Re: book cited in fatal fibro post

[Guest guest]

Lynne,

I did a quick search of Amazon.com and the closest title to the one the

" mad doc " told you about is " What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About

Fibromyalgia " . From the reviews, it appears to promote the guiaifenensin

(sp?) treatment as a " cure " . I have no personal knowledge of this book

if that is the one your doctor was pushing... IMO he was just being a

jerk, nothing I have read suggests fibro is fatal (tho some days it

feels like it is). Sue

[Guest guest]

Lynne,

I did a quick search of Amazon.com and the closest title to the one the

" mad doc " told you about is " What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About

Fibromyalgia " . From the reviews, it appears to promote the guiaifenensin

(sp?) treatment as a " cure " . I have no personal knowledge of this book

if that is the one your doctor was pushing... IMO he was just being a

jerk, nothing I have read suggests fibro is fatal (tho some days it

feels like it is). Sue

[Guest guest]

Remember folks...

Believe only half of what you see and none of what you hear...

Missy

[Guest guest]

Dear Sue:

How interesting..the book is probably an advertising

tactic to get people to buy guaifenesin (sp?) and is

most likely written by an ad publicist from the

pharmaceutical company that makes the

stuff...LOL..maybe the sadistic doc gets a kick-back

from the profits.

Hugs, Lynne

--- catzrus2@... wrote:

> Lynne,

> I did a quick search of Amazon.com and the closest

> title to the one the

> " mad doc " told you about is " What Your Doctor May

> Not Tell You About

> Fibromyalgia " . From the reviews, it appears to

> promote the guiaifenensin

> (sp?) treatment as a " cure " . I have no personal

> knowledge of this book

> if that is the one your doctor was pushing... IMO he

> was just being a

> jerk, nothing I have read suggests fibro is fatal

> (tho some days it

> feels like it is). Sue

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Dear Sue:

How interesting..the book is probably an advertising

tactic to get people to buy guaifenesin (sp?) and is

most likely written by an ad publicist from the

pharmaceutical company that makes the

stuff...LOL..maybe the sadistic doc gets a kick-back

from the profits.

Hugs, Lynne

--- catzrus2@... wrote:

> Lynne,

> I did a quick search of Amazon.com and the closest

> title to the one the

> " mad doc " told you about is " What Your Doctor May

> Not Tell You About

> Fibromyalgia " . From the reviews, it appears to

> promote the guiaifenensin

> (sp?) treatment as a " cure " . I have no personal

> knowledge of this book

> if that is the one your doctor was pushing... IMO he

> was just being a

> jerk, nothing I have read suggests fibro is fatal

> (tho some days it

> feels like it is). Sue

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Sue writes,

> I did a quick search of Amazon. Com and the closest title to the one the

> " mad doc " told you about is " What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About

> Fibromyalgia. "

>

> I decide to order it to see what it is all about.

Take care,

Irene

Books may well be the only true magic

Alice Hoffman

[Guest guest]

I ordered and read this book (What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About

Fibromyalgia)last year. There are no big secrets in it. It was

written by a physician in California who believes that fibro is

related to phosphates in our bodies and recommends using guaifenisin

(a cough medicine) to clear the phosphates out (you have to read the

book for the chemistry). Many people swear by this therapy.

Unfortunately, it did not work for me. This doctor also recommends

a " hypoglycemic " (low blood sugar) diet and you have to stay away

from all products containing salicylates for the guaifenisin to

work. I couldn't see anything harmful about any of the

recommendations. It is a well balanced diet, and the medication will

not hurt you (not addictive or anything). Most people feel worse

before they feel better when they start clearing the phosphates from

their bodies. It is a positive, hopeful book. It just doesn't work

for everyone.

There were problems with this physician's research methodology, so he

could not get these findings published. Therefore, he wrote this

book to get the word out about this help for fibro. I do not know

why no further research has been done, or perhaps it is underway.

There is nothing scary about this book. I am in the midst of the

worst and longest flare I've ever had with fibro, so I saw no reason

not to give this protocol a try. Like I said, it just doesn't work

for everyone.

> Sue writes,

>

> > I did a quick search of Amazon. Com and the closest title to the

one the

> > " mad doc " told you about is " What Your Doctor May Not Tell You

About

> > Fibromyalgia. "