My intention in posting this isnt to argue or debate a point. I am posting this in hopes that some of you will give this treatment a try and that it proves to be beneficial. Over the course of the last month, I have started that antibiotic protocol for RA, and the results have been very beneficial. Also, I have talked with many people that have complete remission from this treatment (some I know personally and have spoke with on the phone).
The antibiotic protocol is a cheap and effective way to treat RA. The premise behind the theory is that RA is caused by a mycroplasma. This mycoplasma has been located in the joints of people with RA. I will copy and paste some information in this note to help with background information:
Thomas McPherson Brown, MD, is a case in point. Working with Albert Sabin (later of polio vaccine fame) at the Rockefeller Institute just before World War II, Brown isolated a bacteria-like agent from the joint fluid of an arthritic woman and speculated that it might be the infectious trigger for her disease. The bug in question, then generically classified as an L-form, was too small to identify precisely, but with the advent of electron microscopy it was shown to be a class of cell-wall-deficient organisms which scientists named mycoplasma, for watery fungus.
Mycoplasma is ubiquitous and not at all easy to get rid of, but Brown found that it usually could be controlled by long-term, low-level doses of tetracycline. As that class of antibiotic evolved, he got even better results with the second and third generation, doxycycline and minocycline. Up to then, the only treatments for the various forms of inflammatory arthritis w ere for the symptoms, and this was the first credible therapy aimed at a probable cause.
Although in many cases the therapy brought about remission or even reversal of rheumatoid arthritis, Dr. Brown cautioned me at our first meeting against presenting antibiotics as a cure. While they didn't work for everyone, he estimated his success rate at above 90 percent for those who stuck with the therapy (an estimate I have since heard from other physicians who treat large numbers of patients with his protocol.) The timetable and degree of response could vary for individual patients, Brown said, by such factors as how much time had elapsed since o nset of the disease, the severity of symptoms, age at diagnosis, family history, and not least, any damage that already may have been done to the patient's overall health and particularly to their immune systems by the more widely accepted therapies for arthritis. Ironically, many doctors who dismissed minocycline as either unproven or unsafe for rheumatic disease were perfectly happy to prescribe a frightening pharmacopoeia of other "standard" therapies including the potent cancer drug methotrexate, or gold salts, possibly the most lethal prescription drug ever passed by the FDA. None of these other therapies had ever been proven to produce long-term benefits, and most let the disease worsen while masking symptoms
The treatment described in our book is now widely referred to as MIRA therapy, from that landmark, NIH-sponsored study of Minocycline In Rheumatoid Arthritis. But the MIRA trials were hardly undertaken as a tardy attempt at salvaging Tom Brown's reputation; quite the contrary. As one of the principals recently told me, at the outset at least half of the six participating centers entered the study with open skepticism. For one thing, Brown's theory and treatment flew in the face of almost everything that was then held to be true of rheumatoid arthritis. For another, because the NIH appeared to be bending to pressure from Congress in the wake of our book, the study rekindled serious resentment against the persistence of his influence even from beyond the grave. Many expected the MIRA trials would simply drive Tom Brown's ghost from the stage, and rheumatology would be able to settle back into its familiar rut of empty hopes and unf illed promises.
That all began to change even before the MIRA trials were finished. Without decoding which patients were receiving placebo and which got minocycline, it was obvious that more of them were improving than would be expected for that size group. When the results were finally published in Annals of Internal Medicine in 1995, it was revealed that well over half of the minocycline patients had improved by at least 50% according to subjective criteria of joint tenderness and swelling. E ven more experienced dramatic improvements in objective measurements of their blood work.
With the healthcare professionals I have spoken with there is about a 80-90% success rate with minocylcline. Even if your arthritis is entrenched, there is a huge success rate. Most people now believe that RA is caused by some form of bacteria that sets off an immune response as posted by Michigan Medical School just the other day: http://www.xagena.it/news/medicinenews_net_news/99e5a6ae2927 28f981127b71861de113.html
Dr. Brown was saying this before WWII. Also, there is blood test to see if you have been exposed to this bacterium. PLEASE DONT BRUSH THIS ASIDE!!!! I have nothing to gain by telling u guys about this but aside from an attempt to help. Here is some more proof to help you:
Mycoplasma fermentans has been suspected of being associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis since 1970. In one recent study which used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA testing, M. fermentans was detected in 23 of 26 (88%) Rheumatoid Arthritis patients, and four different strains were found. In the same study, M. fermentans was not detected in any of the 10 osteoarthritis, control patients. The finding that Mycoplasma fermentans is so common in RA patients has led many researchers to conclude that M. fermentans may play an important role in the cause and continuation of RA.
There are doctors at Havard that subscribe to this treatment as the only one that goes at the CAUSE of your RA and not treatments that deal with the symptoms. Kathleen Turner (actress) has put her RA into remission for 8 years with the use of Minocycline. Go to www.roadback.org and read the 80 page survey of 450 people on minocycline and their experience with this treatment.
I hope this information helps you on your journey to wellness. If you have any questions please email me at:
Maximus2@msn.com
Hello
I have a question... Does the antibiotic therapy slow joint destruction?
Thanks...
Here's the link to the MIRA study if you want to read it for yourself:
http://www.niams.nih.gov/ne/press/1995/01_14.htm
A key excerpt follows:
"The two main objectives of the MIRA Trial were to find out whether minocycline produces improvement in joint swelling and in joint tenderness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Another objective was to determine whether minocycline is safe over a 48-week treatment period in these patients. At the end of the 48 weeks, 54 percent of patients taking minocycline and 39 percent of patients taking the placebo had at least a 50 percent improvement in the number of swollen joints. In terms of joint tenderness, 56 percent of the minocycline group and 41 percent of the placebo group had at least a 50 percent improvement."
The bottom line: 54 % showed at least a 50 % improvement compared to 39 % in the placebo group. Worth considering, but not a miracle cure as the original post suggests. The study also suggests that the minocyline reduces inflammation, so it's not at all clear that it cures the source of RA. I would suggest that you read the whole study for yourself.
Some references to some more recent studies:
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1999/04_99/alarcon.htm
This article also discusses some of the side effects of monocycline treatment.
The bottom line I have had experience is I can reverse arthritis with appropriate herbs and natural foods.
You can refer to endless studies, researches, websites, and drugs at the end of the day you still have to face the reality, CAN IT WORKS AND HOW IT WORKS TO HELP!!!!
For over 15years, appropriate herbs have been effective during flare to:
- stop pain;
- track the continuous attack from one joint to others and interact with the disease to "tame" and "convert" the toxics in the body into wastes and dispose them naturally;
- reverse the severity each time;
- understand the behaviours of the disease;
- to control, manage and overcome the disease like a "master";
In a long term there is no apparent side effect like heart disease, diabetes, kidney problem etc. as additional diseases.
Your body and you tell the whole story. You find the remedy, manage and control the disease, reverse the severity, improve the quality of life, know it is practical not theories. Most important of all is you have reversed from the severity, improved healthy level to no threat from this disease. YOU ARE THE MASTER!!!!
I have always been interested in antibiotic therapy. My concern would be if you got a secondary illness, would you be resistant to antibiotics. Is that true?I have been taking antibiotics for years! And resistant to most, the idea though is that the pulse therapy stops resisance. I am taking tetracycline every three days and feel much better.