Titelbaums Treatment Protocol

[Guest guest]

I haven't seen this particular combination mentioned on this list

before, although quite a bit of it has been mentioned in pieces.

Thought I would forward it to the group to see if anyone has followed

this particular regimen?

NewsTarget.com <http://www.newstarget.com/index.html> printable article

Originally published January 3 2007

Dr. Teitelbaum, author of " Pain Free 1-2-3, " discusses natural

pain management, without dangerous drugs

by Mike <http://www.HealthRanger.org>

*Mike:* Hello, everyone. This is Mike , the Health Ranger, joined

here by Dr. Teitelbaum, M.D., author of " Pain Free 1-2-3, " which

we'll talk about later. Dr. Teitelbaum is an expert in pain management,

chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and many other topics. Thanks for

joining me today.

* Teitelbaum:* Mike, great to be with you.

*Mike:* Pain is an issue that affects millions of Americans, and

unfortunately they tend to rely on over-the-counter drugs that can cause

gastrointestinal distress and prescription drugs that have certain

inherent risks. You say there's an alternative, a natural alternative,

for pain control and relief -- and long-term solutions for this.

*Teitelbaum:* Absolutely. There's not just a single magic bullet,

although any one of the natural things comes close. If you go ahead and

just use a natural pain formula with willow bark, boswellia and cherry,

it will still be much more effective than Vioxx

<http://www.newstarget.com/Vioxx.html>, Motrin and those families of

medications <http://www.newstarget.com/medications.html>, without

killing over 16,000 Americans, which is the number that die

unnecessarily because the media promotes those drugs each year.

Remember a couple of things here: One, pain is your body's way of saying

something desperately needs attention. It's like the " oil " light on your

dashboard. Unfortunately, what most doctors

<http://www.newstarget.com/doctors.html> do is, if your oil light goes

off, they'll put a Band-Aid over the oil light and say, " It's not

bothering you anymore, " and then your car dies. In human beings, all

doctors have been taught is to give Motrin or Celebrex

<http://www.newstarget.com/Celebrex.html> medications and Tylenol -- and

narcotics <http://www.newstarget.com/narcotics.html> if you have cancer.

That's all your doctor knows about pain management

<http://www.newstarget.com/pain_management.html>, and it's pathetic

because there are hundreds of effective treatments.

The first thing you do is treat the underlying cause of the pain. I call

it, instead of the oil light, the SHIN light. You want to treat *S*leep,

*H*ormonal problems, *I*nfections and *N*utritional support. If you

treat those four areas, our double-blind studies show that 91 percent of

patients will improve -- with the majority being pain-free by the end of

three months.

*Mike:* That's astounding to learn, especially with all the advertising

and marketing money going into prescription pain medications

<http://www.newstarget.com/pain_medications.html>. Now, you said you

call it " media spin. " Can you elaborate on that a little more?

*Teitelbaum:* Well, let's take a look at the numbers. You have $3

billion being spent on just NSAIDs like Motrin and billions more on

Vioxx. You have $4 billion being spent on treating the side effects of

Motrin-family medications when people get put in the hospital --

because, as I mentioned, there are over 16,500 deaths a year. The recent

study out of the /New England Journal of Medicine/ had a headline like

this: " Natural remedies don't work for arthritis

<http://www.newstarget.com/arthritis.html>. " When you look at the data

for mild arthritis, Celebrex and the natural remedies

<http://www.newstarget.com/natural_remedies.html> are about equally

effective. For moderate to severe arthritis, the natural remedies are

far more effective -- and the spin headline says, " Don't use natural

remedies. " Now, there are two things that help me figure out what's

going on with that. One, it's in the /New England Journal of Medicine,/

which almost never prints anything positive about natural remedies.

*Mike:* Yes -- and look at who their advertisers are.

