Re: Re: Has anybody tried Ibuprofen to reduce brain inflammation?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son has had neurosurgery and therefore has suffered from headaches off and on

for years. We always use Advil to treat him as it works best, and from the

beginning saw major improvement in his overall behavior and speech while on

Advil. ( I attributed the improvements to decreasing his pain...maybe it was

inflammation all along, or your son is better on Ibuprofen, because he's in pain

and it's being treated ??) Just a thought, but worth looking into.

Take care,

@...: kevinewest@...: Mon, 5 May 2008 21:05:42

+0000Subject: Re: Has anybody tried Ibuprofen to reduce brain

inflammation?

>> Hi,> My

son had the flu and a bacterial infection one after the other> back in February.

We gave him Children's Motrin for 8 days in a row> to keep the fever down. We

noticed that during the time he was> sick, he looked more alert, talking more,

less echoleia and less> spacey. We were shocked by it. He didn't take ABA during

the time> he was sick, approximately 2 weeks. When he resumed his ABA>

treatment, his therapists were amazed on how much sharper his was.> > My son had

a SPECT scan two weeks prior getting sick at Dr. Uszler's> office in California.

The SPECT scan showed hypoperfusion in his> temporal lobes. Dr. Uszler told us

that it could be inflammation> due to a viral infection and referred us to Dr.

Goldberg.> In the meantime I talked to my son's DAN doctor which happens

to be> an immunologist and told him our story. He told me many of his> patients

got better after being sick with viral or bacterial> infections. So he told me

it made sense that it could be because> some parents use Motrin to reduce

fever.> > We had our first appointment with Dr. Goldberg a few weeks>

ago and I mentioned my son's improvements after the Ibuprofen and he> said it

could be possible. He also said that it could be> benefitial, but it could have

damaging side effects and that is why> he will not prescribe it to his

patients.> > Ibuprofen works as an anti-inflammatory drug by inhibiting the>

generation of cytokines which is the substance that creates> inflammation. Also,

Ibuprofen can rapidly cross the blood brain> barrier so it can work on the brain

effectively. There is a lot of> information in the internet about how Ibuprofen

is now being used to> prevent and treat Alzheimer's which is also caused by

brain> inflammation.> > I am wondering if anybody have ever tried to give a

Ibuprofen to> their children and have they noticed a difference? We are

thinking> to do a 1-2 week Ibuprofen therapy to see if there are huge gains as>

when we gave it to him the first time.> > Thanks,> I do not have

experience with it but Inflammation Control

athttp://vrp.com/ProductPage.aspx?ProdID=1625.I do have lots of experience with

VRP products and they are great. Youcan also search for a particular problem

with their Dear doctor andtheir articles.

[Guest guest]

There have been some studies in which children actually improve when having a

fever. I never thought about the ibuprofen but perhaps it was not the fever

itself but the ibuprofen which usually is given when a fever develops. Thanks

for posting this.

Jill

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[Guest guest]

In the new book out, " Changing the Course of Autism " by Dr. Jepson, it mentions

ibuprofen as beneficial for children with inflammation. It makes sense...

>From: Eugene West <kevinewest@...>

>Date: 2008/05/05 Mon PM 04:05:42 CDT

>

>Subject: Re: Has anybody tried Ibuprofen to reduce brain inflammation?

>

>

>>

>> Hi,

>> My son had the flu and a bacterial infection one after the other

>> back in February. We gave him Children's Motrin for 8 days in a row

>> to keep the fever down. We noticed that during the time he was

>> sick, he looked more alert, talking more, less echoleia and less

>> spacey. We were shocked by it. He didn't take ABA during the time

>> he was sick, approximately 2 weeks. When he resumed his ABA

>> treatment, his therapists were amazed on how much sharper his was.

>>

>> My son had a SPECT scan two weeks prior getting sick at Dr. Uszler's

>> office in California. The SPECT scan showed hypoperfusion in his

>> temporal lobes. Dr. Uszler told us that it could be inflammation

>> due to a viral infection and referred us to Dr. Goldberg.

>> In the meantime I talked to my son's DAN doctor which happens to be

>> an immunologist and told him our story. He told me many of his

>> patients got better after being sick with viral or bacterial

>> infections. So he told me it made sense that it could be because

>> some parents use Motrin to reduce fever.

>>

>> We had our first appointment with Dr. Goldberg a few weeks

>> ago and I mentioned my son's improvements after the Ibuprofen and he

>> said it could be possible. He also said that it could be

>> benefitial, but it could have damaging side effects and that is why

>> he will not prescribe it to his patients.

>>

>> Ibuprofen works as an anti-inflammatory drug by inhibiting the

>> generation of cytokines which is the substance that creates

>> inflammation. Also, Ibuprofen can rapidly cross the blood brain

>> barrier so it can work on the brain effectively. There is a lot of

>> information in the internet about how Ibuprofen is now being used to

>> prevent and treat Alzheimer's which is also caused by brain

>> inflammation.

>>

>> I am wondering if anybody have ever tried to give a Ibuprofen to

>> their children and have they noticed a difference? We are thinking

>> to do a 1-2 week Ibuprofen therapy to see if there are huge gains as

>> when we gave it to him the first time.

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>

>I do not have experience with it but Inflammation Control at

>http://vrp.com/ProductPage.aspx?ProdID=1625.

>

>I do have lots of experience with VRP products and they are great. You

>can also search for a particular problem with their Dear doctor and

>their articles.

>

>

Sincerely,

Juarez, M.S., Marriage and Family Therapist