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58yof, underweight, heavy smoker, lost her business now in dire financial straits, "from doctor to doctor" getting more pills. I counted 4 different benzodiazepines, 3 different antidepressants. Says she does not take them all, but admits smoking and drinking alcohol heavily. Then comes out another bag... "and this"? "Oh no, that's not medicine, that is all "Natural stuff" from "health shops" or herbalists."

Drinking lots of water, I clinically suspected hyponatraemia and am in the fortunate position to have an "Opti-Lion" cassette electrolyte analyzer in my office... note the hyponatraemia and alkalosis.

And as for "Harmless, Natural" stuff, well Poison Ivy, Arsenic and Snake Venom are all totally natural. In my book if it looks like a pill it is a pill. Lots of processing to get it to look like that, lots of interaction with real pharmaceuticals but not dependably the same concentration and effect in each batch.

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