about what numbers are considered dangerous.

> My Ammonia levels went from 40 to 47 and man I was in

> a fog, confused, forgetful and uncoordinated. I felt

> like a 80 year old Alzheimer patient!

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> Talked to my ex-gastro who I called Dr. Death and he

> did nothing except increase my Lasix. Even the Hep Dr.

> at Mayo Clinic minimized the importance of ammonia

> levels. He flat out told me they did not pay much

> attention to ammonia levels??? Then he wrote me a

> script for Lactulose??

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> So here I am with a new Gastro who lowered my

> Aldactone YIPPIE! I can now sleep almost all night and

> only wake up 1 time to pee. Gads I feel so much better

> this morning! Why I needed a potassium sparing drug

> when I had elevated levels of potassium I'll never

> understand!

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> The Lactulose seems to be working as well for the

> confusion. I had my weekly blood work done Friday so

> we shall see. I am still using my spell check function

> on the computer so I still need help and improvement

> with the confusion. Hey its only been a week on

> Lactulose but geez I feel so much better!

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