Re: LDN-Colorodo Health Site

November 16, 2003

Hi Kiki,

The only thing I see wrong with that answer is, that, LDN is not an

immune system booster...it is an immune system regulator. LDN

boosts the endorphins and that in turn regulates the immune system,

so that it only attacks the things it should and not the mylen in

MS. That is the way it is explained on the LDN site and Dr.

Brewer's site. Maybe you should tell them that so they are not

giving out wrong info....there sure is enough of that going around.

Thanks, Sally

> Found this on the Colorodo Healthsite Questions. At least they are

honest

> about answering.

>

> Question: I have been reading about LDN (low dose naltrexone) and

am

> wondering what your feelings are on this, or if you are familiar

with it. It sounds

> very interesting, but I am a little leary of things that are a bit

out of the

> " mainstream " .

> Answer: The use of naltrexone has not been well studied in MS so

we cannot

> give you exact information as to whether it is beneficial or

harmful or neither.

> If you read the web site, however, it states that it is an immune

system

> stimulant and is used in patients with AIDs. If you think about

MS, you know that

> the immune system is OVER active (increased production of t cells)

especially

> with exacerbations. Theoretically, then, taking something that

boosts the

> immune system would be counter productive. But, since this hasn't

been studied, we

> cannot say this for sure.

> Kennedy, RN, CNP, MSCN, MS Center, Englewood, CO

> April 2003

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