supplements

my wife was recently diagnost with als. we are taking a whole regime of vitiamins vit E 800 i.u. vit D 8000 i.u I am wondering if someone else is taking anth ing like these...

my name is jeffp i was diagnosed aug09 im dealing with it ok but was wondering how others have been dealing with this. and what meds and supplements they take to help with the progression of als .

Hi there, My family was devastated on Dec 22, 2009 with the news that our mother and wife was diagnosed with ALS. My Mom is a young 69 year old, that has been healthy for all of her life. Just a few months ago she started complaining about not having ability to grip items with her hands as...

my husband has been having crazy symptoms since september .... seems to think they point to als. has been to rheumatologist, joint surgeon, back surgeon who told him to see a neuro. The back dr. had him do a test where he needs to walk on his heels and he could not do it on the hard floor...

I've begun to supplement my meals with Ensure Plus in an attempt to add some weight. So far this is working well other than the fact that Ensure isn't cheap. Out of curiosity I looked it up in the VA formulary and there is was. For those not familiar with the formulary it is a list of all drugs...

The rate of my husband's progression for past 5 yrs has always been steady. Meaning tomorrow is always worse than today, there's never been any remitting but has always been slow and steady. However, since early summer things are moving much more rapidly. I am getting more scared and the unknown...

I really appreciate the support! My daughter is still in the hospital, but is slated to most likely come home tomorrow. It has been a long week. She was in surgery for over 5 hours on Monday, and after it was done, required 2 units of blood, and a plasma infusion. She did not leave recovery...

Well, the feeding tube brush was a good idea, and so was a baking soda solution, but my supplements were caking up on the inside of my tube faster than I could clean them out. I was reduced to filling the sink with hot water and leaning over and soaking portions of the tube to soften the caking...

Well after our 4 hour appointment I feel more confident. Right now the diagnosis is MND w/FTD. We saw 2 different doctors at the clinic - both were terrific. Real nice and really explained a lot. They said Jim may still develop ALS - but as of right now there is no muscle invovement. They...

I was told about Algae proteins and vitamins, but before spending money on "another supplement" wanted to see if any of you heard, or used them? Thx,Erica