4 Responses to “Primary Care with Dr. Sam Benjamin”

1. 1 Steve
   Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

   Hello I am a New Purchaser of a Really Nice Set of TOP Chef Products. I was told that they have a “SAFE” coating of Teflon. Listening to The Report I am really shifting my opinion. I have 2 small Dogs… Does the Fumes effect them they have their own space and is away from the Kitchen area. But more so I am kinda upset right now about the 2,000 I shelled out for my Wife for Xmas… Can someone give me an Opinion?

2. 2 Barbara Wyllie
   Aug 3rd, 2008 at 1:37 am

   So, what diet sweetner do you recommend?

   I want to share with you the fact that I developed high blood preassure by drinking 2 to 3 cans of A&W Diet Root Beer. I don’t usually drink soda but I loved that. After 3 months of drinking a lot of it I developed high blood preassure. At the time I had no connection between the sweetner and HBP. My sister said to check out aspartame. I stopped the soda and BP went from 210/185 back down to 120/80. BINGO!

3. 3 Toby Clayman
   Jan 23rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm

   Dear Dr. Benjamin,
   I love your show. You tell it like it is in the medical system. As a heathcare professional we need to let the public know the truth about the insurance cos. pharmaceutical cos. etc.
   I have some questions about Hashimoto’s disease. I think my husband has it although his thyroid studies in the past have been normal. He has had a back problem which I think has resulted in totally missing the other symptoms he has ie; eating like a horse without gaining weight, sleeplessness, fatigue, depression and anxiety. He developed hypertension when he never had it. He is 56 years old. He was so depressed he has tried to kill himself.
   This is not my husband! After research and advice from a friend who has the disease I believe he has it. He is being tested for the antibodies. Are there any other tests you would recommend? I have been saying to our PCP for nearly a year that his metabolism is revved up and I believe he has an endocrine problem. He had a “panic attack in the spring which landed him in the ER. He had a CT scan of his head at that time. It has gone on so long I think the chronic back pain and these other symtoms has caused him despair.
   Let me know your thoughts on how we should proceed. He is under psychiatric care which I think is a, inappropriate and b, not the right place for him. He needed an acute intervention at the time.
   Also if he has this I would like you to tell your listeners about this disease so no one should have to suffer, think they are crazy and lose hope.
   Sorry I was so lengthy. I started writing and couldn’t stop.

4. 4 Toby Clayman
   Mar 16th, 2009 at 5:18 am

   Do you have an endocinologist you would recommend?
   His test results for Hashimoto’s disease came back “negative” no lab value was ever given to us. Can you have normal lab values and be subclinical?
   I missed your show this week. I was locked up all day in a conference.

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