Multiple Sclerosis (M.S)? and the use of alternative medicines ?!
Question: multiple Sclerosis (M.S).? and the use of alternative medicines .?
I am not interested in hearing about the A.B.C. drugs, I take the C. I am interested in hearing whether or not there are any alternative medications that help relieve symptoms.Health Question & Answer
Answers:
None drug therapies for symptoms (not for treating the disease)...
Exercise/physical therapy: Maintain a healthy weight to help with mobility problems. also, they help with spasticity and weakness.
Exercise, such as tai chi and yoga can lower stress, help you relax, and increase energy, balance, and flexibility. As with any exercise program, check with your doctor before getting started.
Eat healthy: Eat a healthy diet just like everyone else, making smart choices to balance between food and activity. Ask your doctor what diet is right for you.
There is some evidence that taking an oral supplement of linoleic acid (found in evening primrose, sunflower seeds, and safflower oil) may slightly improve MS symptoms.
Don't overheat: Whether you are exercising, working, taking a hot shower or have a fever, try not to get overheated so you won't have a pseudoflair and get fatigued. Heat appears to intensify MS symptoms for about 60% of patients. Until the heat passes.
Elimination needs: Plenty of fluids, Vitamin C, and cranberry juice are used to prevent urinary tact infections.
Increase fluids and fiber prevent constipation.
Decrease stress: Massage therapy helps relax and reduce stress and depression, which can exacerbate MS. Strive to have a positive outlook. It won't cure MS, but it can reduce your stress and help you feel better.
Acupuncture: May provide some relief from pain, muscle spasms, or bladder control problems. As of yet, there have been no scientific studies to confirm this or to document acupuncture's safe use in MS. Keep in mind that there are always risks when a procedure involves puncturing the body with needles. Be sure the practitioner uses sterile technique as acupuncture could transmit infection or blood borne disease like hepatitis or HIV.
Traditional drugs for treating symtoms (not for treating the disease)...
While steroids do not affect the course of MS over time, they can reduce the duration and severity of attacks in some patients.
Drugs under study, for treatment of MS and/or its symptoms...
A few oral MS drugs are under study, but they are still a few years down the line. Three are in Phase II Trials (to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug for a particular disease and to determine common short-term side effects and risks). Three are in Phase III Trials (to evaluate the overall benefit-risk relationship of the drug and provide a basis for physician labeling).
Low dose naltrexone (LDN) finished a Phase III trial for use in MS in Nov. 2007. But articles were out in Sept. 2007 before the trial even finished saying more clinical trials are still needed for specific use in MS.
There are trials at various stages studying antibiotic therapy and MS.
Reports in 2006/2007 showed initial benefits with Sativex (cannabis). However, April 2008 trials reports showed it was no more effective in treating MS pain than a placebo given to half the patients. It has been approved for use in Canada and is still development in Europe and the US.Health Question & Answer
Exercise/physical therapy: Maintain a healthy weight to help with mobility problems. also, they help with spasticity and weakness.
Exercise, such as tai chi and yoga can lower stress, help you relax, and increase energy, balance, and flexibility. As with any exercise program, check with your doctor before getting started.
Eat healthy: Eat a healthy diet just like everyone else, making smart choices to balance between food and activity. Ask your doctor what diet is right for you.
There is some evidence that taking an oral supplement of linoleic acid (found in evening primrose, sunflower seeds, and safflower oil) may slightly improve MS symptoms.
Don't overheat: Whether you are exercising, working, taking a hot shower or have a fever, try not to get overheated so you won't have a pseudoflair and get fatigued. Heat appears to intensify MS symptoms for about 60% of patients. Until the heat passes.
Elimination needs: Plenty of fluids, Vitamin C, and cranberry juice are used to prevent urinary tact infections.
Increase fluids and fiber prevent constipation.
Decrease stress: Massage therapy helps relax and reduce stress and depression, which can exacerbate MS. Strive to have a positive outlook. It won't cure MS, but it can reduce your stress and help you feel better.
