Guest guest Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 i have been very interested in this med, and here is some info i have been able to find. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mecfs/general/goldstein_treatment.html http://www.wfprofessional.com/treatment.htm http://216.239.39.104/search? q=cache:PJNMdm3qcDAJ:www3.sympatico.ca/me- fm.action/journal.pdf+nimodipine,+cfs,+dosage & hl=en & ie=UTF-8 the third link you're probably going to have to copy and paste in your search field to get to the link. also you will need to scroll down through them to get to the info about nimodipine. i don't know anybody who has actually used it, so i would also be very interested to hear from people who tried it. thanks bill > Has anyone here used nimodipine (Nimotop? How did it work? > > My doctor wants to try it on me - it's a calcium channel blocker that > preferentially binds to sites in the brain, thus boosting blood > circulation in the brain without significantly affecting blood > pressure. It's been used for a long time as treatment immediately > following stroke. There's one citation in Medscape (1996) for its use > in CFS, and a doctor in England reports good results. > > Thanks > Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Dr. Jay Goldstein (now retired) had been giving Nimotop to CFIDS patients for years. For me it eliminated 98% of symptoms but I developed a tolerance after a few months in early 1999 and it lost all effectiveness. It's blood circulation properties apparently continue after the tolerance is developed and are therefore probably unrelated to it's beneficial affects in some CFIDS patinets. Steve B. > Has anyone here used nimodipine (Nimotop? How did it work? > > My doctor wants to try it on me - it's a calcium channel blocker that > preferentially binds to sites in the brain, thus boosting blood > circulation in the brain without significantly affecting blood > pressure. It's been used for a long time as treatment immediately > following stroke. There's one citation in Medscape (1996) for its use > in CFS, and a doctor in England reports good results. > > Thanks > Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Check also http://www.feel.ch/cfs.htm and scroll down for Nimodipine I have collected there, what I found on Nimodipine. greetings from Switzerland fox > Dr. Jay Goldstein (now retired) had been giving Nimotop to CFIDS > patients for years. For me it eliminated 98% of symptoms but I > developed a tolerance after a few months in early 1999 and it lost > all effectiveness. It's blood circulation properties apparently > continue after the tolerance is developed and are therefore probably > unrelated to it's beneficial affects in some CFIDS patinets. > Steve B. > > --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Thanks, everyone, for the info. One additional link is: http://www.cfsresearch.org/cfs/research/treatment/13-4.htm I'm going to pursue using it - I'll let people know my results. Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Can only say I tried this by taking the extraordinarily tiny amount of 1/32nd of a single tab. Made me very very unwell. Rosie Does anyone have any info on usage of above medication for brain circulation improvement? thanks a lot. Nil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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