(HealthDay News) -- Detailed data on clustered human cases of avian flu have experts agreeing that the H5N1 virus is evolving -- but in what direction?
"The virus is always changing, and the mutations that make it more compatible with human transmission may occur at any time," warn Drs. Robert Webster and Elena Govorkova, both virologists at St Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Their commentary accompanies reports from Indonesia and Turkey, both published in the Nov. 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
However, another expert believes that, so far, H5N1 has given no indication it is mutating toward human-to-human transmission.
"It's far from a certainty," said Dr. Marc Siegel, a clinical associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine, and author of Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic. "The virus could move closer to human-to-human transmission, and it could move farther away. I don't think that you can conclude from these articles in the NEJM that the thing is becoming easier to transmit."
The two studies' most basic data is not new. They focus on three clusters of H5N1 infection in Indonesia in mid-to-late 2005, involving four deaths, and an eight-patient cluster treated in the first weeks of 2006 at a hospital in far-eastern Turkey. Four of the Turkish patients died.
Details published in the journal do point to some intriguing trends, however.
As noted in other cases, almost all infections were linked to close handling of domestic fowl. More troubling was the fact that the Turkish group, led by Dr. Ahmet Oner, of Yuzuncu Yil University, in Van, found it very difficult to diagnose H5N1 in humans at its earliest stages.
Two standard tests turned up negative for the virus, and only a high-tech "polymerase-chain-reaction assay" confirmed H5N1 as the culprit. Infection also "causes a wide spectrum of illnesses in humans," the study authors wrote, with symptoms varying widely among patients.
In the Indonesian report, led by epidemiologist Dr. Timothy Uyeki of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers found that H5N1 affected some patients more severely than others, suggesting that there are genetic factors influencing patient vulnerability.
They also noted that certain drugs, such as oseltamivir (Tamiflu), could help fight the predominant Indonesian strain, but these drugs are only effective when given a day or two after infection. That's probably too early for most patients, however.
"In the countries that have reported human H5N1 cases, patients generally do not seek medical care early in their illness," Uyeki explained. "They usually present for medical care when their illness is advanced, e.g., they have pneumonia, and therefore they are not able to receive early oseltamivir treatment."
In their commentary, Webster and Govorkova noted that the number of documented human cases of H5N1 infection is rising worldwide. A total of 251 cases have been recorded globally since 1997, they said, and "by mid-August, 97 humans had been infected in 2006 -- the same number as in all of 2005."
No definite case of human-to-human transmission has yet been reported, suggesting that "the current H5N1 virus is apparently not well 'fitted' to replication in humans," the two experts wrote. However, "the intermittent spread to humans will continue, and the virus will continue to evolve," they added. "Clearly, we must prepare for the possibility of an influenza epidemic."
Siegel believes this kind of language can be misleading.
"We don't know enough about H5N1, and the science hasn't evolved to the point where we can predict when an epizoonotic problem -- a disease that has killed a lot of birds -- is going to start killing a lot of humans," he said.
And, while reports do suggest a rise in human cases over time, Siegel noted that, prior to 1997, no one was keeping close tabs on the epidemiology of H5N1. "I think there may have been previous clusters that might have gone unreported because of a lack of attention -- they may have been misdiagnosed as other kinds of flu," he explained.
Underreporting of prior outbreaks means it also impossible to say that the avian flu is mutating in any one direction, Siegel said. "There's just no way of telling from these clusters that this virus is evolving in the direction of easier transmission -- we can't tell if these clusters are anything new, or if there was a precedent for them," he said.
Finally, he said, H5N1's genetic "leap" to human-to-human transmission -- if it ever happens -- will be much tougher than media reports have let on.
"I've talked to a top expert at the U.S. National Institutes of Health," Siegel said. "He has tried [in the lab] to manipulate H5N1 to make it transmit more easily human-to-human, and he hasn't been able to do it. He's tried different mutations, including using proteins from the 1918 Spanish flu."
While that doesn't mean the right combination of random mutations won't happen in the natural world, it suggests that a bird flu pandemic is a possibility -- but not a certainty. "There's no sense of 'imminence' here," Siegel said.
