Low Dose Naltrexone for Cancer and Immune Function

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Dr.Julian Whitaker,MD in his newsletter Health & Healing of March 2007,

_www.drwhitaker.com_ (http://www.drwhitaker.com)

wrote about the rediscovered use of an old drug to enhance immune function.

The drug is Naltrexone, whic was originally approved as drug to wean drug

addicts off opiates. It attaches to the opiod receptors in the brain so heroin

cannot give an addict the high that is desired. But since it also inhibited the

binding of natural endorphins and enkephalins that boost mood and well

being, few people were able to stay on it at the original dosage of 50 mg.

Dr.Bernard Bihari,MD of New York City recalled research suggesting that

lower doses of Naltrexone might stimulate endorphin release. He began giving

low

doses from 1.75 to 4.5 mg at bedtime to his AIDS patients. Their endorphin

levels doubled and tripled and their immune systems rallied. He began giving

it to a friend with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma andher tumors shrank and

disappeared. He gave it to afriend who had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), for 5 years

she

had no symptoms, she ran out of Naltrexone, the MS returned and now that she

went back on it the MS disappeared again and that was 16 years ago. Over the

years Dr.Bihari has treated patients for many types of cancer, the colon,

prostate, , melanoma,multiple myeloma, breast, ovarian, uterine, brain,

neuroblastoma, lung, Hodgkin's Disease, non Hodgkin's Lymphoma and chronic

lymphocytic leukemia. He estimates that 60% of cancer patients, received

benefits from

Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). He followed a group of patients from 1999 to 2004

and reported that 86 had a minimum tumor reduction of 75% and were headed

toward remission. Another 125 had stabilized but did not achieve that level of

tumor shrinkage. 9 Had Tumor progression, and 84, most of whom were very sick

to begin with died.

Dr.Burton Berkson,MD of Las Cruces,New Mexico has been using LDN and alpha

lipoic acid in his clinic. In 2006 he published a case study in Integrative

Cancer Therapies, 2006;5(1):83-89 on the case of a 46 year old man with

pancreatic cancer with liver metasteses, which has a very bleak prognosis of 3

to 6

months. This man was taking 3 to 4.5 mg of naltrexone at bedtime along with

300-600 mg of intravenous alpha lipoic acid twice a week and daily

supplementation with lipoic acid, selenium,silymarin and B Complex vitamins.

Today he is

back at work, symptom free.

LDN use for Autoimmune disorders including MS, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis

and Crohn's Disease appears to be even better.

The therapeutic dose of LDN is 1.75 -4.5 mg is most common. It must be taken

at bedtime.Do not use time release or full strength naltrexone (50 mg). Try

it for at least 3 months to evaluate effectiveness. It should not be taken by

patients on opioid narcotics.

A multi center trial of LDN for MS is underway in Italy.

In order to get it you will need a prescription. standard Pharmacies only

have 50 mg doses so you will have to go to a compounding pharmacist.

If you can't find a doctor willing to prescribe it see Dr.Bihari in NYC

212-929-4196 or for autoimmune disorders Dr.Berkson in Las Cruces,NM

505-524-3720 or the Whitaker Wellness Institute 800-488-1500.

 

 

The following are good sources of Alternatively Oriented Doctors.

Foundation fot Advancement of Innovative Medicine (FAIM)

_http://www.faim.org/_ (http://www.faim.org/) is very big in New York

especially downstate in

NYC and suburbs.Nationally the American College for Advancemrnt in Medicine

(ACAM) _http://www.acam.org/_ (http://www.acam.org/) tel. 800-532-3688

American Academy of Environmental Medicine _http://www.aaem.com/_

(http://www.aaem.com/) tel. 316-684-5500

International College of Integrative Medicine (ICIM) _http://www.icimed.com/_

(http://www.icimed.com/) ? tel.866-464-5226.

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians

_http://www.naturopathic.org/_ (http://www.naturopathic.org/) tel.877-969-2267

arnold

 

 

Good resources for further information are:

_www.lowdosenaltrexone.org_ (http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org)

 

Smith,JP, et al. Low Dose Naltrexone therapy improve's active Crohn's

disease. Americam Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007, Jan. 11(ePub ahead of

print)

Arnold

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Moderator's Note: And the gold star goes to Ratan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naltrexone

 

Thank you for pointing this out.. Please forgive us moderators here at

Alternative Medicine Forum as we go take some vitamins..

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I thought Alternative Medicine Forum is only for

non-prescription supplements. Naltrexone I think is a

prescription drug.

Ratan.

--- arnoldgore wrote:

 

> Dr.Julian Whitaker,MD in his newsletter Health &

> Healing of March 2007,

> _www.drwhitaker.com_ (http://www.drwhitaker.com)

> wrote about the rediscovered use of an old drug to

> enhance immune function.

> The drug is Naltrexone, whic was originally approved

> as drug to wean drug

> addicts off opiates. It attaches to the opiod

> receptors in the brain so heroin

> cannot give an addict the high that is desired. But