The problems are probably coming from the food makers that are adding vitamins to cereals, juices,(calcium) Ensure is 1 big vitamin drink etc. So if you take a multi, eat vitamin fortified cereal & have an Ensure or similar drink you are getting 3 vitamin pills. A number of other products & even vitamin pills such as calcium have added zinc, vit.D3 or magnesium added ,to them so you get some more stuff added to doses you already took. Things like V8 Fusion have a number of vitamins. They are even adding chloride to multi -vitamin- I think most people get too much salt so don't need another dose of chloride. But if you eat oatmeal each day & live alone you are not likely to get all the vitamins & minerals from your food as you would have to fix meals with at least 2 veggies,some fruit etc. Well, most seniors I know don't get all the daily fresh fruits & veggies so a single vitamin pill might be best for them. asking a dr. about supplements is rather waste of time, some take several themselves & others never do. Many drs. aren't too healthy themselves. Also if you are very healthy they lose business. Drs. call it politics- I call it their paycheck!

Hi, I'm looking for relief from vaginal dryness and irritation. I use Premarin cream a couple of times a week as my Dr. suggested, but still have a lot of discomfort, so am trying Vitamin E suppositories also. Would like to hear from anyone who uses them and how they work for them. Any other suggestions would be appreciated also. I'm now 70 and had this wild immpression that once you got through menapause things would be wonderful again, boy, what a surprise I got! Thanks!

Please seek out another medical opinion. There are several medical conditions that can cause the symptoms (hot flashes) that you are having. It may be menopause. This is easily confirmed by some simple blood work. It could also be related to some other underlying condition that needs some medical attention. Please ask friends/family for a recommendation for a family doctor, one who will listen to you and to what your concerns are. If it is indeed menopause, there are treatments for the hot flashes. You need to become educated regarding what really works. They call this "evidence based medicine". In other words, treatments that have been scientifically tested and are known to work. Not just some company that is anxious to take your money. Bu finding a good, caring MD or NP who will listen to what you have to say, run some tests to further evaluate, I'm certain you will get the help you need.

Try Googling Lichen Sclerosis and see if the symptoms sound like yours. I have that and it sure puts an end to your sex life. I was at an age when I didn't care about that as much but I hate the disease itself. All the doctors said atrophy but one. She recognized it right away. She said she had 5 year old patients that have it. Poor things, there is no cure for it, just meds for comfort if you need them. My urologist was going to do a urinary scope on me. When I said you may have to cut to find the urethra, he didn't say much. I don't think he believed me, until he did a pelvic. After he did the pelvic he got the insurance to approve to putting me to sleep.