*Teitelbaum:* Well, look at all the drug companies

<http://www.newstarget.com/drug_companies.html>, and where they

advertise. You know, doctors should wear a button that says, " I do what

the drug companies tell me to do, " because all of our journals and all

of our conferences, by and large, are paid for by the drug companies --

and also, our professors for the research. If you look at the study, the

natural remedies are far more effective. But the headline reads,

" Natural remedies don't work, use Celebrex. " Why? I suspect it's because

11 of the authors on the study -- 11 -- were on the payroll of drug

companies that make pain medications. Now, you know it's one thing to do

spin for business -- and people do it all the time -- but not when

you're killing tens of thousands of people unnecessarily a year with

that. That's just not acceptable.

*Mike:* Those reading this right now are somewhat used to hearing this

from critics of conventional medicine -- these are the people who focus

on alternative medicine. But you are an M.D.?

*Teitelbaum:* Right.

*Mike:* Yet, you are saying this. I think you bring a lot of credibility

to this message. What is your background?

*Teitelbaum:* Well, I've been treating chronic pain

<http://www.newstarget.com/chronic_pain.html> for over 25 years now. I'm

the medical director of the polis Research Center for Effective

Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia

<http://www.newstarget.com/Fibromyalgia.html> Therapies. Again, I have

no problem with medications. I use a lot of prescriptions. But -- you

want to remember -- it's kind of like having a whole tool kit if you're

a builder. You want to have a hammer -- which is what the medications

are and surgery is -- but you want pliers, wrenches, saws and everything

else. All that most doctors have is a hammer, which is why most people

feel like they've been nailed by the time they walk out of the office.

*Mike:* Right.

*Teitelbaum:* If you have a whole tool kit, the natural remedies are

much safer. I would say, overall, more effective than the medications,

but there's a time for the medications. In my book, I talk about more

than 100 treatments, natural and prescription, so I don't really have a

vested interest. Also, you know my policy. I don't take money from any

companies -- pharmaceutical or natural -- and enormous sums are offered,

even for the products that I make. One hundred percent of the royalties

<http://www.newstarget.com/royalties.html> go to charity.

*Mike:* That's very important to note. So, again, you have pledged not

to take any money from either natural companies or pharmaceutical

companies.

*Teitelbaum:* I don't take it -- and they offer enormous amounts. But,

it's a credibility issue. The message is too important -- that people

can get well using natural remedies and do so safely. It's all right to

be kind of drowned out on this hyper-selling stuff.

*Mike:* When you say they offer enormous amounts, what are you talking

about? What's an enormous amount that doctors are offered?

*Teitelbaum:* Oh, the royalties for my products were almost a quarter

million last year that went to the foundation. My wife says, " Honey,

can't we keep some of it? " I say, " No, dear. " She's very patient with me.

*Mike:* Well, good for you for having that kind of credibility -- and I

think that really supports the message that you have as well, because

you're not pulled in one direction because of a financial incentive.

Let's talk about your book, " Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for

Eliminating Chronic Pain Now. " How long has this book been available?

*Teitelbaum:* One month in McGraw-Hill. It came out about four and a

half weeks ago.

*Mike:* You mentioned briefly that you cover some natural and even

conventional pain control.

*Teitelbaum:* Absolutely, because it is never acceptable to leave

somebody in pain. You can almost always get people comfortable, usually

without narcotics. But, if you need narcotics, you need narcotics. The

vast majority can get pain- free without them. Like you said, when you

treat the underlying causes of pain -- and let's talk about those in a

moment -- you want to outline the kind of pain. Is it nerve pain, muscle

pain, bone pain, inflammatory pain? The book will take people through

each kind of pain and how you can tell what's causing the pain. Is it a

migraine <http://www.newstarget.com/migraine.html> or is it a regular

headache? Then it talks about how to get rid of it naturally. We always

like to go through natural treatments first. So, for example, migraines

<http://www.newstarget.com/migraines.html> -- if you take vitamin B2 at

400 milligrams a day, that will decrease migraines by 67 percent after

six weeks.

*Mike:* That's phenomenal.

*Teitelbaum:* That was on one of the national news services a while

back. Right before it, they had this thing about cutting out major face

muscles to decrease migraines by 50 percent. I wanted to stick my head

in the studio and say 10 cents of vitamin B2 is more effective. Also,

B12 -- there's a whole host of natural things that are great for

treating the food allergies. The book will take you through how to

prevent the pain, how to treat the pain and how to use the natural

things followed by prescription options for each type of pain.

