Re: kidney pain or paranoia?
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Originally posted by Tank21
Whats a solution? Cranberry juice? anything else. What are your thoughts?
Any AS can have negative impact on the kidneys and liver, but there's only one way to find out whether this is the case with regard to your symptoms: Head straight for your doctor's office and have them draw blood for a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP), a simple lab test that checks both kidney and liver function. (The CMP is a combination of the Basic Metabolic Panel for kidney function and the Hepatic Panel for liver function.)
Forget the cranberry juice - the only people you'll be making happy are the friendly folks from Ocean Spray. And don't believe any wazoo who tells you that cranberry juice will ameliorate a kidney problem - that notion is strictly anecdotal.
By the way, do tell the doctor about your cycle - you are protected by physician-patient confidentiality. If you're young and don't want to confide in your family's doctor, head for [i]any[i] doctor and be up front about your AS use. It will prevent a lot of unnecessary speculation.