Re: glutathione pushes and IV'S

[Guest guest]

Hi Joyce.

Sue B. posted a few days ago that she talked to a doctor who was

having good results with IV pushes. A quote from her post:

" The patients get the glutathione from Wellness Pharmacy, at about

$25/dose. "

A google search turned up a link for Wellness Pharmacy, but I

couldn't pull up the web page for some reason. Maybe someone could

give us the contact info for Wellness. I know I've seen the name a

number of times on this list.

Tom

> Does anyone know where these can be ordered from so I can give this

info to a dr. so that I might start possibly on weekly pushes? joyce

jamkaye@m...

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[Guest guest]

Hi Tea lk,

Were the IVs that you got at your alternative M.D.s office just for

glutathione, or were they for other things, too? Or other things mostly?

Did they stick you every time you went or did you have a peripherally

inserted midline (PIC) or central catheter (PICC)?

When you say that your veins are shot, what does this mean in practical

terms? Does it mean that your veins can no longer be accessed for blood

draws? Or that accessing them hurts a lot? Do they hurt ordinarily?

Anyway, that's a bummer. Sorry it happened to you. I worked in a hospital

once and there were some people who actually could not get IVs--not even in

their feet--because the nurses couldn't find anyplace to put them.

> i did get ivs at an alternative mds office... some people may qualify for home

> visits to get their ivs in their house .... good luck they were helpful but my

> veins got shot from years of this ... tealk

Sue B.,

Upstate New York

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone know where these can be ordered from so I can give

this info to a dr. so that I might start possibly on weekly pushes?

joyce jamkaye@m...

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Hello,

I order my IV supplies from College Pharmacy and McGuffs.

Glutathione is relatively cheap and no problem to push some extra

with a Meyer's cocktail. Glutathione from College is slightly

hypotonic but can be used alone or with some dextrose.

It's recommended to start with a lower dosage such as 300mg. It can

be purchased as high as 100mg/cc. 10 cc's to a Meyer's and you have

a 1000 mg's.

Low dosages are recommended initially because there can be a marked

detoxification event and can cause some ill effects. I've heard

though that as much as 3600 mg's have been used in one IV.

(Parkison's patients)

I personally believe that oral glutathione and whey are ineffective

at increasing glutathione levels. What you probably end up with is

three expensive amino acids in the stomach and they won't magically

reform into glutathione in the liver. It's the liver's decision what

it wants to make!

A Meyer's with some extra glutathione is probably the cheapest and

easiest to do in your doc's office if he/she does not do them on a

regular basis. The cost can range from $50-75 dollar or more

depending on the amount of glutathione and your doctors generosity.

Just make sure your doc knows how to calculate osmolarity if you get

the stuff ala carte. Hypotonic solutions can cause you some major

grief.

In retrospect, don't go to a doc who hasn't done IV's or pushes.

Find a AAEM doc or a chelation clinic would be the safest way to do

this stuff.