Guest guest Posted February 17, 2000 Report Share Posted February 17, 2000 Hi , You are right, an immune suppressant is anything which lowers the body's natural defenses. Some drugs have been developed specifically for this purpose in order to prevent rejection of surgical transplants, e.g. Cyclosporine. Other commonly used drugs such as Cortisone (and all steroids) have immune suppressant side-effects so should not be used long-term. Marijuana is a proven immune suppressant. Environmental factors also affect the immune system. UV radiation is an immune suppressant, and may contribute to the tendency of sun exposure to cause skin cancers, according to the WHO. Deficiencies of essential nutrients like zinc can also compromise the immune system. Jim wheat > Hi beth, what is an immune suppressant.....is that something that makes your > immune system less effective? I'm a bit dim on the technical front! Thanks > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > shelley@... > ICQ #22429611 0 > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before posting to the whole group. > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document Vault > -- /docvault/rosacea-support/?m=1 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2000 Report Share Posted February 18, 2000 > Deficiencies of essential > nutrients like zinc can also compromise the immune > system. Yes, and conversely, an excess of zinc--say, by oversupplementation--can also depress the immune system. With zinc, you must definitely stay within a certain window. Interesting about marijuana, by the way. If it depresses the immune system, I wonder why so many people advocate it for medicinal purposes (aside from its painkilling and anti-inflammatory properties)? > > wheat > > > > Hi beth, what is an immune suppressant.....is that > something that makes > your > > immune system less effective? I'm a bit dim on the > technical front! Thanks > > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > shelley@... > > ICQ #22429611 0151 643 > 9983 > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole > group. > > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document > Vault > > -- > /docvault/rosacea-support/?m=1 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole group. > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > eGroups.com home: > /group/rosacea-support > - Simplifying group > communications > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2000 Report Share Posted February 18, 2000 Actually that is one way that the immunosuppression was documented; used as a hunger stimulant for HIV and Chemo patients, marijuana was quite effective in clinical trials. Unfortunately, it also caused (further) degradation in the patients' immune systems. Here is a link on some trials with HIV patients in Europe: http://www.commonlink.com/users/carl-olsen/HEMP/IHA/iha03212.html That document doesn't speculate on the cause, but I've read that marijuana suppresses antibody production, FWIW. Jim wheat > > > > > > > Hi beth, what is an immune suppressant.....is that > > something that makes > > your > > > immune system less effective? I'm a bit dim on the > > technical front! Thanks > > > > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > shelley@... > > > ICQ #22429611 0151 643 > > 9983 > > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > > posting to the whole > > group. > > > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document > > Vault > > > -- > > /docvault/rosacea-support/?m=1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > > posting to the whole group. > > see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > eGroups.com home: > > /group/rosacea-support > > - Simplifying group > > communications > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2000 Report Share Posted February 18, 2000 I also ready recently that the zinc to copper ratio is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2000 Report Share Posted February 22, 2000 Any more info. on the ZN/CU ratio??? Robin Museec@... m To: ledaandzoe@..., jeclary@..., rosacea-supportegroups 02/19/2000 cc: 12:40 AM Subject: Re: Immune Suppressants I also ready recently that the zinc to copper ratio is important. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please read the list highlights thoroughly before posting to the whole group. see http://ii.net/~dp/rosacea/toc.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Create a poll/survey for your group! -- /vote?listname=rosacea-support & m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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