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<blockquote data-quote="Dougie22" data-source="post: 195909" data-attributes="member: 34509"><p>I very much agree with Dillinger's comments above but it's a personal choice.</p><p></p><p>At 4.3 you are already very low. </p><p></p><p>I'm at 8.0 and refusing them. (I've also read Kendrick's book but have given them a try and had serious side effects - joint pain and mental fuzziness).</p><p></p><p>I find it very difficult to disagree with my (overbearing) GP on this, given the national guidelines she is working to and my extremely high reading but, so far, I've stuck to my guns.</p><p></p><p>It just seems to me (at age 57), that taking any drug for the rest of my life (maybe 30 years) is a big risk in itself which can only be justified if you believe the benefits will outweigh these risks. The NHS currently believes they do and I don't. If they are right, I may come to regret it. Who knows?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dougie22, post: 195909, member: 34509"] I very much agree with Dillinger's comments above but it's a personal choice. At 4.3 you are already very low. I'm at 8.0 and refusing them. (I've also read Kendrick's book but have given them a try and had serious side effects - joint pain and mental fuzziness). I find it very difficult to disagree with my (overbearing) GP on this, given the national guidelines she is working to and my extremely high reading but, so far, I've stuck to my guns. It just seems to me (at age 57), that taking any drug for the rest of my life (maybe 30 years) is a big risk in itself which can only be justified if you believe the benefits will outweigh these risks. The NHS currently believes they do and I don't. If they are right, I may come to regret it. Who knows? [/QUOTE]
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