Hi Ram,
I'm forwarding via email the message on NADH.
Lisa Carper
 
 
>This info is taken from  Dr. Atkins "Health Revelations" Newsletter...
>
>NEW SUPPLEMENT EASES ALZHEIMERS, PARKINSONS
>
>People with pd stop trembling, those with ad stop forgetting, and everyone
>else gets a big boost from fatigue - all with a new natural substance that
>excites me more than anyother discovery of the past decade.
>
>NADH, also called Coenzyme  1, is the stored form of energy in every cell of
>our bodies, and is now available w/o prescription as a suppllement.
>
>Even now, it's more effective vs PD than the standard treatment, L -Dopa ,
>and the only promising therapy I see for heretofore incurable AD.  As use &
>research grow (the  1sts governmentally sanctioned clinical test in the U.S.
>to begin later this year) I'm convinced it  will become standard for
>alleviating depression, fatigue and even minor mental sluggishness.
>
>I was already well-informed about NADH when Jorg Birkmayer, M.D., the world's
>chief NADH researcher, came to the Foundation for the Advancement of
>Innovativei Medicine in March.  I was even taken aback tho'   when Birkmayer,
>director of Birkmayer Institute for  PD Therapy in Vienna, played a video of
>3 of his patients before & after NADH therapy.
>
>If you've ever watched a pd patient, with arms trembling & head wobbling,
>shuffle hesitantly across a room, you'll know what we saw on the tape before
>NADH was  administered.  Several hours after  receiving itm the same people
>were whon getting up with r elative ease and walking briskly.
>
>The only difference was NADH.
>
>Since 1988, Birkmayer & his father, Walter Birkmayer, M.D., have used NADH to
>treat more than 885  people with pd.  80% of them  showed moderate to
>excellent improvement in their disability (Acta Neurologica Scandinavia,
>1993; 87 [Suppl146]:32-35).  The younger Birkmayery believes that most of
>theh people  who didn't improve had advanced arteriosclerosis that prevented
>the coenzyme from reaching the brain.
>
>Far more important that even the initial improvements is that those people
>haven't deteriorated at all in the years since NADH treatments began.  Most
>of them have been able to discontinue/decrease use of l-dopa.
>
>Until Birkmayer began giving NADH to a small group of people with ad, no
>glimmer of hope existed in  the treatment of this dreaded destroyer of
>memory.  But ad & pd share many biochemical similarities, including an
>ad-like dementia in later stages of pd  On the heels of his initial success,
>Birkmayer decided to test NADH  vs the memory robber.
>All of the 17 people with ad who received supplements of the coenzyme showed
>significant improvements on standard memory tests, according to unpublished
>test results.  And for the past 2 yearrs further brain deterioration has been
>stopped in its tracks.
>
>And now for the rest of us.  I can't state it any more simply than this:
> supplements of NADH increase your energy levels.
>
>In addition, the evidence so far suggests that NADH will  become a safe,
>commonly used supplement to treat depression and garden-variety memory lapses
>& concentration difficulties.  People with family histories of ad may also
>want to consider taking NADH to prevent mental deterioration.
>
>The case history shown  below offers a good example of NADH's benefits &
>illlustrates a guiding principle in its use:  The dose is critical to the
>result.  Based on what's happened with many of my patients who turned to NADH
>in search of their misplaced energy,  people don't start to feel better until
>they take t he dosage that's right for their own bodies.
>
>If you take too little, you won't notice anything.  If you take too  much,
>you'll become hyperactive & won't be able to fall asleep easily.  If someone
>doesn't derive an energy boost from an initial tablet every other day, I
>advise them to gradually up the dose until he/she becomes sleepless or
>restless, then back off slightly.
>
>While NADH (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) is one of the critical
>chemical stages in the process by which our bodies creat energy, this actio
>is probably not the main reason for its  remarkable impace on pd & ad.  In
>the brain, it increases the production of dopamine, the neurochemical
> responsible for coordination and control of movements.  People with pd have
>damage to a portion of the brain's basal ganglia, which causes a shortage of
>dopamine.
