Immunoglobulin Deficiencies

May 10, 2010

Can anyone that is or has been a patient of Dr. G elaborate on how he treats

these deficiencies? The dated material on his website says that he views IVIG

the same as chelation and HBOT - dangerous. He even elaborates that we do not

know exactly what may be in IVIG that we are unable to screen for since it is a

blood product. However some more recent posts on this site talk about Dr. G

advocating intramuscular immunoglobulin. Since this is still a blood product, I

am curious about Dr. G's change in his way of thinking about this. Has the

screening process gotten better since he last talked about this on the website?

We are seriously considering switching from our current autism doc to Dr. G but

I would like to get a better idea of his thoughts on certain issues before we do

so. Thanks!

May 10, 2010

He is more comfortable with IMGG than IVIG because he feels that there is

much less chance for disease transmission with IMGG. In fact, I think he

said that there has never been a case of transmission of disease through

IMGG. He said it is made and processed differently than IVIG, plus the

method of delivery (intramuscular instead of right into the bloodstream),

may be part of why it has a better record.

HTH,

Caroline

From: Ranee <rfear@...>

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Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 16:53:25 +0000

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Subject: Immunoglobulin Deficiencies

Can anyone that is or has been a patient of Dr. G elaborate on how he treats

these deficiencies? The dated material on his website says that he views

IVIG the same as chelation and HBOT - dangerous. He even elaborates that we

do not know exactly what may be in IVIG that we are unable to screen for

since it is a blood product. However some more recent posts on this site

talk about Dr. G advocating intramuscular immunoglobulin. Since this is

still a blood product, I am curious about Dr. G's change in his way of

thinking about this. Has the screening process gotten better since he last

talked about this on the website? We are seriously considering switching

from our current autism doc to Dr. G but I would like to get a better idea

of his thoughts on certain issues before we do so. Thanks!

May 11, 2010

Hi Ranee,

My son just started with Dr. G about a month and a half ago after almost two

years with a DAN doctor. Bottom line, I am so thankful I found him. I think that

you will find Dr. G has very strong, definitive opinions about certain

treatments. He is very conservative with treatments because he wants to see data

that show they are safe. In some cases, he has seen a lot of harm. As a parent

who has been doing this a while, it can be anxiety-producing if i think my son

is missing the boat with a certain treatment. Dr. G is very methodical the way

he works and there is reason behind everything... one thing at a time. Initially

this was frustrating to me (having been used to leaving the DAN office with 20

different bottles and scripts), but now I find it a relief... we can see how the

drug is affecting my son.

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> Can anyone that is or has been a patient of Dr. G elaborate on how he treats