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It's quite clear that there is a lot of promise in stem cells for treatment of MS, even with today's technology. It is just as clear that there are a lot of scam artists profiting from the desperation of sick people. I would be in tomorrow for stem cell treatment at almost any cost if there was a cl...

The first time I tried the antibiotics was in June 2004 and I had to stop them after one month because of reocurrence of the paresthesias. Two months later I realized sudden improvement in my mental capacities. I decideded to restart the ABX in October. I discontinued the therapy after one month ( ...

I'm posting here rather than in the ABX forum 'cause I think its probably more appropriate. The kind of stuff that bothers me is, as in the "Personal Data Collection" thread, ljm posted that she has been taking abx for more than 4 months and not seen improvement. The response to her was &q...

One thing I can't wrap my mind around with regards to the theory that MS is caused by a pathogen is that people actually seem to improve with immune suppression. Look at Campath; it essentially knocks out your immune system for a while. If you've got bacteria rampaging in your CNS, I don't understan...

Bromley, if you've seen my post in the antibiotics forum then you know I mostly agree with you. More and more people seem to be abandoning conventional treatment strategies for an unproven one. Don't get me wrong; Nothing would please me more than to see some proof that multiple sclerosis has a cure...

This seems to be the Texan arm of the Vanderbilt trial: http://thisisms.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1252&start=0 , posted a few threads below here! The trial finished early because there was great difficulty in finding people willing to try it, then one person dropped o...

NCT00043264 is a phase II clinical trial looking at antibiotic treatment of MS. Double-blind, placebo controlled, all that good stuff. It should have been finished something like 9 months ago. Does anyone know if the results were released? I haven't heard anything. It would be nice to get some scien...

I'm with you, bromley. To me, the only cause for concern is not "might there be bad side effects?" but "Is this a scam to seperate sick people from their money?". There was a place in the Ukraine, I think, that claimed to offer stem cell therapy but was quite clearly a scam. Rece...

I've been doing some reading and I'm unclear on the possible advantages of this sort of treatment over, say, Campath. Campath sounds like it does a very similar thing, the "rebooting" of the immune system, with a much lower though nonzero mortality rate. What are the advantages of somethin...

Sad news about the death of one of the CAMMS223 participants. I am a bit troubled that his or her illness was not recognized. Thrombocytopenia is a recognized danger with Campath! Let us hope this is an isolated case; Campath and other monoclonal antibodies strike me as being the best hope for near ...