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Zina Perry
02-27-2008, 09:08 PM
Hello,
I was asked by a friend today if Mike had tried low dose naltrexone? It is supposed to be good for MS, cancer, and ALS and several other diseases. Has anyone heard of this drug or used it? There is a website: [

Thanks,

Zina Akin Perry
Rusk, Texas

Al
02-28-2008, 02:42 PM
I bet it cures athletes foot and snake bites too. Actually Zina we have heard of it here. It doesn't work and is a scam. Don't waste your money.
AL.

bala80
03-02-2008, 12:28 AM
LDN is a very useful therapy for autoimmune diseases like MS, Crohn's, etc. or diseases with an autoimmune component. ALS is not an autoimmune disease so it hasn't been useful for ALS. It is definitely NOT a scam. It just is not effective for ALS unfortunately. For MS it is probably the best therapeutic option available right now, I'd say the expensive so called therapies on offer for MS that are FDA approved are a scam.

Unfortunately it hasn't helped in ALS though.

Al
03-02-2008, 02:02 PM
So if someone tried to sell it as a cure for ALS they might be scamming you, right? I didn't say it wasn't a useful drug. I said not for ALS.
AL.


    
   
   
   
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