*Mike:* Do you also cover things people should avoid? For example,

dietary influences like aspartame

<http://www.newstarget.com/aspartame.html> or things that might promote

migraines -- or is that a danger zone?

*Teitelbaum:* I suspect there's some hanky panky with aspartame ever

being approved. Stevia is a good natural sweetener, but get one that's

filtered so it tastes good. I tell people you need to cut out sugar

<http://www.newstarget.com/sugar.html>, and I always have the three

magic words: Except for chocolate. So -- you know -- you want to keep

pleasure. Pleasure is good for you.

*Mike:* Now, let's talk about some of the products that you have helped

formulate or you're an advisor on. Again, you don't accept any royalties

from anyone.

*Teitelbaum:* My royalties all go to the foundation.

*Mike:* Let's talk about them so people can find these solutions. What

do you have available?

*Teitelbaum:* Well, you want to remember SHIN -- that's your checklist

for getting well from pain; *sleep, hormones

<http://www.newstarget.com/hormones.html>, infection, nutrition*. For

sleep, you want to start with natural remedies. There's one called the

Revitalizing Sleep Formula. It's a mix of valerian, Jamaican dogwood,

Sun Theanine and wild lettuce -- and a number of other excellent herbs

that work very well for sleep. Anybody with insomnia can take one to

four of these at bedtime and it's excellent. I do want to note one thing

about theanine, which comes from green tea. It is the only nutrient that

has been shown to increase deep sleep -- and there are very few

medications that have been shown to do this. Sun Theanine -- and it

needs to be the Sun Theanine form, not the regular theanine -- has been

shown to increase deep sleep.

So, you can get your eight hours of solid sleep a night. Let me also

note that the average night's sleep 100 years ago was nine hours a night

in the United States. We're now down to less than seven. Think about

taking a 20 percent pay cut -- and that's how your body feels when you

don't get your sleep. You really want to get your eight to nine hours of

sleep a night because, again, your body heals during sleep and makes

growth hormones during sleep -- that's what heals the tissues and gets

rid of the pain.

*Mike:* Very good. What else do you have?

*Teitelbaum:* Well, for hormonal support, the two key hormones would be

adrenal and thyroid <http://www.newstarget.com/thyroid.html>. If you get

irritable when you're hungry, which is hypoglycemia, you need adrenal

support. Our Adrenal Stress End is outstanding for that. Take one in the

morning, maybe even one at noon, and it'll smooth your energy throughout

the day and you won't feel like biting your spouse's throat out when you

get hungry. It's going to make you feel a lot better. Also, for low

thyroid, it's critical to know that the blood tests

<http://www.newstarget.com/blood_tests.html> are horribly unreliable. If

you're tired, achy, have weight gain

<http://www.newstarget.com/weight_gain.html> and you're cold and

intolerant, find a holistic doctor to give you a prescription to Arma

Thyroid. It's all natural and very effective. It can make all the

difference in the world in pain and how you feel overall.

*Mike:* So, when you say watch out for the blood tests, you're saying

they can be inaccurate.

*Teitelbaum:* Yes.

*Mike:* A lot of people are misdiagnosed with thyroid malfunctions just

from blood tests, correct?

*Teitelbaum:* No. They're told they don't have thyroid problems.

*Mike:* Oh, I see.

*Teitelbaum:* We need to understand what the normal range means for

blood tests. When I was in medical school, I was under the impression

that the wisest people in the field got together and looked at the

things and said, " If it falls within this normal range, you can presume

that there's no problem -- don't worry about it. " It was a shock when I

realized that the normal ranges are usually based on what's called

two-standard deviations. That means they take 100 people -- the highest

and lowest two and a half are defined as abnormal -- and the 95 in the

middle are defined as normal.

*Mike:* Yes.

