Using Bethanechol

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Dear List,

Here I am again, I need some information.

We were able to get 2 bottles of Bethanechol for my

12-year-old son who has been taking CLO and flax seed for more

than 2 months now. We are doing the Megson protocol.

Many of the conditions related to G-Alpha-protein defect are

present in our family. (Color blindness, night-blindness, IBS,

pseudo-parahypothyroidism etc.) My son is (relatively) GFCF

for more than 4 months now, with a remarkable good effect. He

is nonverbal, but said 2-word sentences, absolutely clearly

and well pronounced, and in context, on 3 occasions in his

life.

I have a few questions regarding the use of Bethanechol,

because we do not have any description of the medicine, just a

few words on the bottle. The brand name is UROCARB (10 mg),

made by HAMILTON, Australia. Each tablet *contains Bethanechol

chloride U.S.P. 10 mg*.

1. What is U.S. P?

2. What dosage should I try with my son, who is weighing about

90 pounds?

3. Dr. Megson,s article (www.autism.com/ari) contains these

sentences:

> For these and other reasons I started the boy on cod liver oil (5,000 IU of

> Vitamin A, given in 2500 IU/b.i.d.) and a gluten free diet. ...

>

> ... On lower daily doses of Urocholine (12.5 mg bid) along

> with the Vitamin A, his language and social interactions have continued

> to progress, albeit slowly.

>

What is b.i.d.?

4. The following sentence worries me a little in the Megson

article:

> (Urocholine) HAS MINIMAL CARDIAC EFFECT,

> (is FDA approved, has been used safely in children since

> the 1970’s for reflux,)...

>

Is that *minimal cardiac effect* a good effect or a bad

effect? My son has some cardiac murmur, though he shows no

other signs of any cardiac desease. (But his father and aunts

all have inborn/?/ cardiac problems.)

Another statement of the article (towards the end of it)

rather makes me think that this effect is a beneficial one,

but I may be completely wrong:

> For many of these children, autism represents blocked neurotransmission

> that can be reconnected. Correcting immunodysfunction and their

> metabolic disorders will be important FOR PREVENTION OF FUTURE EARLY

> HEART, endocrine and malignant DISORDERS of endothelial origin.

>

5. I also would like to know what other medicines are

contraindicated when somebody is taking Bethanechol?

My son is taking :

Haloperidol (Haldol) drops (32 drops a day),

Seropram (citalopraminum bromatum, 20 mg/tablet, an SSRI; 1 or

1,5 tablet/day),

and occasionally Seduxen (diazepam, 5 or 10 mg).

And these supplements: Ca-Mg, C-vitamin, grapefruit-seed

extract, CLO, flax seed and flax seed oil.

Our ped does not know Bethanechol.

Please help me, I am very impatient to try this.

Or, if you cannot help, could you suggest me another mailing

group where I could put all these questions more successfully?

Please answer me privately because I am on nomail.

Thank you!

Agnes in Hungary

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