Alternative Medicine

Big MS THC Trial Fully Enrolled

art — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:37:36 -0400

The CUPID (Cannabinoid Use in Progressive Inflammatory brain Disease) study at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth has reached an important milestone with the news that the full cohort of 493 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been recruited to the study.

CUPID is a clinical trial which will evaluate whether tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of many compounds found in the in the cannabis plant (and the main active ingredient) is able to slow the progression of MS.

Accupuncture in MS

art — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:22:42 -0400

It's not a study, but here's a piece on some people using accupuncture to alleviate some MS symptoms.

LDN Updates

art — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:41:24 -0400

Low Dose Naltrexone is getting more attention. You can see this news report about LDN and Crohn's disease. You can also see this video of some interviews with a few of the speakers from the 3rd LDN Conference in Nashville.

Prevention Magazine Alternative Medicine Survey

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:36:19 -0400

I just received this month's Prevention Magazine. In it is a story about 3 women who used alternative therapies for their various ailments. At the end of the article Prevention is asking its readers to share stories about their alternative/unconventional therapies that they have found beneficial, via a chat. This takes place during the month of May.

Lori

Some With MS Put Their Hopes in a Diet

art — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:27:17 -0400

Authors of "The MS Recovery Diet" extend a diet developed decades ago by Dr. Roy L. Swank, an emeritus professor of neurology at Oregon Health Science University. It severely restricts saturated fat and increases essential fatty acids like fish and vegetable oils, measures endorsed by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as part of a healthy diet.

Besides saturated fat, Ms. Sawyer and Ms. Bachrach suggest that other potential dietary culprits include dairy, grains with gluten, legumes, eggs and yeast. “Beyond the five usual suspects, each person may have very individual food sensitivities to herbs, spices or food in any category,” they write. Each patient would have to determine personal sensitivities through trial and error.

TV News Report on LDN

art — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:09:39 -0500

The word on Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) seems to be getting out. Watch this TV news report on the fairly successful results of this one MS patient trying out LDN. At least it is causing some doctors to suggest it should be looked into.

The Third Annual LDN Conference (2007) Presentations

art — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:43:34 -0500

You can now access the videos, audio, and slides of the presenations at The Third Annual LDN Conference (2007), held at Vanderbilt University last October. This conference brings together a collection of researchers, doctors, pharmacists, and patients to talk about Low Dose Naltrexone.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Center

art — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:32:42 -0500

Swindon Therapy Centre for Multiple Sclerosis has hit the headlines over the years for its once-controversial use of a hyberbaric oxygen chamber. This article presents a single anecdotal case of benefit with MS.

Why don't these places conduct trials?

Probiotic formula helping MS sufferers - Any proof to that?

noblenab — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:15:40 -0500

I have been reading about this new powerful probiotic formula that can be ingested in yogurt form.

The Australian company that makes it says it's yielding surprising results with MS sufferers. It claims dramatic improvements with a lot of the common symptoms such as low energy, tremors, bad eye sight.

I was wondering if anyone out there knows more about this product.
My mom has been living with MS for over 15 years and she wants to try it but I'm somewhat apprehensive.

Montel Talks About His Use Of Chiropractor

art — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:50:17 -0500

Montel Williams recently gave a testimonial for a specific upper cervical chiropractic technique during his Montel show:

I'm not certain because I haven't done the scientific research on it to know if this can work for everybody else out there, but I want to tell you I suffer from MS (multiple sclerosis), I have extreme neuralgic pain in the lower extremities, I'm in pain 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year, and then I go to see this doctor, ... and there's not a person that knows me who will not confirm this, if you just ask them, everybody who sees me, I am walking differently, my pain is less, I have already regained strength in my left leg, my left leg has dropped because I found out that my pelvis was tilted, it's dropped back down, they are now the same length, it's the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me.