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Hi, Ruth here. THIS IS VIP STUFF AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED!!!!!!!!!!

A friend did some research for me and came up with a study on MCS by

Pall, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State

University, Pullman, WA. The study name is long but I will put it here

for you in case you have read something about it: " NMDA sensitization and

stimulation by peroxynitrite, nitric oxide, and organic solvents as the

mechanism of chemical sensitivity in multiple chemical sensitivity.

(2002)

In the copy that my friend gave me, there is reference to a

Dudley---here is a paragraph from that study about him---quote: Organic

solvent action in MCS was first suggested to act via NMDA activity by

Dudley based on clinical observations on his MCS patients (131).

Dudley observed that the known NMDA antagonist, dextromethorphan,

appeared to block the effects of organic solvents on his MCS patients. He

prescribed dextromethorphan for his MCS patients on an episodic basis,

suggesting they take it when unavoidably exposed to organic solvents or

other triggers of MCS symptoms, reporting that the drug appeared to block

or reverse the development of symptoms. In an interview

(http://members.aol.com/DonationDrive/BrainMapping.html), Dudley

described the effect of dextromethorphan as follows: " As a atreatment,

blockers of glutamate and aspartate are used to stop the reaction before

it gets started. Prior to treatment, a patient would walk by someone with

perfume on and their whole day would be ruined, they're practically

unable to think. With treatment, there is no reaction at all. " Two other

physicians in Washington state, Gordon Baker and Buscher, have

prescribed dextomethorphan for their MCS patients in a similar fashion,

with apparently similar results (G. Baker and D. Buscher, personal

communications). I have talked with two MCS patients who have used

dextromethorphan on a episodic basis after unavoidable chemical exposure,

and both observed that most of their symptoms were abrogated

(eliminated--my word RR) by the drug.

Ruth again---I nearly flipped out when I read this part of the

study!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have NEVER EVER heard of anyone taking anything that

stopped their symptoms dead in their tracks or prevented them in the

first place. Have any of you ever been given this dextromethorphan for

your MCS?? If so, PLEASE tell us about it. I plan to contact the author,

L. Pall, since his email address is on the bottom of the page.

Here it is:

martin_pall@... in case any of you would like to join me in finding

out more. Also, I want to connect with those other two docs out in

Washington, Baker and Buscher. They should be in the phone book. This is

just too good to be true, so I'm being cautious in my optimism, but hey!

We need some encouragement!!!!!!

Yesterday I accompanied my husband to Atlanta to Emory U. Hospital to

have his PET scan done (prior to his surgery next Friday, the 18th) and

while there, the room freshener on the walls of the rest rooms made me so

ill, hard to breathe, and ruined my day. I was able to stay in the

building though, with difficulty. Today it was another trip back to

Atlanta, to Crawford :Long Hospital for heart and pulmonary tests for

him---as soon as I entered the building, I had lung tightness---going to

the rest room was difficult again, but they were not as strong smelling

as the ones at Emory. I could not stay with my husband for his tests--I

had to leave the building and sit outdoors most of the day!!!!!! We did

have lunch in the cafeteria, but that was not without difficulty. I'm

telling you all this because he will have lung cancer surgery on Friday

with a five day stay at Crawford Long Hospital. I do not know if I will

be able to stay with him!!! I will ask ahead of time for some

compensations, such as that no nurses be allowed in his room with perfume

on, that I have an air filter machine in the room with us, and that they

do not use strong smelling cleaners on the floors or furniture of his

room while he is there. I don't know if I will have my requests

met---we'll see. I plan to talk with his surgeon on Monday when we varify

the surgical appt.---it's too late today to call them. They left a call

for us while we were on our way home from Atlanta today. So we'll have to

wait until Monday to talk with them.

After today's trouble breathing over there, I'm so concerned about that 5

days in the hospital. His daughters are coming from NC and SC to be with

him, also, at least for a couple of days---so I will be able to get a

break. And of course, I can go outdoors as I need to. There is a lovely

garden with tables off the main building.

What a day!!!!!!!!!!! I used my Reiki energy on myself immediately when I

got home---didn't do another thing---just grabbed some water and shed my

duds and layed down with peaceful music and my Reiki for a good 30

minutes or so. I was able to calm myself almost immediately!!! (no wonder

they are now using it in hospitals for surgical patients and their family

members!)

Please, folks, get back to me on my question for you about the treatment

for MCS, if you know anything about it or have had it tried on you.

Thanks and may God bless us all!

Ruth