Statins, diuretics, and or any other nutrition draining substances should be discontinued if at all possible but of course only under doctors' supervision. Strong doses of sublingual and or injections of B12 should be administered immediately. Care should be taken that too much supplemental iron not be given. Preferrably, iron should be obtained from densely nutritious foods like one or more whole eggs every day plus lots of beans and beef broth.Most cases of anemia especially in the elderly are from B12 deficiency. B12 deficiency is extremely dangerously damaging to the whole body, but especially to the brain and nervous system.
BobbieSena, this message board was set up for caregivers. What is your experience in caregiving? I saw you criticized some family members for putting their loved ones in Memory Care decades ago.
Did you take care of your own parents or another loved one? A husband? Do you have children? What are your plans for your own aging (you are 86, after all)?
In all fairness, most people are barely able to take all the medications their docs prescribe, much less trying to get 'extras' on boards.
And, IMHO, doctors are playing it by the book, and most won't go out on a limb and prescribe huge vitamin dosages w/o a very thorough investigation--and they simply do not have time for that.
IF YOU, yourself, wanted to do supplements to your own regimen of meds/nutrition, go ahead. You really can't prescribe that for anyone else.
My SIL is a GI doc and one of his huge bugaboos are patients who come to see him, get their meds and instructions and then go out and do whatever the heck they wanted to in the first place. For example: a patient with cirrhosis of the liver is warned sternly that they MUST stop drinking alcohol, but almost never do.
I don't know where you are going to find a dr who is willing to 'learn' your approach to medicine. It would require almost weekly visits to the dr to ascertain that your holistic approach is working and not causing harm.
Curious--and I am not trying to be rude: where do you get your education & information about the things you post?