Guest guest Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I am excited to hear how it goes, Mightyman. Are you going to do it every three days like they suggest? did you bag up all your clothes, pillows, cottons, etc? And do you guys have carpet? Good luck. I pray this works for you guys. Tammy --- miteyman <miteyman@...> wrote: > MSM is Methylsulfonylmethane. Taken orally, often > used to support > joint health in older people, horses, dogs, etc. > Seems also to help > reduce our attractiveness to mites so my family > takes about 3000 mg > (as tablets from Trader Joes) daily, and also I feed > it to our dogs > (as powder I ordered online. And also add it to > body lotion to > spread on each day (powder again). > > Ivermectin is a prescription drug if you get tablets > for human > consumption. It is a anti-wormer/anti-parasitic, > but doctors don't > know/generally accept use for bird mite treatment > (most won't even > recognize/agree they live on us). I ordered and > used some from > magicpharma.com, but they seem shut down. > > You can also order it from Horse/Pet suppliers > online as an apple- > flavored paste. Mmmm... > > That said, it is certainly toxic - that is how the > anti-parasitics > work. So choose for yourself: people on here report > both good (as > in helping them get rid of the mites in concert with > aggressive > treatment of environment) and bad (brain fog, not > effective). It > seemed effective to me when I took it, but that was > some time ago. > Also, I did experience brain fog, but then the MSM > does that to me > too. > > Your discussions with various others sound about the > norm. My PCO > was just here again this week, and I argued with > their onstaff > entomologist who was convinced that if he couldn't > see a sample at > 30x in his microscope, that there is nothing there. > Grrr... Per my > earlier message, in my experience IGRs are not > effective but I doubt > they hurt much so might be worth trying. > > We have mostly completed our clean up so hope to hit > the mites NEXT > weekend (gone this weekend) with full house > Cedarcide fogging. > > We'll see what happens... > > > > > > I usually skim past the posts on MSM and > Ivermectin because I > haven't felt like I have them > > internally. But I took my children both to the > doctors last week > with bites. My daughter > > kept hitting her ear and it was red with bites. > The doctor saw no > ear infection. My son > > woke up one morning with bites all around his > mouth. it took > about 5 days for the bites to > > go away. > > > > I have had scabs in my nose and began to do the > Aquafor and shower > cap routine with the > > salt at night....but my children? the doctors > said they would > study up on bird mites and > > get back to me. 5 days later they called and said > there was > nothing medically they could > > do for my children or to know if the bugs were in > their ears or > mouth. Soooooo > > frustrating! > > > > I also talked to an Entomologist at the Health > Department here in > San Diego for 1 hour > > and he said that this was the first he had heard > of bird mites > being internal or being > > difficult to get rid of. I sent him the news > report on the woman > in Rhode Island. > > > > All this to say....what are you all talking about > when you talk > about MSM and Ivermcetin? Is > > this necessary to get them off of our bodies? > > > > My PCO and I had a one hour argument/talk about > why the 4 > treatments of the pyrethrins > > did not work last month and how they are back even > worse. He > wants to spray twice a > > week for 1 month now and add a growth regulator to > the > pyrethrins....I told him about > > " us/birdmites.org " and how it hasn't worked for > anyone! He > doesn't believe it is so. We > > have three units that are infested in a row of 4 > condos. > > > > When we are done with the sprays, we will either > hit it right away > with Cedarcide, or > > windex. Although I am still waiting to see how > Mightyman will do > with it....Hit it back to > > back, Mightyman! Just like they say so we can > know if that IS the > way it works or it just > > isn't going to help with our bugs. > > > > Anyway, any advice anyone? > > > > Tammy > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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