*Teitelbaum:* Let's apply this to shoe sizes. Say you come to Hawaii to

visit me and we have a Hawaiian luau -- my wife and I are there, and we

leave our shoes at the door and they get the mixed up on the way out. I

put on her size-five shoe and she puts on my size-twelve shoe -- and we

go to the shoe doctor. She says, " My shoes are falling off " , and the doc

says, " Sounds like maybe it's too big. We'll check the tests. " He says,

" Honey, it's no problem. It's a size five, and it's in the normal

range. " -- because sizes four to 13 would be normal for shoe sizes.

*Mike:* I see.

*Teitelbaum:* I can't even get in the dang shoe and he says, " Oh, ,

sounds like it may be too small. " Then he says, " Nope. Good news. You

have a size five -- there's nothing wrong with the shoe. "

*Mike:* Right.

*Teitelbaum:* And remember -- I can't even get in the thing. The same

applies to thyroid. There's as much variation in thyroid function size

as is in shoe size, and to say that, because you're not in the lowest

three percent of the population means that you're normal is absurd.

*Mike:* Yes it is.

*Teitelbaum:* The studies show that if you take the thyroid hormone when

you're tired, achy, cold, intolerant, have weight gain -- those kind of

things -- the majority of people are going to feel a lot better, and

it's healthy for the heart.

*Mike:* Outstanding.

*Teitelbaum:* So, that's the " H " in SHIN for hormones. " I " would be

infections. The yeast would be the main ones. Most chronic sinusitis

<http://www.newstarget.com/sinusitis.html> and most spastic colons come

from yeast overgrowth, or Candida. We've been saying this for well over

a decade -- and the doctors say there's no such thing as yeast

overgrowth. We know that you can knock out chronic sinusitis. I like to

use a mix of natural and prescription things, like avoiding sugar. I

like grapefruit seed extract, acidophilus -- which is healthy bacteria

-- but you have to use the acid. You need to use the acidophilus pearls

because most of the acidophilus products are either dead in the bottle

or as soon as they hit the stomach acid. The pearls won't dissolve in an

alkaline environment. It's like a tank that keeps the soldiers safe

until it gets past the stomach.

*Mike:* Right.

*Teitelbaum:* Two pearls, twice a day, for five months. This is the case

for medications -- Diflucan, 200 milligrams a day for six weeks -- and

the sinusitis will go away and the spastic colon will usually go away.

We've talked about all that in detail in the book and people can go on

my website at www.Vitality101.com <http://www.Vitality101.com> and

actually download information sheets for a lot of these things.

*Mike:* Excellent.

*Teitelbaum:* We talked about " N " , which is nutritional support, and

what's critical is to get overall nutritional support. People are tired

of being part of the handful club where they're taking a handful of

tablets everyday. The Energy Revitalization made by Enzymatic Therapy is

one drink and one capsule -- and it replaces over 35 tablets of

supplements a day -- and it actually tastes good.

*Mike:* Wow.

*Teitelbaum:* The other thing I'd recommend people get is something

called ribose or CORvalen. We just finished a study on this. It's a

special sugar that makes energy in DNA -- and in this study, two-thirds

of patients with fibromyalgia -- just with that single sugar -- had an

average 44 percent increase in energy. Take this and take your ribose or

CORvalen and it will have a dramatic effect on well-being. For pain, I

would go ahead and take the End Pain product. As soon as you're feeling

better, give natural things six weeks to work because they're building

the health, not tearing it down like medicines do.

*Mike:* Right.

*Teitelbaum:* In about six weeks, you'll go to your doctor, tell him

your pain's much better, and they'll probably be able to take you off

that medication <http://www.newstarget.com/medication.html> that may

kill you.

*Mike:* It sounds like you a have a wealth of information in your book

and on your website. We've been talking here with Dr. Teitelbaum,

M.D., and author of " Pain Free 1-2-3, " also formulator and advisor of a

number of Enzymatic Therapy products. This is good advice. Well, thank

you, . It's been a real pleasure.

*Teitelbaum:* It's been a pleasure for me as well.

*Mike:* You're very knowledgeable on this subject and again, visit

www.Vitality101.com <http://www.Vitality101.com>. The book is " Pain Free

1-2-3 " by Dr. Teitelbaum. Again, thank you for joining me today.

*Teitelbaum:* You're very welcome.

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