A cure for ms?

Question

my friend is 21 and was diagnosed with ms a couple of years ago. Things are getting worse for her walking wise. Does anyone know any alternative medicine that can help, is there a cure and what causes it

Answer 1

No cure as of yet, but some good treatments. It is believed to be possibly be caused by Human Herpes virus type 6 (there are at least 8 or more different types - this is NOT the same as the one that causes cold sores or genital herpes). A cure is a possibility, but so far no luck.

BTW: for reasons I don't know one of the ingredients in marijuana seems to be helpful. A spray that goes under the tongue called "Sativex" can be used. It seems to slow down or stop the deterioration of the myelin sheath of the nerve cell - the principle problem with MS.

Answer 2

http://www.keepsmilin.com/transcriptdrlee.htm

The women were teaching me that their fibrosistic breasts had returned to normal breasts. The women were teaching me that those that had developed some acne and pimples like teenage boys get, here they were post-menopausal women, that their skin had all cleared up. The women showed me that where their hair had been thinning, they now had full, luxuriant hair again. The women told me that they had previously been bothered by fibroids, and the fibroids were coming down and their doctor couldn't figure out why. Those that had water retention didn't have it any more, their edema had gone away. Those that had had muscular aches and pains had gotten better.

I could never understand this until just July of this year. There was an article in "Science" the journal for the American Cabinet for the Advancement of Science. It was an article about how the Schwann cell makes the myelin sheath that covers and protects all the nerves as they pass through your body. There are little cells every couple of centimeters that makes a covering, an insulation called myelin that protects the nerve from damage and it protects the nerve so it doesn't short circuit and lose it's electric impulse when the nerve impulse comes down. Turns out the Schwann cell can't do this unless something interferes with this progesterone receptors. Progesterone is necessary to make the myelin sheath. Now who ever new that before?

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I think this talk was given when John R Lee was 65/66 making it around 1994/1995

This is following on from gangadharan_nair suggesting the myelin sheath issues. Natural progesterone is also required for strong bones and good brains.

"natural progesterone" may help as it or it's functions are badly affected by fake/synthetic hormones

As a preliminary do the on line hormone tests at www.hormoneprofile.com or www.johnleemd.com

If as I suspect they recommend you obtain hormones please have a saliva test done see www.npis.info or www.salivatest.com. A saliva test will check out active hormone levels something that blood tests do not.

If a hormone is suggested by the saliva test please take the dose suggested for you. Size 10 shoes are not twice as good if you have size 5 feet.

The WHO (World Health Organisation) uses saliva tests.

A transcript of a John Lee talk - this explains why for hormones a blood test is worthless..
http://www.keepsmilin.com/transcriptdrlee.htm

Search the web for “natural progesterone ms” and you will find pages read and carefully select.

http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=show&pageid=615

.... one success

There is a list of doctors at www.npis.info are. They are aware of the benefits of natural progesterone they may be more helpful than your GP. You are about to educate your GP :-)

Natural progesterone means natural to humans i.e. identical to that produced by the human body.

For a good explanation of how vital natural progesterone is to humans see

http://www.hormoneprofile.com/howhormoneswork.htm
and other pages on this site

Any progesterone you buy must be natural progesterone USP. USP means United States Pharmacopoeia. Wild yam is that Wild Yam the body will not convert it to progesterone.

Do not take fake/synthetic progesterone/progestins manufactured by the drug companies they will be of NO benefit.

Hope this of benefit to you not a cure but maybe some extra relief :-)

Answer 3

There is no cure for MS at this time but there are treatment options. I'd steer clear of "alternative" or herbal preparations. The cause of MS isn't clearly understood but research suggests that possible causes may include genetics, hormones, environment and even possibly a virus. Refer your friend to http://www.nationalmssociety.org
This is the website for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Both you and she can learn more about this disease, current research and treatment. There are also support groups that your friend may find extremely helpful. You can best help your friend by knowing more about MS and her needs now and in the future.

