Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Posted January 2, 2006 wow, this is one of the most promising things I have read about in a long time, whish I had known about it a year and a half ago when I was in such respiratory distress. thanks for the post- is this a perscription form of Glutathione ?- In , LymeAngl@a... wrote: > > Hello homerose@c..., > > In reference to your comment: > > è How much do you use? Do you use it by itself or mix > è it with something? > > *****I use one teaspoon by itself......a couple of times a day.....I wouldn't > do it more than 3 times daily.......I also use in my nebulizer 2 > to 3 times daily. > > *****Here is a good article on use in nebulizer, which I LOVE!!!! > Best thing I could have been doing with the pneumonia.....you can order it > from the Whitaker Wellness Institute, but I get mine from my Homeopathic > MD....I use 1.5 cc with 3 cc of Bronchial Saline. However, my friend gets it from > the clinic and you don't have to use the bronchial saline. Taste nasty but it > sure as hell works wonders for me. > > > > A Breath of Fresh Air for Chronic Lung Disease > September 2003, Vol. 13, No. 9 > > When Reba first came to the Whitaker Wellness Institute in June, she was > breathing like a fish out of water. Wheelchair-bound, with ashen skin and a tube > in her nose hooked up to a tank of oxygen, it was obvious that she was in > respiratory distress. > > Patients like Reba present us with a challenge. Although we have an excellent > track record treating heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, > arthritis, and other degenerative diseases at the clinic, I have avoided > taking on patients with Reba?s condition, which is chronic obstructive pulmonary > disease (COPD). I just didn?t know of any treatments ? natural or conventional > ? that were very effective. > > That?s changed. We recently began utilizing a new therapy that, for the first > time ever, may bring hope to the millions of Americans suffering with COPD. > Conventional medicine says flat out that there is no cure for this disease. > Yet this safe, inexpensive approach shows great promise in relieving an > enormous > amount of suffering. > > Our Fourth Leading Cause of Death > COPD is a collective term for several diseases of the lungs. The most > significant is emphysema, which affects the alveoli, the small, grape-like air sacs > in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. When these > structures are damaged, less oxygen is extracted with each breath. To compensate, the > lungs eventually enlarge, filling the entire chest cavity and interfering with > normal breathing. This results in shortness of breath and obstructed > breathing. > > Emphysema is almost always caused by smoking, although other lung diseases ? > which are also usually caused by smoking ? may be a factor. These include > inflammatory conditions of the bronchi (airways in the lungs) such as chronic > obstructive bronchitis and asthmatic bronchitis, which further impede breathing by > narrowing the airways and filling them with mucus. > > COPD is no small problem. It is our fourth leading cause of death, killing > 119,000 Americans and hospitalizing 726,000 every year. And it is an > insidious disease. Most patients are unaware they have it until they?ve lost > more than half of their functional lung tissue. At that point, their > physicians tell them they can be managed with drugs, oxygen, or surgery, but there is > no hope for a cure. > > Their physicians are wrong. > > Glutathione to the Rescue > The therapy that helped Reba is glutathione, the most efficient free radical > scavenger in the airways. Dozens of studies have confirmed that free radical > damage is a primary player in COPD. Patients with chronic lung diseases have > decreased levels of glutathione and other antioxidants, and administration of > antioxidants has been shown to protect against and in some cases actually > reverse lung tissue damage. > > Potent as it may be, glutathione is not particularly well absorbed when taken > orally. However, when it is given intravenously or, for COPD, inhaled, its > effects are remarkable. After Reba?s first treatment, she could breathe a little > better and her coloring improved. The next day she reported that she had > thebest sleep she?d had in years. Her clinical course over the intervening months > was nothing short of > remarkable. > > She came in on ten prescription drugs. Now she?s only taking a thyroid > medication (her thyroid was removed years ago) and a much-reduced dose of one blood > pressure medication. Her initial pulse oximetry, which measures the > percentage of hemoglobin in the blood that is saturated with oxygen, was 89 percent (it > should never be below 95 percent). After two weeks of treatment it was 97 > percent. Initially she couldn?t exhale with enough force to even register on > tests of lung function. Today, she has only moderate obstruction. > > Both Reba and her husband feel that her progress has been ?simply marvelous.? > She?s much more alert than before, and the anxiety that understandably > affects > many patients with COPD (imagine having to fight for every breath) has > dramatically improved. She?s gradually spending more and more time out of her > wheelchair. And all this without the drugs that her conventional doctors told her > were ?keeping her > alive.? > > Tell Your Physician > Folks, I?ll be the first to admit that it is unwise to jump on the bandwagon > of new therapies. When I prescribe drugs, which I do quite infrequently, I > never recommend new drugs that haven?t been around for a while. However, I feel a > certain sense of urgency in championing the use of this fairly new therapy > for three reasons. First, inhaled glutathione is by far the most promising > therapy available for COPD. Second, it has absolutely no downside or risk. And > third, because it?s a natural therapy, it will be yearsbefore it comes down the > pipeline of conventional medicine. > > I encourage you to share this information with your physicians. They?re not > going to hear about it anywhere else, and it could help millions with this > particularly debilitating disease. > > Recommendations > ? Inhaled glutathione is administered at home via a nebulizer, which turns > liquids into vapors that are inhaled through a face mask or mouthpiece. Other > therapies we use at the clinic for COPD include oral and IV vitamin C, > acupuncture to relieve bronchospasm, N-acetyl-cysteine to break up mucus, magnesium to > relax bronchioles, and high-dose vitamin A, which has been shown to regenerate > lung tissue. If you or your doctor would like our protocol for nebulized > glutathione and these other therapies, visit drwhitaker.com. > > References > Lamson DW et al. The use of nebulized glutathione in > the treatment of emphysema: a case report. Altern Med > Rev 2000;5(5):429-31. > > Mannino DM et al. Chronic obstructive pulmonary > disease surveillance?United States, 1971-2000. MMWR > Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2002;51:1-16. > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2006 Report Posted January 3, 2006 For what its worth, you can buy raw glutathione powder on the net from a number of suppliers.. Its not a drug.. no prescription necessary.. Also, N-Acetyl-Cysteine is converted in the body to glutathione. It should be available at any health food store. Quote
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