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Recently, however, I found that this candy connection may have affected one of my favorite patients. He had end stage heart failure, necessitating a ton of diuretics and loads of potassium. To our dismay,[url=http://www.cocohandbagspurses-outlet@#$%&/]chanel sunglasses[/url], no matter what we did his potassium would go up one day and down the next. Hard to control and dangerous, too.
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Low potassium can cause heart rhythm problems (bad), heart failure and a precipitous drop in blood pressure.
The compound in licorice that gives it its flavor and does this is derived from licorice root. Licorice root is in lots of folk remedies from Turkey,[url=http://www.nikeair-max.fr/]air max one[/url], Persia and India as a cure for heartburn, sore throats, coughs and colds.
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