Viral Deniers are Everywhere

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Herpes Simplex Virus, Type 1 and 2 DNA, Quantitative, Real-Time PCR

 

You both could benefit from John of Ohio who has posted this info on this site. good reading.
1. Download and Copy the Premier Medical Article on the Matter.

Download the article from this site, http://www.mm3admin.co.za/documents/docmanager/6e64f7e1-715e-4fd6-8315-424683839664/00056616.pdf

Then, print it off — yes, all 17 pages.

2. Get the Article and a Note to the Doctor.

BEFORE you have an appointment with your doctor, drop off the printed article to your doctor’s office, deliberately and specifically asking the nurse or office attendant to make sure the good doctor gets to read the article several days before your appointment.

On the first page of the print-out, make a note to the doctor, asking him to specifically read the Clinical Series section starting on page 103, noting the drugs to prescribe, dosages, durations, etc. The following would be a suggested text, either on the document itself, or a clipped-on separate note or print-out:

Dr X,

I respectfully ask you to scrutinize the information in this recent journal article. The author, Dr. Richard Gracek of Boston, is extremely experienced in antiherpetic therapy of Meniere’s, as the article will reveal.

Read closely the information on P. 103, for effective dosages and durations. Dr. Gracek gains an 88% to 90% complete relief of Meniere’s symptoms with his protocols, described in the paper.

My thanks.

That’s it. If the good physician chooses to neglect or reject your provided medical information, it’s time to find a more open-minded doctor who will treat with evidence-based approaches.

For your information — and for the physician’s — here’s the cogent treatment text. I’ve taken the liberty to highlight crucial information:

The antiviral treatment protocol for patients with recurrent vertigo is as indicated below.

Discontinue all previous medical treatments; ensure that patients are cleared for normal
renal and liver function; use acyclovir tabs 800 mg t.i.d. for 3 weeks and reexamine. If there
is significant relief of vertigo, decrease to 800 mg b.i.d. for 3 weeks, then to 800 mg daily as a
maintenance dose. If valacyclovir is selected (in those who fail to respond to acyclovir), use
1 g t.i.d. for 3 weeks with taper to b.i.d. for a further 3 weeks and then 1 g daily as a maintenance
dose. The starting dose of acyclovir was given for a longer period (3 weeks) than that
used for zoster because it was felt necessary to cross the blood-brain barrier to reach ganglion
and satellite cells with virus. Most patients experienced relief from vertigo in the first 2 weeks
but some required a longer period. The gradual lowering dose was then used to find the
lowest level maintenance dose for a given patient. Most were controlled on a single dose daily
but occasionally a patient required an adjustment to 1,200 mg of acyclovir or 1,500 mg of
valacyclovir.
These dosages may require adjustment in patients with impaired kidney or liver function.
The follow-up period was as short as 3 years in the most recent patients and 8 years in the
earliest patients in the series. Of 106 patients with VN (the earliest patients evaluated up to
8 years), 93 (88%) had complete relief of symptoms with oral acyclovir, 54 of 60 patients
(90%) with MD [Meniere's disease] were relieved of vertigo, and 27 of 45 patients (60%) with posterior canal
BPPV were relieved of symptoms. Between the use of antivirals and repositioning maneuvers
(physical therapy), the number of chronically disabled patients who were candidates for
ablation of posterior semicircular canal function (canal occlusion or singular neurectomy)
was reduced significantly.
As a result of these morphological and clinical observations, our approach to the patient
with recurrent vertigo has been simplified. It goes without saying that the patient without
recurrent balance symptoms needs no further treatment after a hearing test and MRI of the
brain (assuming that these are normal). A Hallpike maneuver is included in the initial examination.
Those patients with recurrent vertigo are offered a trial of oral acyclovir (or Valtrex)
for 3 weeks.
Examination at the 3-week period will determine the sensitivity of the particular NT
virus to the antiviral. If there is no relief of vertigo with acyclovir or valacyclovir, treatment
is followed by vestibular tests (videonystagmography and vestibular-evoked myogenic
potential) to determine the responsible ear. If these results are abnormal chemical labyrinthotomy
is offered. The patient is offered a choice between dexamethasone (12 mg/ml) or
gentamycin (80 mg/2 ml), considering the risk of hearing loss (dexamethasone 0%; gentamycin
usually negligible if used in a single small dose).

 

I went through all the horrors of MD and found Dr Gacek's writings and John of Ohio's. I got my Dr. the reading material and he started me out on acyclovir and llysine. within about a month my symptoms and episodes went down about 50%. I then went on remission streaks of as long as 1 - 3 months but always seemed to experience more episodes especially if I had gluten or MSG that day. 1-2 a month on average. I then started on the multi- antiviral approach and slowly, one by one added monolauin, olive leaf extract and oregano oil gel caps. once I did that the 1- 2 episodes a month from oopsies went away. In the last 4 - 5 months I have had one small episode. I know for a fact a few times I had MSG after doing a food diary and all it did was raise tinnitus where before I would have been knocked down for a day. What I have experienced and the latest research reflects is that this is not just one virus for most people. Its almost always many microbials converging and helping one another to lower our immunity and create a beachhead.. 70% of us have had a mold infection at some point... according to Mr. Escamez in Spain who did all the genetic research. This an eye opener and certainly true in my case as I discovered I had a candida overgrowth, leaky gut and mold along the way.