Re: Vitamin A for measles - Dr. JM

[Guest guest]

> what parameters do you usually use to hypothesize measles

> as a problem?

You'll find many of Dr. McCandless' past posts on Vit a at

<http://www.autism-rxguidebook.com/forums>. Look under " supplements. "

Lynne

[Guest guest]

Lynne,

I'm tired and frazzled at the best of times, but I'm mortified to say that I

didn't find the answer in the forum. Do you have time to give me a quick answer

on whether a child is a good candidate for vitamin A megadosing -1) must check

titers, or 2) must scope for measles, or 3) try vitamin A megadose on any ASD

child who had the MMR?

Many thanks,

Abbie

Re: Vitamin A for measles - Dr. JM

> what parameters do you usually use to hypothesize measles

> as a problem?

You'll find many of Dr. McCandless' past posts on Vit a at

<http://www.autism-rxguidebook.com/forums>. Look under " supplements. "

Lynne

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[Guest guest]

-Here ya go.....

-- In csb-autism-rx , " Abbie Floe " <acfloe@b...> wrote:

> Lynne,

>

> I'm tired and frazzled at the best of times, but I'm mortified to

say that I didn't find the answer in the forum. Do you have time to

give me a quick answer on whether a child is a good candidate for

vitamin A megadosing -1) must check titers, or 2) must scope for

measles, or 3) try vitamin A megadose on any ASD child who had the

MMR?

>

> Many thanks,

>

> Abbie

Mega-dose Vit A 12/03

I am getting lots of personal e-mails on this subject, so want to

clarify.

Vitamin A is particularly " used up " when measles virus is present,

and it has

been shown that in the presence of active measles virus, a 2-day mega-

dosing of

400,000 iu of Vitamin A will affect the measles virus, maybe not to

completely

exterminate it but to create an extremely mild short-lived case in

those who

have already contracted the disease. 200,000 iu for 2 days was not

effective.

Definitive studies on all this are on the horizon. In a preliminary

study of

rubeola secretory IgA from saliva from volunteers from your groups,

Dr. Vojdani

at Immunosciences discovered 14 out of 32 kids had positive scores, 5

of them at

5+. We are in the process of a more definitive study analyzing both

IgG in

serum as well as secretory IgA in saliva to try and get a correlation

between

the two.

My current recommendations based on the evidence is that IF your

child:

has high serum IgG rubeola antibodies and/or high secretory IgA

antibodies

(saliva),

the MBP or other neural antibodies are elevated (indication of

autoimmune

process),

there is a history of reaction to or regression after the MMR vaccine,

and there is ongoing gut problems,

your child may have intestinal measles, as many who have been scoped

and PCR'd

do (even spinal fluid has been found in a group of kids to have

positive vaccine

strain measles). Without the benefit of scoping and getting positive

biopsy

reports on the gut, many parents have given their kids high doses of

Vitamin A.

The protocols change, but currently is 400,000 IU for two days,

followed by

10,000 to 25,000 depending upon the size and age of the child. Blood

tests are

unfortunately not useful, but clinical observation is very important.

A scruffy

rash usually around the neck, is one evidence of Vit A toxicity;

headache which

kids may not be able to tell us about, is another. Lethargy or

excessive

hyperactivity or any unusual sign should be considered a possible

overdose of A.

The toxicity of this is highly overstated, and though there is a

history of a

child getting hydrocephalus after getting 100,000, I heard that the

child became

normalized after being taken off the Vitamin A. There has been one

death from

Vit A toxicity in an adult male who ate nothing but polar bear livers.

Otherwise, it is a much needed and quite safe vitamin, but it does

store in the

liver, so 400,000 iu should be probably a one-shot treatment, or

certainly not

to be repeated more than twice a year. PLEASE NOTE: These are MY

recommendations and not others at this point, and there have been NO

peer-reviewed studies, so please know there's a lot we don't know,

and we need

as much input as possible. Some parents are reporting miraculous

improvements

with these doses of A, but not all by any means. As far as testing,

please at

least get the serum IgG tests and if you can get your child to spit,

the

salivary IgA. I'll let you know more as I find out. Jaquelyn

[Guest guest]

> I'm tired and frazzled at the best of times, but I'm mortified to say that I

> didn't find the answer in the forum. Do you have time to give me a quick

> answer on whether a child is a good candidate for vitamin A megadosing -1)

> must check titers, or 2) must scope for measles, or 3) try vitamin A megadose

> on any ASD child who had the MMR?

I went back through to see what I might have missed. I've added more

information so it should now have everything Dr. M has said on the list

about measles and vit a. <http://www.autism-rxguidebook.com/forums>

BTW, the forum is far from comprehensive. As I have time, I add Dr. M's

posts that I consider to be of general interest. I recommend that anyone who

is new to the list and/or biomedical intervention to check it out because a

lot of the questions asked on the list have been covered before.

Lynne

[Guest guest]

Thanks Lynne. I hope the information will be useful to others, too.

Re: Vitamin A for measles - Dr. JM

> I'm tired and frazzled at the best of times, but I'm mortified to say that I

> didn't find the answer in the forum. Do you have time to give me a quick

> answer on whether a child is a good candidate for vitamin A megadosing -1)

> must check titers, or 2) must scope for measles, or 3) try vitamin A

megadose

> on any ASD child who had the MMR?

I went back through to see what I might have missed. I've added more

information so it should now have everything Dr. M has said on the list

about measles and vit a. <http://www.autism-rxguidebook.com/forums>

BTW, the forum is far from comprehensive. As I have time, I add Dr. M's

posts that I consider to be of general interest. I recommend that anyone who

is new to the list and/or biomedical intervention to check it out because a

lot of the questions asked on the list have been covered before.

Lynne

Many frequently asked questions and answers can be found at

<http://www.autism-rxguidebook.com/forums>