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) > > > >************************************** >Lucy Hartley >Campbell University Law Library >Buies Creek, North Carolina >[log in to unmask] > > > --