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yay it's my turn :D called the doc yesterday and got my requisition by fax. now for the washout. i'm a little nervous (given the events of the past few months as added to the may 24 post above) but if i stay on task, testing, results and informed next steps will happen soon! also, this past sat we c...

i find that the various diets reflect their proponents' personal past divergence from public health guidelines, including variety and moderation. diets present opposing perspectives because individuals take different routes to ill health (not forgetting genetic susceptibility). i was an ill-informed...

Global COVID-19 advice for people with MS https://www.msif.org/news/2020/02/10/the-coronavirus-and-ms-what-you-need-to-know/ " ... National lockdown measures in place in many parts of the world might be relaxed in the coming weeks and months. Until our understanding of the coronavirus improves, peop...

results are starting to come in now. the main findings are that, predictably, being conservative with dosage doesn't cut it when therapeutic intakes are needed. luckily, we have achieved sufficient cognitive improvement already to take on a certain short term high dose regimen safely, without requir...

Vitamin D3-mediated resistance to a multiple sclerosis model disease depends on myeloid cell 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis and correlates with increased CD4+ T cell CTLA-4 expression https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165572819303510 Zinc enhances the number of regulatory T ce...

after a focused one-month regimen, we are into a week-long washout period, in prep for some follow up testing. will be interesting to see what we'll learn once the new results are in!

interventional, but could be better designed. open label is not the best, obviously. also, i've recently been looking at zinc forms and don't have a great impression of zinc gluconate bioavailability. Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)- Using Ascorbic Acid and Zinc Supplementation (COVIDAtoZ) (last update ...

observational, but i will still be interested in these results once they become available Evaluation of the Relationship Between Zinc Vitamin D and b12 Levels in the Covid-19 Positive Pregnant Women (last update June 23) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04407572?term=zinc&cond=COVID&draw=3&ran...

posted in the natural approach section for the zinc content.

obviously tough to find a COVID study in which an essential nutrient isn't combined with something else, if used at all.

there are other spaces at TiMS to discuss the merit, or lack thereof, of available pharmaceutical trials.

Seven alternatives to evidence based medicine (1999)
https://www.bmj.com/content/319/7225/1618

short list:

Basis for clinical decisions
Evidence
Eminence
Vehemence
Eloquence (or elegance)
Providence
Diffidence
Nervousness
Confidence*

* Applies only to surgeons.

The coronavirus and MS – updated global advice (Jul 1)
https://www.msif.org/news/2020/02/10/th ... d-to-know/

preprint: COVID-19 Outpatients – Early Risk-Stratified Treatment with Zinc Plus Low Dose Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin: A Retrospective Case Series Study (Jul 3) https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202007.0025/v1 related critique: www.reddit.com/r/COVID19/comments/hkgj7a/covid19_outpatients_...

Zinc as nutritional intervention and prevention measure for COVID–19 disease (Jun 17) https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/11/bmjnph-2020-000095 Abstract The present spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, provoking COVID–19 disease, progresses rapidly worldwide. In cu...

happy to help if we can :D here's some more detailed magnesium info i recently posted for another new member: https://www.thisisms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=259850#p259850 in case you are not already aware, serum magnesium is not usually on the usual list of conventional tests when bloodwork is done...

yes, magnesium is definitely one of those essentials for which serum levels may be statistically 'normal', but individuals in the lower end of that normal range are increasingly likely to have symptoms of magnesium deficiency. some studies have found lower mag intakes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm...