Parkinson’s and Mitochondrial Failure And Related Alternative Treatments
Parkinson’s and Mitochondrial Failure And Related Alternative Treatments
My mom now has congestive heart failure plus her Parkinson’s – the doc said it was mild and could be treated. Please pray for her. This week she must endure several test that sound laborious if not- down right dangerous to someone in her condition, and if it were up to her and me-we would try to strengthen her before taking the tests but there is a tension from the family to act now with standard of care so she will submit. In one test she will stand until she passes out- in another test they will give her drugs to put stress on her heart- neither of these test sound like they could be good for a person in a weakened condition- has the world gone MAD? I found this interesting article about Parkinson’s and my 1st quote talks about how this doc is suspicious that the dopamine drug accelerates PD
Dr Sarah Myhill “I’m also suspicious that taking dopamine agonists accelerates the progression of PD because it makes the cells of the substantia nigra lazy and switches off endogenous dopamine production.”
Dr. Perlmutter MD also talks about how he suspects that dopamine drugs accelerate the decline in dopamine… I was just now searching for this quote in his book “The Better Brain Book” but just was able to find this one instead: “The sad truth is that the standard drug treatment for Parkinson’s merely masks the symptoms and does nothing to stop the progression of the disease. In some ways it may actually make it worse.”
We did visit a Neurologist and after hearing our concerns he did agree that all medicines have side-effects and should only be used as a last resort and so as long as Mom can function on a day to day basis and take care of her needs – she should NOT begin the drug treatment for PD. Many people think that the drugs slow progression of the disease. This is NOT true – and some doctors suspect that they may accelerate the disease – so don’t begin the drugs until you have to. High dose CO-Q10 seems to be the best treatment we have used so far – 800 to 1600 mg a day – very expensive – we have just recently switched to ubiquinol which is a more readily absorbed form ( or at least some think so) so you don’t have to take as much) we will see… my mom also swears by her L-theanine but this is not one that was recommended for PD – it is for nervousness and I just suggested she try it and she said it made her feel young again! Also as I had posted earlier -raw milk- yes it has what your body need to make glutathione- read about un-denatured whey protein- well- we believe raw milk has the same properties as the un-denatured whey- is less expensive- and tastes way better! ha! But I am going on rabbit trails here- I really was wanting to tell you all about the Mitochondrial Failure connection and the related treatment for PD. I stumbled upon this when searching for treatments for heart failure. It seems this particular protocol may help both.
Mitochondrial Failure
Dr Sarah Myhill “There is now good evidence that PD may also be a symptom of mitochondrial failure. The idea here is that if one doesn’t have the raw materials for energy production in cells, then the cells go slow and if cells go slow then production of neuro-transmitters will be slow hence resulting in low levels. We also know that PD is associated with toxic stress (see above) and these toxins can cause damage by inhibiting mitochondrial function. For example, organophosphates severely inhibit oxidative phosphorylation (because they get in the way of phosphate metabolism) and therefore could easily impair mitochondrial function in the brain. So there is a good argument to try the package of treatment which supports mitochondrial namely, co-enzyme Q 10 300mg daily, D-ribose 15g daily, acetyl-L-carnitine 2g daily, vitamin B3 (niacinamide) 500mg daily combined with magnesium 400mg daily.”
I gotta go … hope this information helps someone.
God Bless,
Sandy
My mom now has congestive heart failure plus her Parkinson’s – the doc said it was mild and could be treated. Please pray for her. This week she must endure several test that sound laborious if not- down right dangerous to someone in her condition, and if it were up to her and me-we would try to strengthen her before taking the tests but there is a tension from the family to act now with standard of care so she will submit. In one test she will stand until she passes out- in another test they will give her drugs to put stress on her heart- neither of these test sound like they could be good for a person in a weakened condition- has the world gone MAD? I found this interesting article about Parkinson’s and my 1st quote talks about how this doc is suspicious that the dopamine drug accelerates PD
Dr Sarah Myhill “I’m also suspicious that taking dopamine agonists accelerates the progression of PD because it makes the cells of the substantia nigra lazy and switches off endogenous dopamine production.”
Dr. Perlmutter MD also talks about how he suspects that dopamine drugs accelerate the decline in dopamine… I was just now searching for this quote in his book “The Better Brain Book” but just was able to find this one instead: “The sad truth is that the standard drug treatment for Parkinson’s merely masks the symptoms and does nothing to stop the progression of the disease. In some ways it may actually make it worse.”
We did visit a Neurologist and after hearing our concerns he did agree that all medicines have side-effects and should only be used as a last resort and so as long as Mom can function on a day to day basis and take care of her needs – she should NOT begin the drug treatment for PD. Many people think that the drugs slow progression of the disease. This is NOT true – and some doctors suspect that they may accelerate the disease – so don’t begin the drugs until you have to. High dose CO-Q10 seems to be the best treatment we have used so far – 800 to 1600 mg a day – very expensive – we have just recently switched to ubiquinol which is a more readily absorbed form ( or at least some think so) so you don’t have to take as much) we will see… my mom also swears by her L-theanine but this is not one that was recommended for PD – it is for nervousness and I just suggested she try it and she said it made her feel young again! Also as I had posted earlier -raw milk- yes it has what your body need to make glutathione- read about un-denatured whey protein- well- we believe raw milk has the same properties as the un-denatured whey- is less expensive- and tastes way better! ha! But I am going on rabbit trails here- I really was wanting to tell you all about the Mitochondrial Failure connection and the related treatment for PD. I stumbled upon this when searching for treatments for heart failure. It seems this particular protocol may help both.
Mitochondrial Failure
Dr Sarah Myhill “There is now good evidence that PD may also be a symptom of mitochondrial failure. The idea here is that if one doesn’t have the raw materials for energy production in cells, then the cells go slow and if cells go slow then production of neuro-transmitters will be slow hence resulting in low levels. We also know that PD is associated with toxic stress (see above) and these toxins can cause damage by inhibiting mitochondrial function. For example, organophosphates severely inhibit oxidative phosphorylation (because they get in the way of phosphate metabolism) and therefore could easily impair mitochondrial function in the brain. So there is a good argument to try the package of treatment which supports mitochondrial namely, co-enzyme Q 10 300mg daily, D-ribose 15g daily, acetyl-L-carnitine 2g daily, vitamin B3 (niacinamide) 500mg daily combined with magnesium 400mg daily.”
I gotta go … hope this information helps someone.
God Bless,
Sandy
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