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Good Evening,
I am having a flare after an 18 month remission and I've been going back over my notes and diet info and in my recent readings I have found that Beta Blockers have been listed as a possible no-no. I was actually on one back when I had my first flare and if memory serves, I discontinued it in April 2016 and went into remission June 2016 though I had been working hard on my diet and eliminations during that time as well. I am now back on a beta blocker and it is a necessity. That being said, do I have any options?
Thanks in advance for any insight, advice or opinions.
Kim
Kim
GF, DF, Egg Free, Soy Free
Hashimotos Tyroiditis
MC with mixed features of CC and LC
MTHFR gene mutation
If you're using a beta blocker to treat hypertension, there are many options/alternatives. But if you're using it to treat cardiac issues, I'm not well enough acquainted with treatments to be aware of any options. But maybe someone else who's encountered this situation before may know of some other alternatives.
Probably the best person to ask is your pharmacist. They're typically much more knowledgeable about all the details about drugs than virtually all doctors. If there are any options that work, they would know about it/them.
As I recall, beta blockers are not very high on the list of drugs known or suspected to cause MC. A few articles cite them as "associated with MC", or "suspect", but I don't recall seeing any article that showed clear evidence that they were a definite trigger for MC for some people. And even if that risk does exist, the percentage of MC patients adversely affected by beta blockers is probably relatively low. But of course that's little comfort if you happen to be one of the few who are adversely affected.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