Acupuncture: May provide some relief from pain, muscle spasms, or bladder control problems. As of yet, there have been no scientific studies to confirm this or to document acupuncture's safe use in MS. Keep in mind that there are always risks when a procedure involves puncturing the body with needles. Be sure the practitioner uses sterile technique as acupuncture could transmit infection or blood borne disease like hepatitis or HIV.
Traditional drugs for treating symtoms (not for treating the disease)...
While steroids do not affect the course of MS over time, they can reduce the duration and severity of attacks in some patients.
Drugs under study, for treatment of MS and/or its symptoms...
A few oral MS drugs are under study, but they are still a few years down the line. Three are in Phase II Trials (to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug for a particular disease and to determine common short-term side effects and risks). Three are in Phase III Trials (to evaluate the overall benefit-risk relationship of the drug and provide a basis for physician labeling).
Low dose naltrexone (LDN) finished a Phase III trial for use in MS in Nov. 2007. But articles were out in Sept. 2007 before the trial even finished saying more clinical trials are still needed for specific use in MS.
There are trials at various stages studying antibiotic therapy and MS.
Reports in 2006/2007 showed initial benefits with Sativex (cannabis). However, April 2008 trials reports showed it was no more effective in treating MS pain than a placebo given to half the patients. It has been approved for use in Canada and is still development in Europe and the US.Health Question & Answer
Gary S has some very good suggestions however there is one alternative herb that has proved to be very useful for rebuilding nerve endings and MS. It is called Teasel. It is a weed and is harvested by one of the doctors that I use in my clinic for treatments. Not much research on it yet but he has used it to cure his own lyme disease. I would also suggest a hyperberic chamber to restore the dendrites and axions of the nerves and repair the nerve mylin sheath for proper synapse action.Health Question & Answer
If you are looking for an alternative medication, I suggest looking into Low Dose Naltrexone. This drug was first developed to help drug addicts to get off opiates, but it does wonders for the majority of people with an autoimmune disease. I was on Copaxone myself but my neurologist and I decided that LDN might help and sure couldn't hurt. It got rid of just about all my symptoms. I was able to go back to work after I started taking it. I also went back to the gym and started working out three times a week. It has done wonders for me. Good luck to you! Health Question & Answer
Diet can assist in controling M.S. All artifical sweeteners tend to cause problems for M.S. sufferers - Aspartame, the artificial sweetner in deit coke is horrible for you. Cleanses can do wonders as well. M.S. patients typically tend to have heavy metal toxicity, so a heavy metal cleanse could be great for you. As well as a Candida Cleanse and liver/galbladder cleanse is quite common treatment as well. As far as natural supplements, alphabiotics. Good Luck try and find yourself a good holistic doc in your area. Health Question & Answer
Try taking Hulda Clark Black Walnut Hull Tincture, Wormwood, Cloves, It really WORKS. Purchase a used Beam Ray (rife machine) ffrom Beam Ray LLC or go to Dr. Robert Loyd website and click on used machines. If the machine on that website is to expensive for you go to RifeLabs.com, they sell the EMEM machines for about $500 and up. This is working for people with lyme, MS, Lou G and many different cancers. If you surf the internet you'll find people testifing to this. Go to Robert Loyd websit and click on equipment for purchase and sell, look for people that post to buy, many month ago that left there number and call them and ask how it work for them! You'll be supprise what you hear.Health Question & Answer
Diet can help, check out the MS Awareness website for that, I'm still learning the specifics myself. All I know is avoiding dairy products, potatos, and orange juice seems to make a difference.
There's a book on yoga specifically for MS that I got that seems to be quite effective thus far. There's also a tai chi book that probably would be easier and more effective to start with though.Health Question & Answer
There's a book on yoga specifically for MS that I got that seems to be quite effective thus far. There's also a tai chi book that probably would be easier and more effective to start with though.Health Question & Answer