Karen Green
Two ideas... (I myself have had this problems, among others. I have been reading a lot on natural medicine which has given me solutions.) (1) Diet In usual circumstances, when the patient has no kidney problems, supplementing with some magnesium or chromium helps get rid of this. Unfortunately, with organ failure, this method is not going to be available to the patient. I would recommend seeing what foods are high in these vitamins and then adding these to the diet. Any number of vitamin reference books can provide you with this information. I personally like the "Doctor's Guide to Vitamins and Supplements" (I think that is the name) by Dr. Mary Eade(?). It gives this information and also signs of deficiency and toxicity. MD's are not trained to recognize these borderline vitamin deficiencies. (2) Different/better physicians You might want to either contact Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, or Bastyr University's Clinic in Seattle(?). Mayo Clinic is a traditional Western medical research clinic -- one of the best in the world. Bastyr is the premier natural medicine clinic in the US. Hope the information might help.