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Q: Root cause ?
asked by: bsod on March 3rd, 2009
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Here are the symptoms:

shaking (mostly hands)
high anxiety
excessive sweating
creatinine levels are 51/100 and 107/100
controlled high blood pressure
Triglycerides high
bad cholesterol is high
depression
lethargy
agorophobia
hypo-thyroid
gerd
losing potassium
weight fluctuation
shortness of breath

Here are the meds she is on:

norvask 5mg
toprol 50mg
levothyroxine .1mg
effexor 300mg
buspar 45 mg
waffrin 5 days at 3.75 and 2 days at 7.5
gemfibrazil 1200mg
simvastatin
spiraldactone 25mg
ambian (as needed)
hydrocodone (as needed)
zantac
welbutrin

SHe is currently on SSI, so sees Drs that I don't think are treating the root cause. I think most of the meds are for symptoms but no one has really looked for a root cause. I sent her to one of my Drs to rule out Lupis. I think, from my limited research, that some of her meds are redundant, and in some cases dangerous. While worried about that, I know she does have a root issue that needs to be addressed, I just don't know where to look, or which specialist to talk to. She saw a clinic nephrologist today that said she had a mass on a kidney, but it was cistic in nature.

Thoughts?
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