TAKING VITAMINS EASED PAIN AND GAVE ME ENERGY
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Joanne Hogg, 51, began taking atorvastatin 12 years ago, after being diagnosed with high cholesterol. Within a year or two she developed type 2 diabetes and hypertension and was prescribed metformin, amlodipine and ramipril, along with the antidepressant amitriptyline.
At the time, she was told nothing about potential problems with nutrient absorption and the only dietary advice she was given focused on controlling her blood sugar levels — even though her mother, who also has diabetes, needs regular injections of vitamin B12 to prevent problems.
Doses of some of Joanne’s medicines were increased following a review earlier this year and although she was experiencing muscle weakness and fatigue, again there was no mention of her nutrient status.
Joanne, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, says: “I’d been noticing problems for a while, but they got much worse after the review. I was really struggling to move my body and I was constantly tired.”
She had a problem with healing, too — which should have been another red flag. “It took something like eight weeks and two or three trips to the doctor, for a scratch to get better,” she says.
A friend who had been involved in trials of vitmedics.com, the diagnostic website that Mr Wakeman has developed, suggested Joanne give it a try and the results advised taking a multivitamin, vitamin D, omega-3 and COQ10.
Joanne, who works as a technical manager in a food processing plant, says: “I thought I was eating all the right food, but since I started taking the supplements I have noticed a massive difference.
“I have the energy to do things and the muscle pains and weakness have gone.”