Steph---SPIRONOLACTONE

[Guest guest]

Hey Steph, just looked this up on the web:

http://www.adam.com/democontent/IMCAccess/ConsDrugs/Spironolactonecd.html#SideEffects

Looks like it has it's main effects and does what it does by influencing (shutting down) the levels of one of your adrenal gland hormones, namely aldosterone, and it also concentrates levels of potassium in your body. Hope you're not on another potassium-sparing blood pressure med, like a loop diuretic. You need to talk to your doc about what you are experiencing right now.

[Guest guest]

The sprirolactone is an anti-adnrogen and will take

your testoterone levels lower. Doc is supposed to

monitor this if he puts you on it....as you can get

VERY fatigued over time and not understand that this

med can make your feel very drained.

~E:)

--- marin@...> wrote:

> Hey Steph, just looked this up on the web:

>

>

http://www.adam.com/democontent/IMCAccess/ConsDrugs/Spironolactonecd.html#SideEf\

fects

>

>

> Looks like it has it's main effects and does what it

> does by influencing (shutting down) the levels of

> one of your adrenal gland hormones, namely

> aldosterone, and it also concentrates levels of

> potassium in your body. Hope you're not on another

> potassium-sparing blood pressure med, like a loop

> diuretic. You need to talk to your doc about what

> you are experiencing right now.

>

>

>

Day after day, day after day,

We stuck, nor breath nor motion;

As idle as a painted ship

Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, everywhere,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, everywhere,

Nor any drop to drink.

~The Ancient Mariner

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