ramakentesh Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16822217Well i did not know that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieOI Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Licorice Root is supposed to raise blood pressure I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 it has so many properties - increasing aldosterone, increasing ACE activity, reducing endothelial nitric oxide, MAOI activities and this as well. QUite an amazing herb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 so does it raise blood pressure? are you not hyper rama or do i not remember correctly? ughh, "saving post" again. ***. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted February 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 yeah i was originally told I was hyper but now days despite having elevated orthostatic blood pressure Im super dizzy all the time and things that expand volume seem to work best on me. I can now tolerate caffeine quite well when in the past I couldnt at all.i weas put on licorice and it actually reduced my blood pressure i assume by expanding volume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellysavedbygrace Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Rama, you've always been a fan of licorice- now look at that. A clinical trial on mice to support it. (not too many studies out there on licorice- how'd you find this one?- impressive!) I can only see the abstract- are these the typical ingredients in licorice? Is that candy or tea?And how much do I need to take to replace my 120mg of Mestinon? Would be an interesting experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 A prescription of Twizzlers and Red Vines, now that is a treatment I could handle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsquirrel Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 And how much do I need to take to replace my 120mg of Mestinon? Would be an interesting experiment.Well...Mestinon (pyridostigmine) is a peripheral cholinesterase inhibitor...it really doesn't have any central activity which is what this study looked at. Central cholinesterase inhibitors (like Aricept and rivastigmine) are used to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 And how much do I need to take to replace my 120mg of Mestinon? Would be an interesting experiment.Well...Mestinon (pyridostigmine) is a peripheral cholinesterase inhibitor...it really doesn't have any central activity which is what this study looked at. Central cholinesterase inhibitors (like Aricept and rivastigmine) are used to treat Alzheimer's Disease.Very observant! Very true - in this study they are looking purely at central-acting cholinesterase whereas mestinon is reputed to not cross the blood brain barrier. Although it is plausible that centrally acting acetylcholinesterase inhibitors that act centrally would also act peripherally because many of the medications for Alzheimers do act peripheraly as well as centrally. But very good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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