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Unusual case of peripheral artery disease

Posted By Tim (Port Angeles, Wa, Usa) on 09/20/2012

Hi. My name is Tim. I am told I have an unusual case of P. A. D. To start with, it's localized to the right leg. I have the cholesterol of a healthy 13 year old. I'm 56 BTW. But I have also had three Femoral Bypasses, one Femoral to Femoral Bypass, and four major procedures in less than 5 years. At present, all grafts are down. I suffer lactic shock in less than 100 feet. But I was very active 5 years ago. I walked 10 miles daily, plus 12 to 14 hours of energetic labor. I did that for the final 10 years I worked.

What I am interested in, is possibly increasing circulation enough to walk. My current medications are warfarin for blood thinner, and vicodin for pain. Extreme doses of vicodin eases pain a bit, but the value of the warfarin is dubious. I refuse to take the newer, highly addictive time release pain killers like methadone. Mainly because they rarely work. (My system is a little weird apparently). Demerol will work, but it's allegedly no longer for long term use. End of pain killer statement.

I have used Plavix in addition to warfarin for anti-coagulation, and it wound up costing me my Gallbladder and gave me an ulcer. I have ballooned from 175 to 195, which has raised my BP from 98/60 to 125/70, and my pulse from 65 to 80. I need to reverse this trend. I can use more hardcore narcotics to contain the excess pain, but no blood thinner seems to do much good. My vascular surgeon says I am a 1 in 10k patient. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Replied by Mmsg (Somewhere, Europe) on 09/21/2012

Tim, I don't know anything about your ailment but soaking in a bath with Epsom Salts (with or without some baking soda too) seems to help people with foot problems.

Replied by Timh (Louisville, Ky, Usa) on 09/21/2012

Tim: I will list several herbs commonly used for circulatory health but be advised in advance to use these herbs beginning in small amounts as your condition is somewhat advanced. The list will include herbs for both vascular and arterial health. Hawthorn Berry, Ginko Biloba, Horse Chestnut, White Oak Bark, Butchers Broom, Cayenne. Magnesium is recommended as well as nutrients like CoQ10 or Ubiquinol, and Carnitine especially for the heart health.

At your local or online health food store you should be able to find an herbal formula that contains most if not all from the list. Remember to begin w/ the smallest dose and slowly work up to larger and monitor results as your medication levels will proly need adjusting. As for the other nutrients I would purchase them individually and take as recommended on labels. A very good whole food multivitamin/mineral supplement will help your metabolism and promote weight loss. Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) can help w/ the pain as well as supporting liver health and blood sugar metabolism.

Hope this helps and report your progress.

Replied by Bill (San Fernando, Philippines) on 09/21/2012

Hi Tim... If you weren't taking warfarin with such strong painkillers I would have no hesitation in recommending the following to both safely increase blood circulation:

Alkalize the Body

Use Ted from Bangkok's ACV and Lemon/Lime or ACV plus bicarbonate remedies to alkalize the cells. Take these three times a day outside mealtimes. Also use Ted's BS and water remedy to alkalize the blood. This should be taken 3 times a day 1/2 hr to 1c hour after meals. If you have sodium/potassium issues then take Teds Caebicarb remedy instead. These remedies are all shown here. These remedies will help to move your body into a healthier alkaline state. This remedy is essential to neutralize the acidifying effects of both the warfarin and the painkillers you are taking. See this link:

Alpha Lipoic Acid

Take 300 mgs twice a day at mealtimes. Dosages of up to 1200 mgs per day are also quite safe. ALA is wonderful at repairing peripheral vascular and nerve problems and will help to reduce the peripheral pain as many here on EC with peripheral problems have attested.

Selenium

Used to help generate the glutathione that is destroyed by the actinominophen in the vincodin. Selenium is also a major anti-oxidant in the body and a mercury detoxifier.

Vitamin C

Take 1000 mg doses of Vitamin C four times a day. Use the ascorbate form if you can get it. This helps to repair the damaged peripheral arteries.

Serrapeptase Enzyme

Take double the dose recommended and take this outside mealtimes because these protease enzymes will help to clear fibrin deposits in the blood, thereby improving blood flow. You can also use pancreatin with bromelain and papain if you are unable to find the serrapeptase.

Niacin plus Vitamin B50

Niacin(not niacinamide) will help to naturally and safely "unclump" thick blood. The flushing effect from niacin is proof that all your blood vessels at the peripheries have opened up for better and more efficient delivery of nutrients to the peripherals. The dosage is 500 mgs three times a day taken at mealtimes. Abram Hoffer, an orthomolecular researcher, has said that dosages of up to 3 gms a day of niacin can be taken safely. However, because you are also using warfarin as a blood thinner, there is a caveat. See my final paragraph below. Recent research has aso found that larger dose niacin/niacinamide will increase the strength of your immune system by a factor of 1000.

Taking warfarin appears to be doing little to help thin your blood, since your blood pressure appears to have increased since you started using it. I know that the recommended dosage necessary for warfarin's blood thinning effects borders closely and dangerously on causing bleeding in the body. Use of vincodin is also dangerous. This drug is addictive, as I'm sure you are aware. Vincodin also contains substantial amounts of acetominophen or tylenol, which, when taken in extreme dosages, harms the liver over long term use by destroying glutathione.

To keep it simple, all the drugs that you are taking are detrimental in that they all tend to greatly acidify your body. The best evidence for this is the lactic acidosis shock that you mentioned. Both warfarin and the painkillers acidify the body so, in this respect, you must alkalize your body to neutralize the acid in the body caused from taking these drugs.

Since I am also quite wary of warfarin and the painkillers that you are taking, I also think it perhaps best and pertinent for your own safety if you first consult your doctor as to whether there are any dangerous drug contra-indications with the remedies and dosages that I've recommended.

Replied by Carly (Seattle, Wa - Usa) on 09/22/2012

Take the enzyme Serrapeptase. Web search it and read, read, read....Good luck to you.

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