All of the experts agreed that more needs to be done to curb the spread of the virus among birds, however.
"H5N1 viruses are a 'moving target' and are evolving globally," Uyeki said. "Therefore, what is needed is ongoing, expanded surveillance of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses in animals (including poultry and wild birds) and humans in many countries."
Webster and Govorkova noted that countries that have implemented tough, bird-focused interventions did reduce the threat. But with winter approaching, they worry that H5N1 will finally make its way from Eurasia to the Americas via migrating flocks.
However, Siegel said, vaccinating every bird in the United States does not make sense right now. That's because the virus would simply go "underground," infecting fowl but not producing outward symptoms.
"You want to vaccinate susceptible populations, and then control outbreaks by killing affected birds," Siegel said.
But he also stressed that, "here, in the U.S., we as yet have no birds that have this virus. We don't even have a problem yet, except for fear."
More information
There's more on bird flu at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Health Tip: Keep Food Longer During a Blackout
(HealthDay News) -- In the event of a power outage, how do you know how long the food in your fridge will remain safe to eat?The answer depends on the food. But when in doubt, throw it out, says the City of Kingston in Ontario.
Here are some steps to keep your food safe for as long as possible:
- Plan what you need from the fridge and remove items quickly.
- Open the fridge as little as possible.
- Leave your freezer closed.
Wild Wheat Gene Raises Domestic Grain's Goodness
(HealthDay News) -- Whole wheat may soon be even better for you.
American and Israeli scientists have cloned a wild wheat gene that they say boosts the protein, iron and zinc content in the grain. The discovery might even help ease nutritional deficiencies affecting millions of children worldwide, they say.
"Wheat is one of the world's major crops, providing approximately one-fifth of all calories consumed by humans, therefore, even small increases in wheat's nutritional value may help decrease deficiencies in protein and key micronutrients," research leader Professor Jorge Dubcovsky, of the University of California, Davis, said in a prepared statement.
The gene, GPC-B1, accelerated grain maturity and resulted in a 10 percent to 15 percent increased protein and micronutrient content in wheat varieties tested so far by the scientists.
The findings appear in the Nov. 24 issue of Science.
More than 2 billion people worldwide are deficient in zinc and iron, and more than 160 million children younger than 5 don't get enough protein, according to the World Health Organization.
Dubcovsky and his colleagues were surprised to discover that all cultivated pasta and bread-wheat varieties they've analyzed so far have a nonfunctional copy of GPC-B1. This suggests the gene was lost as humans developed domesticated wheat varieties.
"Therefore, the reintroduction of the functional gene from the wild species into commercial wheat varieties has the potential to increase the nutritional value of a large proportion of our current cultivated wheat varieties," Dubcovsky said. "Furthermore, this discovery provides a clear example of the value and importance of conserving the wild germplasm -- the source of genetic diversity -- of our crop species."
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about nutrition.
American and Israeli scientists have cloned a wild wheat gene that they say boosts the protein, iron and zinc content in the grain. The discovery might even help ease nutritional deficiencies affecting millions of children worldwide, they say.
"Wheat is one of the world's major crops, providing approximately one-fifth of all calories consumed by humans, therefore, even small increases in wheat's nutritional value may help decrease deficiencies in protein and key micronutrients," research leader Professor Jorge Dubcovsky, of the University of California, Davis, said in a prepared statement.
The gene, GPC-B1, accelerated grain maturity and resulted in a 10 percent to 15 percent increased protein and micronutrient content in wheat varieties tested so far by the scientists.
The findings appear in the Nov. 24 issue of Science.
More than 2 billion people worldwide are deficient in zinc and iron, and more than 160 million children younger than 5 don't get enough protein, according to the World Health Organization.
Dubcovsky and his colleagues were surprised to discover that all cultivated pasta and bread-wheat varieties they've analyzed so far have a nonfunctional copy of GPC-B1. This suggests the gene was lost as humans developed domesticated wheat varieties.
"Therefore, the reintroduction of the functional gene from the wild species into commercial wheat varieties has the potential to increase the nutritional value of a large proportion of our current cultivated wheat varieties," Dubcovsky said. "Furthermore, this discovery provides a clear example of the value and importance of conserving the wild germplasm -- the source of genetic diversity -- of our crop species."
