GH for MS

[shifti]

My girlfriend's mother has Multiple Sclorosis (sp.) and I think it might be a good idea for her to get growth hormone perscribed. She takes a steriod that starts with a C, ive never heard of it before and its taken through a drip IV over a week. It must be androgenic because she looses hair from it. Anyways she knows nothing about GH and I think it might help her out a lot, she is 45. what are your thoughts?
Maybe she should have the doc perscribe oxandrolone along with the gh?

 

[Irish Mastiff]

MS is a disease where the immune system attachs the protective sheath around the neurons in the brain, causing misfires in the signals being sent. HGH indirectly causes the release of nerve growth factor, so it may help. The prescription dose is much smaller than what bodybuilders use(its about 1.4iu's a day). I don't think you'll have much luck getting it prescribed unless she is actually GH deficient . A doctor in Illinois was prescribing it for MS and Parkinsons patients, and she wound up losing her license over it.
Another theory on MS is that the body is producing antibodies to Gluten. . Go to
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=multiple+sclerosis+gluten&btnG=Google+Search? and check out the various sites.

 

[shifti]

the name of the steriod is "capaxone" and its an acetate

 

[Dizzy]

No flame man but,you may want to learn a bit more about a disease before you go suggesting treatment for it. Copaxone is not a steriod. I don't see how a steriod would help with the disease either. So why suggest ox?

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system, or CNS, which is comprised of the brain and spinal cord. The CNS sends and receives signals through a network of nerves insulated by a protective protein coating called myelin. In MS, myelin is broken down, causing a disruption in these signals. Demyelination is a hallmark of this disease, a process researchers believe may begin before symptoms appear. This furthers the case for early intervention upon diagnosis of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Mild symptoms often include vision or dexterity problems, numbness or tingling sensations. In some patients, more severe symptoms may eventually include a partial or complete loss of vision or mobility.

In relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, the presumed path of MS is as follows: 1. Normally functioning nerves are insulated by a protective protein coating called myelin. 2. In multiple sclerosis, myelin is broken down, causing disruptions in the signals sent to and from the brain. 3. Natural immune cells, or T cells, are believed to bind with lost myelin proteins and become proinflammatory. 4. These harmful T cells are thought to cross the protective blood-brain barrier into the central nervous system (CNS). 5. Inside the CNS, the T cells bind with myelin proteins and release inflammatory substances (cytokines) believed to contribute to myelin breakdown

Copaxon is not a steriod. It is not injected IV either. It's injected sub-q. Not even the people who market the damn drug know for sure how it works. It's believed to block myelin-damaging T-cells in the body by serving as a myelin decoy. This is believed to stimulate suppressor T-cells and inhibit effector T-cell growth and interleuken-2 and gamma interferon secretion.