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Role of Ginkgolides in the Inflammatory Immune Response of Neurological Diseases: A Review of Current Literatures Front Syst Neurosci. 2020 Jul 31:14:45. The inflammatory immune response (IIR) is a physiological or excessive systemic response, induced by inflammatory immune cells according to chang...

Neuroscientist Wendy Zuzuki discusses how to have a healthy brain.

Association of nutritional intake with clinical and imaging activity in pediatric multiple sclerosis Mult Scler. 2024 Jul;30(8):1056-1065. Background : Understanding nutrition's role in multiple sclerosis (MS) can guide recommendations and intervention-based studies. Objective : Evaluate the associ...

This is a preprint article out of the University of New Mexico that has not yet completed peer review. It appears that micro & nanoplastics preferentially accumulate in human brain tissue. Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in Decedent Human Brains Assessed by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spe...

Here's a presentation put together by a physiatrist specializing in MS. It discusses the benefits of exercise in MS.

https://tinyurl.com/exercise-for-ms

Here's my experience with valacyclovir. I took valacyclovir for two weeks when I found that it had aluminum in it. I decided to finish out the month. I called several pharmacies trying to get the Mylan Pharmaceuticals brand, but I couldn't find one that accepted my insurance. The only side effect I ...

In the US most valacyclovir tablets available are dyed blue with FD&C Blue #2. This dye contains aluminum. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/FD_C-Blue-No.-2-aluminum-lake Aluminum chloride has been studied in animal models of Alzheimer's Disease going back to 1980. https://pubmed.ncbi.nl...

Please see my prior post where I did a brief literature review on using valacyclovir to treat EBV.

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No news, good news? Nothing about MS... What surprised me is that there were no questions from the audience. Maybe they were all in disbelief? Anyways, they had previously mentioned that results of their phase 1b/2a spinal cord injury trial would be out during Q3. Now it looks like we might have to...

Nervgen Pharma presented at the Canaccord Genuity conference August 13, 2024.

https://wsw.com/webcast/canaccord98/ngenf/2645170

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Cardiovascular issues are more related with Homocysteine levels (inflammation)... Here's my experience with homocysteine. In 2014 I was hospitalized because I had temporarily lost the use of my legs. My condition was initially thought to be due to a bad MS attack. However, due to the discussions he...

Jaded wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:55 pm It's the R Lipoic by Life Extension - see above. We had this conversation before!!

OK, that was 8 months ago.

Hi Jaded,

Jaded wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:56 am Yes I take the R Lipoic Acid on an empty stomach. I can't say I am feeling the nerve repair mechanisms at the moment although as a sample size of 1, I can't be sure what might happen if I didn't take it

Do you take R-Lipoic Acid or Na-R-Lipoate?