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about nutrition.
Uneven Leg Length May Boost Arthritis Risk
(HealthDay News) -- People whose legs are of uneven lengths are at increased odds for knee and hip osteoarthritis, U.S. research suggests.The study concluded that a leg length difference of as little as two centimeters (about 4/5ths of an inch) could raise osteoarthritis risk.
Researchers studied 3,161 people enrolled in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project in North Carolina.
They found that 6.4 percent of them had legs of different lengths. Differences in leg length occurred with equal frequency in men and women and in blacks and whites.
Compared to people with legs of equal length, those with leg length differences of two centimeters or more were more likely to develop hip osteoarthritis (32.5 percent vs. 26.1 percent) and knee osteoarthritis (45.3 percent vs. 29 percent) and were more likely to have severe disease, the study found.
The actual location of osteoarthritis did not seem to be associated with either the longer or shorter limb, although right hip osteoarthritis was more common in people whose left leg was longer than in those with a longer right leg.
"Recognizing that leg length inequality has a significant association with hip and particularly knee osteoarthritis opens the door to more studies on whether leg length variances might cause the development and progression of the disease," senior investigator Dr. Joanne M. Jordan, associate professor of medicine and orthopedics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said in a prepared statement.
"The findings from this study may help us predict who may develop osteoarthritis and who may have symptoms that worsen or have a potential risk of increased disability. Studies to test whether correction of leg length inequality with orthotics or shoe lifts can prevent the onset of osteoarthritis, or its progression, would be a logical next step," Jordan said.
The findings were presented recently at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, in Washington, D.C.
More information
The U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has more about osteoarthritis.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Detoxamin Relieves Macular Degeneration and Glaucoma
In 1997, diagnostic procedures carried out by chelating physician Vladimir P. Shurlan, MD, of Cambridge, Massachusetts revealed that his new patient, Mrs. Anna Siemans, a 69-year-old Boston homemaker, was affected by numerous health problems.She suffered from atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, multiple allergies, fungal infections, colon polyps, and osteoarthritis, What troubled Mrs. Siemans most however were two impairments of her eyesight macular degeneration of the left eye and glaucoma in the right.
Her vision loss of 25% caused Mrs. Siemans to be classified "legally blind" by the State of Massachusetts.
Before visiting Dr. Shurlan, the patient had been incorrectly treated for her eye problems with continuously elevated doses of Cipro®, an antibiotic. Dr. Shurlan, a former practicing ophthalmologist, states, "This Cipro® prescription made no sense, because she had almost no infection at all.
When I cultured her eyesockets for bacteria, moderate staphylococcus overgrowth appeared on the culture medium but hardly anything sufficient to warrant such antibiotic treatment. She merely possessed calcium in the left eye, and that was the source of her main difficulty, macular degeneration.
I determined that Mrs. Siemans would respond well to mild but steady chelation therapy for calcium removal, and one technique for such administration is by rectal suppository using Detoxamin.
This product is highly effective with a low cost and allows for convenient application by the patient, " Dr. Shurlan advises. "Well, the suppository worked well, by the end of three months of use her excess calcium had disappeared and my patient resumed reading and writing with no difficulty.
She could see well once again.
"Adding to my patient's Detoxamin rectal treatment, I prescribed a variety of nutrients as supplements to Ms. Siemans' food supply. She has steadily improved.
Recently when she went to show the local university ophthalmologist her vision improvements, he was absolutely flabbergasted," Dr. Shurlan affirms. "The specialist telephoned me and declared, "There's hardly ever any positive response with macular degeneration and glaucoma no matter what treatments are employed, so how did you accomplish that positive change?" I told this ophthalmologist about the rectally administered EDTA present in Detoxamin, and today he uses that same suppository as part of his eye treatment too.
"I have designed a protocol for eliminating macular degeneration and other eye problems which my local pharmacy compounds for people who request it, to apply on their own," says Dr. Vladimir Shurlan.
