Re: article on Dr. Montoya's work in The Press Democrat (Sonoma County,CA)

[Guest guest]

Steve,

it is the first time that I read that you could have HHV6 and still test

negative. To my knowledge and according to what Dr. Enladner, Dr. De Meirleir

and Dr. Cheney say, this might happen with bacterias (mycoplasmas, chlamydias,

Lyme, etc...) but not with viruses unless you were infected very very recently.

In that case you won't have the symptoms yet, like it happens with HIV and other

viruses.

By the way, it's always better to check positivity or negativity at least two or

three times on a certain period of time which should not be too long and not too

short, like one year or so.

Last, viruses could also reactivate, instead bacterias cannot. If you catch them

again it means that you came in contact with the bacteria again, but not that

the bacterias you have in your body wake up.

Cheers,

Massimo

article on Dr. Montoya's work in The Press

Democrat (Sonoma County,CA)

This article in today's newspaper says Dr. Montoya of Stanford is curing 85%

of CFS patients who have both HHV6 and EBV. He's doing it with a 6 month

Valgancyclovir (Valcyte?) treatment. I wonder how many of us have this

combination of these two viruses? I know you can test negative for HHV6 on even

the most sensitive lab tests and still have it. I don't know if this is true of

EBV.

Has anyone been on this treatment?

Steve B.

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>

> This article in today's newspaper says Dr. Montoya of Stanford is

curing 85% of CFS patients who have both HHV6 and EBV. He's doing it

with a 6 month Valgancyclovir (Valcyte?) treatment. I

> Steve B.

>

>

Hi Steve & all,

Valcyyte is a very expensive drug $900 for 30 tabs, with a Humana

Medicare enhanced prescription plan, about $225. 25% of $900.

I read there are risks to using Valcyte, but none have been reported

in the Montoya-Stanford study press reports.

Al

[Guest guest]

here is a link to the article:

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?

AID=/20070130/NEWS/701300403 & SearchID=73270657554066

>

> This article in today's newspaper says Dr. Montoya of Stanford is

curing 85% of CFS patients who have both HHV6 and EBV. He's doing it

with a 6 month Valgancyclovir (Valcyte?) treatment. I wonder how

many of us have this combination of these two viruses? I know you

can test negative for HHV6 on even the most sensitive lab tests and

still have it. I don't know if this is true of EBV.

>

> Has anyone been on this treatment?

> Steve B.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Al,

Can't believe that price. It's $30.00 a pill? Outrageous. I think I'll wait

until a generic comes out. I wonder if you could get it cheaper in Canada?

Steve B.

melillo3 <melillo3@...> wrote:

>

> This article in today's newspaper says Dr. Montoya of Stanford is

curing 85% of CFS patients who have both HHV6 and EBV. He's doing it

with a 6 month Valgancyclovir (Valcyte?) treatment. I

> Steve B.

>

>

Hi Steve & all,

Valcyyte is a very expensive drug $900 for 30 tabs, with a Humana

Medicare enhanced prescription plan, about $225. 25% of $900.

I read there are risks to using Valcyte, but none have been reported

in the Montoya-Stanford study press reports.

Al

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>

> Hi Al,

>

> Can't believe that price. It's $30.00 a pill? Outrageous. I

think I'll wait until a generic comes out. I wonder if you could get

it cheaper in Canada? Steve B.

>

Hi Steve,

Ranbaxy labs has a generic Valcyte but they are being sued by Roche

who claims patent infringement.

Al

[Guest guest]

When I opened the link it said: Error: Invalid story key

(SR,20070130,,60609028,AR).

I hope this one works:

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?

AID=/20070130/NEWS/701300403 & SearchID=7327075078564

> >

> > This article in today's newspaper says Dr. Montoya of Stanford is

> curing 85% of CFS patients who have both HHV6 and EBV. He's doing

it

> with a 6 month Valgancyclovir (Valcyte?) treatment. I wonder how

> many of us have this combination of these two viruses? I know you

> can test negative for HHV6 on even the most sensitive lab tests and

> still have it. I don't know if this is true of EBV.

> >

> > Has anyone been on this treatment?

> > Steve B.

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

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> > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Games.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

this link is so long that i don't think you can just click on it to

get to the article.

if you copy and paste the whole thing including the unhighlighted

part into your search field - where you type in websites - it should

work.

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?

AID=/20070130/NEWS/701300403 & SearchID=7327075078564

thanks

bill

> > >

> > > This article in today's newspaper says Dr. Montoya of Stanford

is

> > curing 85% of CFS patients who have both HHV6 and EBV. He's

doing

> it

> > with a 6 month Valgancyclovir (Valcyte?) treatment. I wonder how

> > many of us have this combination of these two viruses? I know

you

> > can test negative for HHV6 on even the most sensitive lab tests

and

> > still have it. I don't know if this is true of EBV.

> > >

> > > Has anyone been on this treatment?

> > > Steve B.

> > >

> > >

> > > ---------------------------------

> > > Bored stiff? Loosen up...

> > > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Games.

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

okay, i just tried this again and it still wasn't working for me.

but i found a way to make it work.

first copy and paste the " highlighted " portion of the link, and then

copy and paste the unhighlighted portion into your search field.

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?

AID=/20070130/NEWS/701300403 & SearchID=7327075078564

if that doesn't work or seems too complicated, then go to the main

page of the newspaper and click on " search this site " and then

in " story search " type " montoya " . that should find the article for

you.

here is the main page:

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/

thanks

bill

> > >

> > > This article in today's newspaper says Dr. Montoya of Stanford

is

> > curing 85% of CFS patients who have both HHV6 and EBV. He's

doing

> it

> > with a 6 month Valgancyclovir (Valcyte?) treatment. I wonder how

> > many of us have this combination of these two viruses? I know

you

> > can test negative for HHV6 on even the most sensitive lab tests

and

> > still have it. I don't know if this is true of EBV.

> > >

> > > Has anyone been on this treatment?

> > > Steve B.

> > >

> > >

> > > ---------------------------------

> > > Bored stiff? Loosen up...

> > > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Games.

> > >

> > >