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Two articles I thought were interesting today, maybe not directly related to MS but enlightening.

Reverse treatment aids Crohn's sufferers

Early use of powerful immune-suppressing drugs shown to be more successful than traditional methods



And under the category: do this but in reverse...

Stimulating Thymus Reactivates T-Cell Production

It has long been believed that it wasn't possible to reactivate T-cell production in the thymus. The new study, by researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Virology ...

Hey Bob-
Need your help. My darling son brought home a case of pinworms. (The things children can bring to your life!) Our family doc wants us all to take mebendazole, since we're all showing signs of infection. I won't give any more detail....it's truly disgusting. (We won't know for sure which parasite we have until our, uh, samples are studied, but the doc wanted to get us going in the mean time.)

I mentioned ...

Latest research bulletin from the NMSS

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/docs/H ... _spr08.pdf

I'm sure I'm being really dense but over the week I have started getting really sharp pain in my arm and leg that come for a couple of minutes then go away. It's happening a number of times throughout the day. Is this an MS thing or is my body just crap?

OK,

I joined photobucket and I think I have this figured out.



There's my ugly mug and my beautiful wife and daughter. Donations for plastic surgery are graciously accepted.

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I wonder how to test for the above genetic coding. I would guess I have this genetic code.

I wonder how/if this would impact MS off-label treatments. I would hope some of the chemotherapy drugs would receive more attention and traction as MS treatments.



FDA on Friday proposed new guidelines that would allow pharmaceutical and medical device companies to market their products for off-label uses, the New York Times reports (Harris, New York Times, 2/16). Currently, physicians can prescribe medications and medical devices for off-label uses, but companies cannot market their products for ...

Well, my longtime drug Copaxone stopped working for me last Spring, and I'm now taking Rebif. Trouble is, now I get short of breath very easily (even 1 flight of stairs.) I'm a very fit 41 year-old, I exercise regularly, and eat well. I've been to a pulmonary specialist and all tests came back normal.

Is there anyone out there who's had a similar experience with Rebif? I'm getting ready to ditch this one too, ...

Okay so I've been taking N-acetylglucosamine for a few months now ,and while you've read about my success from it, I have found that Glucosamine Chondroitin (Triple Stregth) is much more effective. I feel almost like a kid after taking that. I'm consuming more Triple Strength Chondroitin than I am the NAG, although I still take it.

I just wish all my functions would come back 100%.

Damage is damage and as the Stones say, ...

Hi all

I have a naturopathic doctor who is sending me information that suggests a connection between MS and almagam fillings, or heavy metal toxicity.

I lost all my old articles - does anyone have any really good research that refutes that connection between amalgams and MS?

Thanks. I've never had an amalgam filling but I know he'll start saying that I might have picked up a mercury or heavy metal toxicity elsewhere.