Multiple Sclerosis & Magnetic Fields

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Successful treatment of multiple sclerosis with magnetic fields.

Sandyk R.

NeuroCommunication Research Laboratories, Danbury, CT 06811.

The present communication concerns a 50 year-old woman with a 15

year history of chronic-progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) in whom

extracranial application of picoTesla magnetic fields (MF) produced

a dramatic and sustained improvement in disability. In contrast,

administration of melatonin (3 mg, P.O.) produced in this patient a

rapid exacerbation of disability which was reversed subsequently by

treatment with MF. It is hypothesized that the therapeutic effects

of picoTesla MF involve the mediation of the pineal gland which is

known to act as a magnetosensor. The report demonstrates, for the

first time, the remarkable efficacy of weak MF in the symptomatic

treatment of chronic-progressive MS and underscores the pivotal role

of the pineal gland in the pathophysiology of MS. If confirmed by a

larger cohort of patients, extracranial application of picoTesla MF

may prove as an extremely efficacious, nonpharmacological modality

for the treatment of MS.

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