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Rectal Administration of Chelation Therapy
The newest, easiest, most convenient, and efficacious technique for detoxifying heavy metals out of the body is by means of rectal chelation therapy.The method is to self-apply a patented, trademarked and registered, over-the-counter suppository, Detoxamin.
People exhibiting toxic metal burdens now are able to chelate themselves while sleeping by use of this non-prescription chelator. Merely insert the firm gelatin pill into the rectum, fall asleep, and awaken in the morning partially detoxified.
Repeat the procedure until laboratory tests show that there is no more metal poison remaining in the body.
By this suppository method, the main obstacle to intravenous EDTA chelation therapy has been eliminated. Rather than spending three hours or more per infusion session in a clinic, hooked to an IV, you may take less than a minute to rectally insert the suppository of Detoxamin at home before bedtime.
Since many people cringe at the thought of getting stuck with a needle for twenty or more such IV treatments, use of a suppository eliminates this psychologically stressful and time-consuming obstacle. Rectal rather than IV administration is less invasive, in no way uncomfortable, and generally preferred.
In comparison, the treatment price of Detoxamin is half the cost of IV chelation therapy and about the same as oral chelation therapy.
Detoxamin is readily available to the consumer over-the-counter and by mail order (see the Resource section) and to licensed physicians as a prescription strength chelating agent for dispensing from their offices.
For adults, each suppository is designed to release 750mg of disodium EDTA, directly into the bloodstream through the colon wall. And the suppository comes in a reduced dosage for children suffering from lead poisoning. It is known to do a highly effective job of heavy metal detoxification.
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ADHD Drug to Get Stronger Warning
(HealthDay News) -- U.S. officials have asked a pharmaceutical company to add a label warning of a risk for heart problems for patients taking the prescription drug Dexedrine, a stimulant used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).The warning describes some instances of sudden death in children and teens with structural cardiac abnormalities or other heart problems. It also mentions various potential psychological side effects, including hallucinations or delusional thinking.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not be reached for comment, and it was unclear what other ADHD drugs might be affected by this new warning.
Back in May, the FDA had asked makers of similar stimulant ADHD drugs to add the warnings.
"This had already been done with other stimulants," said Dr. Melvin Oatis, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine's Child Study Center. "Dexedrine is in an older class of stimulant,s and not much new had been done with that."
A letter sent from Dexedrine's maker, GlaxoSmithKline, to health-care providers was posted Tuesday on the FDA's Web site. The letter detailed the planned changes to prescription recommendations.
In March, an FDA pediatric advisory committee had recommended that ADHD drugs not carry the more severe "black-box" warnings and instead use simpler language and include more information on the labels about the heart risks posed by the drugs. But the month before, a different FDA advisory committee had reached the opposite conclusion, and called for a black-box warning on ADHD drugs because of possible cardiac risks.
The FDA has apparently settled for the less-severe advisory.
"This is not a black-box warning," Oatis said. "There's some association [between Dexedrine and heart problems]. They're not making this a causality."
An estimated 2.5 million American children under the age of 19 take ADHD drugs, as do 1.5 million adults.
This represents a huge surge in use, experts said.
"ADHD is being recognized more often than it was before," said Dr. Eugenio Rothe, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and director of the child and adolescent psychiatry clinic at Jackson Memorial Hospital. "When the disorder is being recognized more often, obviously there's more use of medication," he said.
In addition to "serious" cardiovascular side effects, the warnings issued since last spring cite possible suppression of children's growth, as well as heightened risks for psychosis, bipolar illness and aggression.
The revisions may have an effect on prescribing patterns, Rothe said.
"On the one hand, it may actually help pediatricians and even some psychiatrists be more careful," Rothe said. "But, on the other hand, it scares people away from getting treatment and also increases the amount of time that one has to spend with parents trying to convince them this is the right thing to do. Doctors are already stretched thin."
Oatis added that the new warning "should remind clinicians to review the side-effect profiles of medications. It reminds you to take more of a history of family issues regarding stimulant use and medical cardiac risk."
According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, ADHD is a disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. These symptoms typically appear early in a child's life. However, many healthy children may have these symptoms, but only at a low level, or the symptoms may be caused by another disorder. For that reason, many experts believe it is important the child receive a thorough examination and appropriate diagnosis by a qualified professional.