Answer 4

Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, is a chronic demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system affecting over 400,000 people in the US and 2 million individuals worldwide. MS often results in severe disability including the inability to walk, impaired vision or in some cases blindness, cognitive dysfunction, bladder and bowel problems, extreme fatigue and other serious symptoms. Unfortunately, no one knows what causes Multiple Sclerosis, there is no known cure for the disease, and treatments are modest at best.

Answer 5

No cure hun but I did nurse a patient with MS. The only thing that helped her was cannabis. As a mental health nurse we could not let her take it on the ward but we knew when she had some when she was out with relatives. The change in her was amazing. This is why I would like to see it on prescription as a medication.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

A friend of mine was diagnosed at about 30. He is now in his late 30s, can't walk anymore, and is losing his fine motor control (ability to use his hands). He has a pump implanted that administers medications at regular intervals. About once a month they have to refill it. Unfortunately, one of the medications that he used to take attacks the heart muscle over time. They test anyone getting it on a regular basis and take them off of it at the first sign of damage. He was already unable to walk and has lost much of his fine motor control only since they took him off that medication.

MS can progress slowly or quickly and it can go into remission. I have another friend with a mild form, which has not progressed for a long time. There is no cure. There are theories about what causes it, but no definitive answer. I've heard that stress makes it worse and that regular exercise, at whatever level the person is capable of, helps. Temperature extremes make it worse. One of my friends is affected by cold and the other by heat. I haven't heard about alternative medicine that helps, but I hope that that has been investigated.

Answer 8

We have 2 family friends, and 1 family member with MS. Other than the presecibed steriod shots, therapy and medication that they already take there is nothing that can be done for them. I partake in MS fundraising events for their honor as often as possible-you may wanty to begin doing the same. The MS Walks every spring are GREAT!
Unfortunately, there is no cure for MS. In MS, myelin is lost in multiple areas, leaving scar tissue called sclerosis. These damaged areas are also known as plaques or lesions. Sometimes the nerve fiber itself is damaged or broken. Myelin not only protects nerve fibers, but makes their job possible. When myelin or the nerve fiber is destroyed or damaged, the ability of the nerves to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain is disrupted, and this produces the various symptoms of MS.


More about: Sativex is the world's first pharmaceutical prescription medicine derived from the cannabis plant. It is only available in the UK. It is available in the UK as an unlicensed medicine imported from Canada to satisfy its prescription to individual patients. It is also available in Catalonia, Spain, for 600 patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and a number of other conditions.
In early 2006, Sativex received permission from the US regulatory authority, the FDA, to enter directly into late stage Phase III trials in the US. In late 2006, GW Pharmaceuticals will begin its first Phase III trial in the US for cancer patients.

Answer 9

Multiple sclerosis is characterized by disseminated patches of demyelination in the brain and spinal cord. Common symptoms include visual and oculomotor abnormalities, paresthesias, weakness, spasticity, urinary dysfunction, and mild cognitive impairment. Typically, neurologic deficits are multiple, with remissions and exacerbations gradually producing disability. Diagnosis is by history of remissions and exacerbations plus objective demonstration of at least 2 separate neurologic abnormalities by clinical signs or test results, MRI lesions, or other criteria, depending on symptoms. Treatment includes corticosteroids for acute exacerbations, immunomodulatory drugs to prevent exacerbations, and supportive measures.
There is no known cure for multiple sclerosis at this time. However, there are promising therapies that may slow the disease. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms and maintain a normal quality of life.
Please see the web pages for more details on Multiple sclerosis.

Answer 10

Cannabis and XTC tablets (not taken together) are both supposed to provide short term relief for symptoms but have obvious side affects and draw backs!

Acupuncture may be able to help or visit your local Chinese herbal medicine shop, They have something for everything! There are lots of things which can provide short term relief from symptoms but unfortunately there is no cure