Originally Posted by
HappyHiker
Good point! Wondering about supplementing while I'm on a calcium channel blocker and ACE drugs?
Research says the CCBs can cause deficiencies in potassium, D, calcium and possibly CoQ10
ACE drugs can cause deficiencies of CoQ10, calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc
So the two both implicate shortages, possibly, in calcium, potassium, CoQ10. Since I've been long-term with the ACE, magnesium depletion is quite possible. Serum (blood tests) are not a good indicator as Mag shortage as Mag is mostly inter-cellular.
Not easy to figure out. I've not been supplementing with calcium, but looks as though I should...?
I do take CoQ10, zinc, b complex, c, d, and fish oil, and try to eat potassium-rich foods. But a shortage of potassium is very possible, given the above..