More information
The National Institute of Mental Health has more on ADHD.
ADHD Raises Kids' Health Costs Even Before Diagnosis
(HealthDay News) -- In the two years before and after they're diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), children with the condition typically use more health-care services than other children, U.S. research shows.It also found that white children with ADHD accumulate more expenses than other children with the disorder.
Researchers in California analyzed health-care costs for more than 3,100 children, aged 2 to 10, who were diagnosed with ADHD between 1996 and 2004. They then compared those expenditures to health-care costs for more than 15,000 children without ADHD.
Compared to children without ADHD, those with the condition had average health care costs that were $488 higher in the second year before their diagnosis, $678 higher in the year before diagnosis, $1,328 higher in the year following diagnosis, and $1,040 higher in the second year after diagnosis.
Compared with white children with ADHD, Asian, black and Hispanic children showed lower annual costs for ADHD medications. Overall spending on ADHD services for Asian children was 30 percent lower ($221) than for white children, the study found.
The study was published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
"Parents commonly state that behavioral problems predate their child's ADHD diagnosis, often by several years, and these problems may affect their use of health services," said a team led by G. Thomas Ray of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland.
"In our study sample, costs were significantly higher in the two years before the index date among children subsequently diagnosed with ADHD, and costs remained higher for at least two years following the initial ADHD diagnosis," the researchers noted. "Much of the excess cost was due to increased pediatric and psychiatric services, which were higher in the first year after diagnosis than in the second year."
Cultural acceptance of ADHD diagnosis and treatment could explain ethnic differences in costs and use of ADHD medications, the study authors said.
More information
The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health has more about ADHD.
Study Sparks Debate on Ritalin Use in Preschoolers
(HealthDay News) -- A new national study that raises the possibility of preschoolers with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder taking Ritalin has sparked a debate over the safety and appropriateness of such a practice."This drug doesn't work as well in preschoolers as it does in older kids, and there are more adverse effects and a higher drop-out rate in this group," said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group. "In addition, there is an explicit statement [in the study] saying that the size of this study is too small to conclude that this drug is safe and, to me, that is as important as anything."
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), which funded the study, however, says the drug might be useful in certain severe cases of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
"Going into this, we had no data with which to know whether the medication was effective or safe, and what we know coming out of it is that there is some evidence of benefit in this young age group, but less than what we see with older children, and the risks are somewhat greater," said NIMH Director Dr. Thomas Insel. "We are recommending to clinicians and families that the drug should be considered as one of many options that can be used in very young children with severe ADHD, and I underline severe. If it's going to be used, it needs to be used carefully with careful monitoring," he added.
Others agreed that Ritalin should be considered on a case-by-case basis. "It is well known that ADHD has its onset usually between 3 to 4 years of age, so it is only reasonable if behavioral and psychosocial interventions fail that we consider the use of psychostimulants such as Ritalin, as this intervention is successful at least 70 percent of the time," said Dr. Jon A. Shaw, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. "It's a cost/benefit decision that parents have to judiciously consider, weighing the risk of side effects and the benefits of helping a child to control himself/herself."
Ritalin (methylphenidate) is used to treat ADHD but is not approved for children under the age of 6, although Insel said that about 1.2 percent of preschool kids are already receiving the drug. Such "off-label" prescribing is not illegal.
Even in older children, the drug has had its share of controversy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration pediatric advisory committee recently met to consider whether ADHD drugs including Ritalin should carry a black box warning to highlight the possible risks of psychosis, mania and cardiovascular problems. In the end, the committee voted against a black-box warning but recommended the label use simpler language and include more information.
According to the Associated Press, about 8 percent of U.S. children have ADHD, including around 3 percent of preschoolers.
The study that sparked the latest controversy is the first, long-term government trial of Ritalin in preschoolers and is in the November edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Several of the study's authors have financial ties with companies that make the drugs.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the trial was initiated in response to the outcry that ensued when the Journal of the American Medical Association claimed that as many as 200,000 preschoolers were taking Ritalin off-label.
