My mom lives in Guatemala and is suffering from anxiety, chronic cystitis symptoms, past ameobas, giardia and H. pylori treated with lots of antibiotics, gastritis, post-nasal drip with cough, etc. She is 70 and has had long complained of menopausal symptoms.
Her most recent battery of blood tests was all normal, no infections, but her SED rate was 54. Doc said she has systemic inflammation and "low defenses" and prescribed 3 injections of Ledestil, an injection only known and manufactured in Guatemala.
This is the drug info in Spanish. Not very comprehensive!
http://www.vizcaino.eficienciaweb.com/d ... destil.pdf
Basically it is an injection of dairy proteins which claims to be used to stimulate the immune system, and is said to help with minor infections, colds, flu, acne, and as an alternative to antibiotics. It's injected deep in the muscle in the evening, as it can cause temperature elevations while the body creates antibodies and "fagocytosis"? She's supposed to do 3 injections now, and again in one month.
Is this crazy? Any reason to believe this will help her? Any chance this could cause a dairy sensitivity or allergy??
She is midly lactose intolerant and says the only dairy she eats is the yogurt she makes herself with bacilli. She has a very healthy diet (no processed food), although she is not gluten free, but she doesn't eat breads or pasta.
Should I tell her not to do it????
HELP! Mom being prescribed milk protein injections!
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HELP! Mom being prescribed milk protein injections!
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2014 Low Dose Naltrexone
I only have a rudimentary understanding of Spanish, but after reading that page, it appears to me that the product is nothing more than a method of irritating the immune system and thereby causing inflammation. I don't understand how that is supposed to help with anything.
And since it specifically warns that it shouldn't be used for patients who have an allergy to milk or any milk derivative, I would suspect that there is a very good chance that it could create or exacerbate a dairy allergy.
Phagocytosis refers to wrapping around a solid object (such as food or pathogens), and it's involved in the acquisition of nutrients for certain cells, but most likely they're referring to it's use by the immune system, to engulf and remove pathogens, dead cells, and other debris. Phagocytosis is necessary, for example, before healing can occur in damaged tissue.
Frankly, I would be very surprised if the drug is capable of actually doing that, but who knows?
If it could actually do that, it would probably be helpful for treating MC, because with MC, the immune system gets stuck in the first phase of the healing process (inflammation), but it's unable to successfully clear the debris so that it can get on with the healing process.
If she's lactose intolerant, I would be afraid that she might have an adverse reaction to it, but that's just a WAEG.
Tex
And since it specifically warns that it shouldn't be used for patients who have an allergy to milk or any milk derivative, I would suspect that there is a very good chance that it could create or exacerbate a dairy allergy.
Phagocytosis refers to wrapping around a solid object (such as food or pathogens), and it's involved in the acquisition of nutrients for certain cells, but most likely they're referring to it's use by the immune system, to engulf and remove pathogens, dead cells, and other debris. Phagocytosis is necessary, for example, before healing can occur in damaged tissue.
Frankly, I would be very surprised if the drug is capable of actually doing that, but who knows?
If it could actually do that, it would probably be helpful for treating MC, because with MC, the immune system gets stuck in the first phase of the healing process (inflammation), but it's unable to successfully clear the debris so that it can get on with the healing process.
If she's lactose intolerant, I would be afraid that she might have an adverse reaction to it, but that's just a WAEG.
Tex
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