diuretics

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Liz: I know what you mean about the diuretics. I have been on Lasix now for

about 5 years taking

40 mg once a day. I take a potassium supplement prescription drug called

Klor-Con once a day as well

because the lasix drains the potassium. I need it, but I do not really know how

to get off of it.

I have a lot of fluid build up in my ankles/feet and hands if I do not take it.

Part of my problem is that

I need to lose some weight, that might help.! I have heard of Kelp (herb)

helping which I guess is

seaweed. My sodium/potassium stays really low, even though the blood work shows

my being in

the low normal, sometimes that does not mean that much. (need more potassium)

Through our

support group I am wondering if I might not be low in magnesiumn, which I am

finding out is so

important now that I have been diagnosed with RA. Of course, I am one of these

that is finding

it hard to drink enough water. That is one of my downfalls. Sometimes the

nutritional supplements

for different things make me have heart palpitations. I have been to the ER

several times for these

and they find no cause for them. I think also I am low in estrogen. I do not

want to take the hormone

therapy (I did have a hysterectomy in 1986 and I am 50, I know I need it, but I

do not like the side

effects). I am looking into an alternative. If you hear anything I can do to

get off of lasix let me know.

Thanks Martha from St. Augustine gmsmith@....