Uva Ursi

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In a message dated 9/20/2004 9:33:11 PM Central Daylight Time,

suemisiaszek@... writes:

> Any one have any side effects or problems using this product? Anything to

> look out for?

My son was supposed to take 10 drops Uva Ursi 3x day for two weeks, skip two

weeks, repeat in 2 weeks. He was about 45-50 pounds at that time, I'm

guessing.

About a week into the first round, my son started acting really strangely. He

was hugely irritable and irriational. For example, we were at a friend's

house, and my son bumped into the piano and bruised his hip. He started crying,

then started screaming that his friend, who had been playing quietly on the

other end of the room, pushed him and made him bump into the piano and wanted to

hurt him. This is just one example; there were many others. His behaviour was

just so off, and getting worse and worse. I read several places that Uva Ursi

is hard on the liver, and also that it was not recommended on young children.

Of course, this may have been die-off, but it also may have been that my son

couldn't tolerate it, and we stopped using it.

Debbie

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Our DAN! doc recommended Uva Ursi to treat my son's bacteria issue. He

tested negative for yeast but does have bacteria problems (Bacillus cereus,

etc.). I have a few questions for any of you who have used this.

She recommended 8 drops twice/day for 4 to 6 weeks (the suggested use on the

package is 40-60 drops of extract in a small amount of warm water 3 times

per day). I will be following her recommendation. I was reading up on

this product on the web and I saw a reference which said that you should

only use this product for 7 to 10 days. So, I am curious if others have

used Uva Ursi for a time frame of 4-6 weeks? Does the dosage difference

correlate to the amount of time needed to treat the bacteria. In other

words, our dosage is much smaller that the recommended (although I am also

taking into consideration that this is for a child -- I realize the dose on

the bottle would be an adult dosage) but my son will be taking it for a much

longer amount of time than recommended. Is this sort of like a slow and

steady approach by my DAN! doc as opposed to a more powerful knock it out

quickly approach on the bottle? I'm just trying to understand.

Any one have any side effects or problems using this product? Anything to

look out for?

Thanks!

Sue

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> only use this product for 7 to 10 days.

It can be hard on the liver.

>>So, I am curious if others have

> used Uva Ursi for a time frame of 4-6 weeks?

I use the capsules, but I have used much more than this, for a longer

period of time, without problems. It depends on your child.

Dana

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I think this behavior is related to bacteria counts.Either they are high or

they are dying off. That's what I have noticed in my son.I know that at a

McCandless conference I attended she mentioned that you should not put

children on uva ursi for more than three weeks at a time.It is too hard on

the kidneys.

R

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Hi Christy - Thanks for your reply. I don't have the drops -- I

have the capsules (1 cap = 250 mg).

Marth

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> Our ND prescribed 5 drops, 2x a day for 10 days on, 10 days off,

10 days

> on. We took 3 months off from it and then did another

10on,off,on. My

> son is 4.5, 40#

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> Want to add this as part of my son's anti-fungal rotation

protocol.

> Any suggestions as to the daily dosage to give. I would only

give it

> 4 days out of the month -- given its potential for toxicity.

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> My son is 5 years old and 52 lbs.

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> Thanks,

> Martha

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