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(Message started by: Barry_T_Coles on May 24^th, 2005, 9:20pm)

Title: Natural Anti inflamatory
Post by Barry_T_Coles on May 24^th, 2005, 9:20pm

I have been trying a natural anti inflammatory to help with reducing my shadows, been on this one for just over a month and had some reasonable relief 70 – 90 %.
I was using an over the counter product previously with fair to reasonable results but it has the draw back of harming the liver with long term use.
I don’t really like using hard prescription drugs and would prefer natural products if they work, you can’t buy Kudzu for love or money over here.
Speaking with my GP, Neurologist and a recommended Naturopath we looked at available natural products and decided on this one and another that I started yesterday and will rotate through these to see what works best. ( I’ll let you know how I go with this next one when I finish the course).

The product certainly hasn’t cured the shadows but has significantly reduced the frequency to the point that I have had a couple of days here and there when I actually felt human again, something I haven’t experienced for a long time.
Two draw backs of this product are that it caused mild diarrhea in the mornings and it does contain selenium, something you don’t want to ingest for a long period of time.

This is an Australian product and available from Natural Health stores, I’m not pushing the product but just letting people know how I got along with it.
I have listed (1) The manufacturer (2) the product name (3) its recommended use, and below the ingredients.
I would like to hear others comments if you have used something similar.

Kind Regards
Barry

(1) Metagenics
(2) Fibroplex Plus
(3) Magnesium Supplement for the relief of fibromyalgia

Each 9 gram dose contains
Magnesium amino acid chelate 3.02g
Equiv. elemental magnesium 300mg
Taurine 600mg
Glutamine 500mg
Ascorbic acid 300mg
Calcium hydrogen phosphate 211.5mg
Equil. Elemental Calcium 62.3mg
Potassium phosphate 186mg
Equil. Elemental potassium 53.5mg
Levocarnitine 100mg
Nicotinamide 50mg
Pyridoxine hydrochloride 50mg
Thiamine hydrochloride 30mg
Riboflavin 2.0mg
Selonomethionine 62.5mg
Equil. Elemental selenium 25mg
Chromium nicotinate 500mg
Equil. Elemental chromium 50mg
Folic acid 150mg
Cyanocobalamin 150mg

Directions for use:
Take one dose, two level metric teaspoons (9.0 gram) with any food or liquid
Daily or as directed by a healthcare professional.

Title: Re: Natural Anti inflamatory
Post by floridian on May 25^th, 2005, 9:45am

Several people have reported that B-vitamins help with clusters, and there is research showing that they help with migraines.

Taurine is one of the ingredients in Red Bull, which some report can abort a cluster.

Glutamine is also interesting - it is one of the major ingredients. It is considered an excitatory amino acid, but it could dimish glutamate activity.

http://www.med-owl.com/clusterheadaches/tiki-index.php?page=Taurine