Guest guest Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 Any of the interferon drugs suppress the immune system. All the injectables are terrible to the victim. I have no idea how zucor works, having never had a high cholesterol problem. According to Dr Sullivan my problem my be too low a level of cholesterol (106, total at last physical). The body uses cholesterol in repairing the fatty insulation on the nerves. LDN not only boosts the immune system, it also corrects the self, nonself errors that cause MS and other autoimmune diseases. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kerry low dose naltrexone Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 11:57 AM Subject: [low dose naltrexone] Zocor and LDN Hi everyone! I am seriously considering trying LDN, and getting off the Rebif. I have been on Rebif since September 2002, and I still dread every single shot. From everything I've read it seems as tho the LDN is working better for people than the regular MS injectables. However, I would really like to do this with my neurologist's approval, so right now I'm gathering information to send to him with hopes that he will let me try this. Either way I will try it anyways, but I would like him to work "with" me. He has a lot of "pull" with the MRI machines and I would like to keep tabs on my progress, or lack there of with an MRI.However, in the meantime, my best friend has had MS for 17 years, and has been in a wheelchair for 2 of those years. The only medication she is on is Zocor for her high cholesterol. I know she would try LDN in a second, but I'm wondering how it would work along with the Zocor. From what I understand the Zocor supresses the immune system and the LDN boosts it in a way. Am I right? Just wondering if anyone knows how these two drugs would react, because I would really love for my friend to try the LDN. I would appreciate anything anyone could tell me.ThanksKerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2003 Report Share Posted June 5, 2003 I would trust your doctor and her doctor to make the recommendation(s). LDN works by flooding your system with endorphins which don't necessarily " boost " your immune system -- rather it " corrects " the immune function. >From the site: " The apparent mechanism of action of LDN in this disease parallels that in AIDS and other immune-related diseases. A small dose of the drug taken nightly at bedtime triples the endorphin levels in the body all of the next day restoring levels to normal. Since endorphin levels are low in people with MS, immune function is poorly orchestrated with significant impairment of the normal immune supervisory function of CD4 cells. In the absence of normal orchestration of immune function, some of the immune system cells " forget " their genetically determined ability to distinguish between the body's 100,000 unique chemical structures (called " self " ) and the chemical structures of bacteria, fungi, parasites and cancer cells (called " non-self " ). With this loss of immunologic memory, some cells begin to attack some of the body's unique chemical structures. In the case of people with MS, the tissue attacked by immune cells (particularly macrophages) is primarily the myelin that insulates nerve fibers. These attacks result in scars in the brain and spinal cord called plaques. LDN in such patients works by restoring endorphin levels to normal, thereby allowing the immune system to resume its normal supervision and orchestration. " On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Kerry wrote: > Hi everyone! I am seriously considering trying LDN, and getting off > the Rebif. I have been on Rebif since September 2002, and I still > dread every single shot. From everything I've read it seems as tho > the LDN is working better for people than the regular MS > injectables. However, I would really like to do this with my > neurologist's approval, so right now I'm gathering information to > send to him with hopes that he will let me try this. Either way I > will try it anyways, but I would like him to work " with " me. He has > a lot of " pull " with the MRI machines and I would like to keep tabs > on my progress, or lack there of with an MRI. > > However, in the meantime, my best friend has had MS for 17 years, and > has been in a wheelchair for 2 of those years. The only medication > she is on is Zocor for her high cholesterol. I know she would try > LDN in a second, but I'm wondering how it would work along with the > Zocor. From what I understand the Zocor supresses the immune system > and the LDN boosts it in a way. Am I right? Just wondering if > anyone knows how these two drugs would react, because I would really > love for my friend to try the LDN. I would appreciate anything anyone > could tell me. > Thanks > Kerry > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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