Possible Autism treatment SECRETIN (fwd)

September 25, 1998

Here is some information that I received recently that may be of interest

to those concerned with autism or PDD. A program on SECRETIN is supposed to

air on DATELINE on Tuesday Sept. 29 at 10:00 pm on NBC. This may be

subject to change. I have also read about the topic of SECRETIN in a book

called BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS FOR AUTISM AND PDD. That book mentions that

the secretin levels can be measured. The book also associates the

phenomenon with wheat or food allergies, and yeast overgrowth.

Amazing Autism find

>The mother of an autistic boy may have stumbled on an incredible discovery in

>the search for a cure. American Beck said a hormone drug given to her

>son for stomach problems caused a dramatic change in his behaviour. Within

>weeks he started to speak, respond and use the toilet- things he had never

>done

>before. Experts have described his turnaround as near miraculous. " We noticed

>an amazing difference in eye contact, " Mrs Beck said " He became calmer and

>started sleeping all night long. " We then realised he was no longer

>exhibiting

>the facial tics he had for two years. " Three weeks after being given

>secretin,

> began saying phrases such as 'I love you'. "

> was given secretin, which stimulates the pancreas to produce enzymes to

>help digestion. About 120 autistic children have since been covertly

>prescribed

>the hormone, which does not have the US Federal Drugs Agency approval.

>Results

>will be unveiled at a conference organised by the US Autism Research

>Institute,

>which is endorsing the treament. Director Dr Bernard Rimland said: " The

>discovery is possibly the most important development in the history of autism.

>Children who have received secretin have undergone dramatic improvements. "

>Autism executive director Golding said the develpment was

>interesting and could be a new direction in treatment. " Many autistic

>children

>have digestive problems and with this, hormones are excreted which could lead

>to

>activity in the brain that causes autism. But she warned it could just be

>that

>improving stomach conditions made the children feel better, which made them

>more

>communicative. the end

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