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everyday is a new beginning . Even though you may have joint damage [and i

have ] i f you keep ypur bones from deteriating and you may need some kind of

surgery then your skeletal system will " hold you up . I am 56 and ihave been

on everything and even though I have sufered lots of damage . ihave had 3 hip

replacements and other stuff . my bone density is pretty good so the hip

surgery was a possiblity and then a reality and I walk very well now whereas I

couldn " t walk before . However I have degeneration of my spine and am

coencerned about that . With all the new meds I will probably be ablwe to find

something to keep me upright or I can walk on all fours . who knows . keep on

tryin. Whatever floats your boat.cathy from ma

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My name is Dawn and I live outside of Pittsburgh (eastern side).

Welcome Dawn...

Love and Peace Always

Shaun and Barb

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I am new to the list, I have a few questions for the group.

My son has crohns's, he has been on remicade, and 6mp. None of them

have helped. He has also been taking Predizone for almost a year.

Nothing has really helped. He has just started taking a new med, it is

a shot, i can not remember the name. I am interested in comments from

anyone that has been taking LDN. My son is 9 years old. We can not

convince his doctors in trying LDN. He says that he can not find enough

studies done on children to allow us to try LDN. Any suggestions would

be helpful.

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LDN, works great on Crohns. Take charge and get your son healthy. Study,make a

decision and take charge.

I am new to the list, I have a few questions for the group.

My son has crohns's, he has been on remicade, and 6mp. None of them

have helped. He has also been taking Predizone for almost a year.

Nothing has really helped. He has just started taking a new med, it is

a shot, i can not remember the name. I am interested in comments from

anyone that has been taking LDN. My son is 9 years old. We can not

convince his doctors in trying LDN. He says that he can not find enough

studies done on children to allow us to try LDN. Any suggestions would

be helpful.

[Guest guest]

Use this info when approaching your doctor about LDN,

http://www.gazorpa.com/PatientGuide.htmlI followed the recommendations to the letter and it worked.

Read all you can and educate yourself completely. Most physicians are scientists and only believe the "double blind studies" but LDN does have FDA approval so go for it.

From: <medgasjames@...>Subject: [low dose naltrexone] New to the listlow dose naltrexone Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 3:19 PM

I am new to the list, I have a few questions for the group.My son has crohns's, he has been on remicade, and 6mp. None of them have helped. He has also been taking Predizone for almost a year. Nothing has really helped. He has just started taking a new med, it is a shot, i can not remember the name. I am interested in comments from anyone that has been taking LDN. My son is 9 years old. We can not convince his doctors in trying LDN. He says that he can not find enough studies done on children to allow us to try LDN. Any suggestions would be helpful.

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, I am fairly new here and also have a son with Crohn's. We are

not using LDN (but would if need be) because he seems to be in

remission and is no longer on any medication (we follow the SCDiet and

take probiotics, among other supplements). I lurk here to read and

learn as much as possible--just in case.

I will share with you, though, that if you are in the U.S. and using a

pediatric GI for your son, it is my opinion you will not have success

EVER getting them to try LDN until all the double-blind, placebo

controlled studies are done...years from now. (Again, this is just my

opinion. I hope someone comes along to say " my ped. GI was great and

willingly wrote the prescription! " ) We asked our ped. GI last October

if he would consider LDN and he said no. They are too afraid to step

outside the box--even more so because they're dealing with children.

I got answers like " it's not an approved protocol " . Their hands are

very tied. It is sad.

The good news is that you can find someone who will prescribe it for

your son with the help of folks here. It may take a bit of doing, but

you can succeed! Shoot, I would do it without a doctor if that was

my decision. Nevertheless, arm yourself as someone here said, and try

your GI. I wish you the best!!!