Re: LDN and MS, RA


"Steve Peshkin" <peshkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm at my wits end. I've been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in
addition to the MS. The problem is: how to medicate me. I reacted very
badly to the Quinine preparation and now they want to use Methotrexate as
a disease modifier. I'm scared of this drug because of the
immunosuppression. I have a history of Pneumonias.

Does anyone have the same two diseases and how do you handle them.
Also has anyone tried LDN for both. It's said to work, but there are no
clinical trials.

Thanx
Steve

This is from the LDN website:

LDN and Autoimmune Disease

In Brief
There is growing recognition in the scientific community that autoimmune
diseases result from immunodeficiency, which disturbs the ability of the
immune system to distinguish "self" from "non-self". The normalization of
the immune system induced by LDN makes it an obvious candidate for a
treatment plan in such diseases.

The experience of people who have autoimmune diseases and who have begun LDN
treatment has been remarkable. Patients with diagnoses such as systemic
lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Behcet's syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis,
bullous pemphigoid, psoriasis, and Crohn's disease have all benefited.

Because LDN clearly halts progression in multiple sclerosis, its use has
been more recently extended to other neurodegenerative diseases, such as
Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's
disease) whose etiology remains unknown but for which there is suggestive
evidence of a possible autoimmune mechanism.

In addition, people with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome have had
marked improvement using LDN, suggesting that these entities probably have
an important autoimmune dynamic as well.


Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ten patients with this disease have been treated with LDN in recent years.
In all ten patients the joint pain and swelling cleared, in some, leaving
residual joint distortion. Two of the patients stopped LDN for several weeks
because of travel. Both had an immediate exacerbation. One patient who was
responding well on LDN had a mild exacerbation during a period of severe
marital stress.

http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/ldn_and_ai.htm


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