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I do not believe I have seen this mentioned before. Can you tell us a little more about this, like what were your prior numbers, and what was your hematocrit on Telmi/Ciln? And how long did it take?
One of the side effects of telmisartan is reducing haematocrit. There is another sartan that is even better at it. I can't remember the name tho
She is on Tirzepatide. If that’s the cause then there probably isn’t anything to help other than stopping it?
Yes I wouldn't worry about it. Just lose all the weight first, then go into a maintenance phase.
LOL, oh.
Aah I just spoke to ChatGPT so this reply is probably worthless from me lolLOL, oh.
I thought maybe he was talking about the cilnidipine.
I have high hematocrit (56.7 !!!) on 80mg of telmisartan . . .
Just donated double reds today.
Anabolic Doc talks about the reduction using telemasartin in one of his videos as well as other meds in the same class.
It has better overall blood pressure lowering effects, with a much longer half life. However couldn't say it would be any better in terms of sides. I know it supposedly isn't worse. Both chlor and Inda are better than HCTZ overall. It generally doesn't seem to cause many issues, especially at that ultra low dose. However if you were cramping bad on 12.5hctz, 6.25 on paper at least would at least be as strong so it may not be a good idea in your specific situation.
If it's caused by by undernutrition - yes. But that's also temporary too - lose the weight, then the hair will grow back once the nutrition is on track.
So I struggle hard with hematocrit. I have telm on hand for emergencies, but My blood pressure is fine so Iv never used it. But even on cruise my hematocrit rises slowly, and last blast I ended with a 56 hematocrit. Obviously went and donated immediately, but I’m curious in your telm dosage, how long you were on it till you realized it lowered your hematocrit, and about how many points did it lower it? To me I can’t really think of a reason on why it would slow down/stop your red blood cell production.
Give me a few days before I put my foot further in my mouth. That was based on a hemoglobin reading at the blood bank where I was about to donate. It's always 18+ when I go to donate, right around every 12 weeks, and at that time it was at 16, so I ended up not donating. I just got back from Quest having blood drawn for a CBC and other things, so I can truly confirm a reduction... apples to apples, rather than doing that "multiply hemoglobin by three" thing. My HCT was 54 the beginning of December. I've been on Telmisartan 80mg for a few months, but I did ramp up from lower dosages over the first few months when I started it in August. If you post the question like "tell me about how telmisartan might influence hematocrit" to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc., it can explain it way better than I can remember. The effect is not supposed to be that significant, though. Hence, why I'm verifying. Everything else I take is very low probability of decreasing hematocrit.
Do u take milk thistle? 130mg silybum 3x day chelates iorn and helps prevent hematocrit from rising. Blood cycle is 120 days. So when u stop producing additional red blood cells it will take ATLEAST 120 days to see the difference. Blood cells dieing off.
Yeah I’ll poke around see what I see. But if you don’t mind dropping your exact level once you get results that’d be dope. I fucking hate donating blood lol. I’m in a little hoe ass town and gotta drive an hour 1 way to even do it.
No shit, man. I am so sick of having to do it. I even had to learn to do it myself at one time due to Red Cross permanent deferral (which I later got removed through appeal). CBC comes back quick, so I'll post soon as I know. I'm hoping it wasn't an error or something just "off." I'd love to be able to stop donating and obsessing over iron supplementation.
I've tried all the known approaches, but unfortunately none ever really seemed to influence it. Just business as usual every lab. That's why I'm so excited to see something like this happen and am hoping it wasn't an error at the blood bank. They didn't lend too much confidence in their skills, but I'm thinking how hard can it be to cock up a blood sample and inserting it in a machine?
