Re: mito cocktail, /Steve D

[Guest guest]

Steve

-It's a fantastic article..thank you

Gillian

-- In , " Steve " wrote:

>

> Hi RH and others

>

> Regarding this " " mito cocktail " of about 15 on Dr. Shoffner's

list, I found

> this wonderful review article:

>

> Mitochondrial Medicine - Molecular Pathology of Defective Oxidative

> Phosphorylation

> by Egil Fosslien

> Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of

Illinois at

> Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

> at http://www.annclinlabsci.org/cgi/content/full/31/1/25 .

>

> Two questions:

>

> 1) The " therapy " suggestions in the above article lists Melatonin.

I've

> taken same (3 mg.) at night to help me sleep (I have foot pains

that keep me

> awake whenever I lie down, and I also have VERY delayed sleep

onset, i.e.

> " night owl " ) and it's worked wonders. Within an hour I'm REALLY

ready to

> sleep. I've recently discontinued it, as part of a series of

supplement

> self-experimentations. But now I'm intrigued. Anybody use this for

mito, or

> have any other comments?

>

> 2) I found the above article searching Yahoo for " schoffner

mitochondrial "

> (note the " c " in the name, which appears correct) but never did

find this

> list of Dr. Schoffner's. I thik I can guess SOME entries on the

list.

> Nonetheless, can anybody point me to this particular list?

>

> Peace,

> Steve D.

> [54-year-old male, late-onset mito]

>

> > Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:26:28 -0000

> > From: " ohgminion "

> > Subject: Re: 2nd muscle bx: to be read at Columbia-Presbyterian,

NYC

> >

> > [...]

> > I was told that whether or not I have MELAS exactly, I would be

> > treated the same way, based on my symptoms and what the lab tests

> > showed. The basic thought is:

> > 1) Check out systems with problems (for me, eyes, muscles,

> > digestive).

> > 2) Get a baseline for systems without problems yet (for me,

heart,

> > ears)

> > 3) Treat by going down the list of the " mito cocktail " . Starts

with

> > CoQ10, and there are about 15 on Dr. Shoffner's list.

> > [...]

> >

> > Take care,

> > RH