>
>So far, doctors have treated pd with the drug l-dopa, which the body converts
>to dopamine.  However, direct l-dopa therapy usually becomes less effective
>as the years pass, and it often ends up damaging the brain.  So the prognosis
>for people with pd to  date has been fairly grim.
>
>NADH, tho', increases the body's own natural production of dopaminen,
>according not only  to Birkmayer, but an independent research team at the U
>of Paris.
>
>In ad, the dopamine increase and a boost in another brain chemical,
>noradrenaline, combine with NADH's production of energy to somehow protect
>the neural pathways in the  brain, Dr. Birkmayer believes.  That puts a stop
>to further brain damage.
>
>The  planned clinical trials of NADH, which the FDA is expected to approve
>this summer with Birkmayer's own patented oral version of the coenzyme,
>should further unlock some of the secrets of this utterly astounding
>supplement.
>
>CASE HISTORY:
>
>Name:  Richard Kornblatt   Address:  White Plains, NY   Age: 69
>Weight:  201 lbs.   Height:  6'2"    Blood Pressure:  120/80
>Symptoms:  lack of concentration, difficulty remembering
>
>Background:  He came  to us suffering from fatigue, depression, memory
>problems, difficulty concentrating, borderliine high blood  pressure, and a
>long list of  aches & pains.  High blood pressure &  many of the aches &
>pains were easy to treat, but his other problems were tougher nuts.
> Eventually, I suggested he see a psychiatrist for his depression.  He was
>put on an anti-depressant - sometimes drugs are necessary.
>
>After around a year, the psychiatrist doubled the dose of his antidepressant
>(Pamelor).  He still gets depressed, but not as severely as before,  Memory
>lapses & concentration difficulty remained.
>
>Treatment:  2 months ago we took another crack at the memory & concentration
>problems by putting hiim on NADH.   I told him to take one 2. 5 mg  pill a
>day for a week, then raise it to 2 pills, and for the third week, three.
>
>Results:  Once I upped the NADH dosage to 3/day, something very startling
>happened:  His ability to focus his attention suddenly returned.  For most of
>his life he had been a big reader, but during the previous 4 years w/o losing
>interest.  Now he was able to read with good concentratioin for an hour or
>more.  In addition, his energy improved andn his memory got ssharply better.
>
>Wanting to test whether NADH really causes these changes, I asked him to
>lower dose for a week.  The improvement so dramatically gained rapidly
>diminished.  When he resume taking it 3x/day, his concentration & memory
>again returned.
>
>HOW TO GET AND TAKE NADHl
>
>If you see a supplement in health food storeso called NAD, don't mistake it
>for NADH.  NAD (Nicotinic Acid Dinucleotide ) doesn't provide for the mental
>and musculaar kick that comes from NADH (the addition of the "H" which stands
>for hydrogen, activates the substance).
>
>Real  NADH, also called reduced NAD, can be purchased w/o prescription, but
>this pill form patented bby Jorg Birmayer,  M.D., under the brand name Enada,
>is currently only available from one source, Menuco Corp.  Phone # is (800)
>636-8261.
>
>Oral NADH is  currently pricey (about $49 for package of 20 2.5 mg capsules).
> I'm hoping cost will go down as it becomes more widely used.
>
>Take it about 30 min before eating.  Here are my suggestions for how much you
>should take:
>
>(general memory enhancement):  start with 1 tablet every other day.  if no
>lift in energy / decrease in fatigue is noticed, take one pill every day.
> Don't take more than 3/day.
>
>(Parkinsons):  Typically a physician will give 5-10 mg day in treating pd.
> Once supplementation begins, you will probably have to lower amount of
>l-dopa taken, because taking alot of both drug & supplment sometimes causes
>hyperactivity and increase in  muscular movements.   Stopping/reducing  l
>-dopa dosages is only safe way to take NADH, so its use M UST be supervised
>by a doctor.  About 1/3 of those with pd will be able to stop using l-dopa
>entirely according to Birkmayer's research.
>
>(Alzheimers):  10 mg/day is standard dosage for people with this debilitating
>brain disease.
>
>THE END   (this info was summarized from Dr, Atkins newsletter)
>
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>Lucy Hartley
>Campbell University Law Library
>Buies Creek, North Carolina
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