Re: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis Treatment

Recently, my grandmother has become ill diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis. Additionally she has high blood pressure and complains of sleeplessness and liver pains. She tells me that her liver is enlarged.

The medications could be affecting her liver, as well as if she ever takes any nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen for pain.

You did not mention either if she is taking anything for the high blood pressure.

Also, has she been getting any steroid shots for the RA?

The doctor has her taking chemotherapy medication to lower her immune system.

Yes, that is the methotrexate.  Doctors do this because they are under the false assumption that the immune system is overactive in autoimmune conditions.  So they use drugs to suppress the immune system to prevent the immune system from mounting an immune response.  Of course this leaves the person to even more infections and makes the underlying conditions worse as RA is bacterial in origin.

The doctors have scared her into taking these things and I was hoping there was a better way or supplemental remedy. Her medication is as follows:

Every Monday and Thursday she takes 3tablets containing 2.5mg of Methotrexate. After 12h and 24h of taking this she takes 5mg of some similar molecule to lower the negative effects of the chemotherapy.

In addition she takes 50mg/ml of Enebrel 1x a week.

She takes 50mg of Tramadol every night for pain and occasionally Lunesta (2mg) to sleep better.

Lunesta is a really bad drug.  It is well known for causing sleep activities and hallucinations.  Here is a video I did on it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnV7_YL9UiY

I want to get her some melatonin to try instead when she cannot sleep.

I am not a fan of melatonin either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZEj2K5WJ9g

Her Blood pressure often looks similar to this recording:

168/88 at night
171/96 in the morning and
106/64 in the afternoon.

In terms of supplements: The doctor gave her a bottle of 500mg Calcium to take 1x a day with food.

1mg of folic acid to take 1x a day.

And she takes the magnesium Citrate with her Calcium

The amount of magnesium should be equal to or slightly more than the calcium since calcium can raise blood pressure.  Magnesium lowers blood pressure by antagonizing calcium.

Silica is more important though for the osteoporosis as osteoporosis is a loss of matrix, not minerals, from the bones.

I was hoping you could provide some feedback and recommendations for her. I am also looking to order some formulas for her from your website, but fear that they may interfere with her medications. Do you believe they will interact with her medications?

Nothing that you mentioned.  The three formulas I would recommend would be the Adrenal Tonic, the Bone and Joint and the Live-R-ight.

Also, would it be possible to order any of your formulas in bulk? What is the pricing and process for placing the order?

I only have the Live-R-Ight in capsules.  E-mail at MMBotanic@aol.com with what you would like to order and how much and we can go from there.

In the meantime read my write up on autoimmunity so you will have a better understanding of the process:

mountainmistbotanicals.com/info/index.html