Guest guest Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 This is the site to get information and you can join this group which talks about all the things that they are using LDN for http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/ Lots of information. My son has titers for Chron's as well but was a huge Flagyl responder. But, he seems to have gone back to baseline so, we did do the 6 weeks of Pred which helped but once we went off he went back. Now, we are doing 3 months of 10 days each month of Flagyl and he is responding to that but we have had some bad days. I've also started him on LDN at this time as well because I am looking for anything to help and I do not want Flagyl to be a long term thing. Before starting the Flagyl - the LDN did help his GI issues but I cannot say how much. Laureen Quoting Rowley : > Dr. McCandelles mentioned a while back that some Crohn's patients can't get > a handle on the bacterial environment of the GI track even with Flagyl use > until LDN is added to the mix. > Does anyone know if the LDN use then allowed the flagyl to be dropped? Does > LDN help acheive the remediation of inflamation in the gut? We did LDN for > a year and felt like it helped get their immune systems in line so we > tapered off after we'd gotten thru a whole winter w/o back to back > sicknesses. I'm wondering if we need to get back on it... > > One of my sons has titers for Crohn's, autistic entercolitis but biopsies > weren't bad enough to support a Crohn's diagnosis and didn't tolerate flagyl > (threw up w/in 24hrs of starting it both times at two different dosages in > two different formats, pill and compounded liquid) so we're now moving on to > a round of Prednisone...the Pentasa has been helpful but not enough to > achieve 'remission'. My other son who has autistic entercolitis but no > Crohn's titers is doing great on Flagyl 1/2 250mg tablet 1x/day and I don't > want to rock the boat but again fear the long term effects of the Flagyl and > would love to have a plan to get him off it and wonder if LDN might be the > missing link to acheive that goal... > > Anyone with info on LDN and Crohn's/Colitis treatment I'd appreciate... > > Thanks, > near LAX > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 I have a group of children with Crohn's as well as some adults now on LDN (besides hundreds of ASD children); all are doing well and all have been weaned from the prednisone needed before the LDN. I routinely do a stool analysis and organic acid analysis (required for the children, optional for the adults) before I start LDN, and then treat the almost ubiquitous pathogen colonization (clostridia or yeast or both plus usually other dysbiotic flora) along with starting to wean off prednisone and starting the LDN, all at the same time. Most are only on LDN after that initial course of anti-bacterial/anti-yeast treatment, with recommendations for natural anti-bacterials for maintenance if diarrhea re-occurs. (often following dietary excesses/infractions). The inflammation that accompanies Crohn's is an ideal mucosal environment for chronic pathogen infestation, and though LDN is magical for Crohn's, I believe it should be preceded/accompanied by treatment for the usually long-standing pathogen infections to be given the best chance to work. Dr. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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