The trial involved 183 children with severe cases of ADHD who took Ritalin for about a year. Thirty percent of parents reported moderate to severe adverse events in their children, including emotional outbursts, difficulty sleeping, decreased appetite and irritability. About 11 percent of children dropped out because of side effects.
The preschoolers taking the drug also grew about a half inch less and gained about two pounds less than expected for their age.
Improvements in behavior were seen in children taking 7.5 to 30 milligrams daily, with the optimal dose being 14 milligrams daily. That is less than half the usual dose for older children.
The size of the study was a major sticking point for critics. "If you're worried about some serious adverse effects, you'd never see it in 183 kids," Wolfe said. "They specifically say this should be studied in at least 1,500 kids, which is seven times more than it was."
"Is there enough evidence for this drug to be approved for this group of preschool children for which it is currently not approved? The answer is clearly no. The authors themselves say no," he continued. "People should be extremely careful about giving this to young kids."
Insel said he suspected the drug's maker would not seek approval for this indication. "It's being used so widely, I don't know that they need to do any marketing," he added.
Insel also said he did not believe the study was that small and that, in fact, investigators had gone into the trial feeling that it would show that the drug should not be used. "The evidence does not bear that out," he said.
But long-term follow-up still needs to be done.
"What we don't know, and I think this is critical for parents, is what the long-term issues are," Insel said. "Are we altering brain development or is this a case in which the natural course of brain development has already been altered by a disorder, and we're in some ways mitigating those effects? We will need long-term follow-up, and that's in the works."
More information
The National Institute of Mental Health has more on ADHD.
Health Tip: Coping With ADHD
(HealthDay News) -- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral condition that can make it difficult for children to concentrate and follow directions.ADHD can be controlled with medication and behavioral therapy, including lifestyle changes. Here are a few things you can do to help your child cope with ADHD, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians:
- Keep your child on a regular schedule for activities like waking up, going to bed, play time, homework and meal times.
- Make sure your child understands house rules, and the consequences for not following them. It may help to write them down.
- Reinforce good behavior with rewards and praise.
- When giving your child directions, speak slowly, clearly and keep it simple. Also ask the child to repeat the directions back to you.
- Supervise your child at all times, particularly when with friends. Social skills may be more difficult for children with ADHD to master, so it's important to give positive feedback for good behavior.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
What is EDTA chelation therapy and what is it used for?
What is EDTA chelation therapy and what is it used for?Chelation (pronounced key-lay-shun) is the process by which a metal or mineral (such as lead, mercury, iron, arsenic, aluminum, etc.) is bonded to another substance-in this case an amino acid called EDTA, Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic acid.
It is a natural process, basic to life itself. During EDTA chelation therapy, the EDTA infusion bonds with unwanted metals in the body and quickly carries them away in the urine.
Chelation therapy is a safe, effective alternative to drugs and surgeries and is used to treat many illnesses now known to be linked to the presence of toxic heavy metals.
Illnesses such as heart disease, strokes, diabetes, circulatory disorders, neuropathies, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, and adverse reactions to many environmental pollutants.
Traditional chelation therapy uses an intravenous drip, and is administered in the outpatient setting. The number of treatments vary based on each person's individual condition and/or goals of treatment. The average therapy is given one to three times a week for twenty to thirty treatments.
How long has EDTA chelation therapy been in use? Why don't more people use it?
EDTA chelation therapy for the detoxification for heavy metals has been in continuous use since the 1940s when it was introduced specifically for the treatment of lead poisoning.
It was very quickly observed that as the metals were eliminated, not only did the signs and symptoms of lead poisoning abate, but problems related to the circulatory system like heart attacks, angina, strokes, and peripheral vascular disease also improved.
For the past 50 years, well over one million people have received the intravenous form of EDTA chelation. As beneficial and life saving as this therapy has become, it is very expensive and very time-consuming, making it out of reach for most people.
Why is Ca-EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA, so much better than other types of chelation therapy?According to Dr. Bruce Halstead, "The chemistry of all chelators is such that a change of pH can dramatically effect the process of chemical binding needed to chelate a mineral or metal. When you use a less effective chelator, such as Magnesium EDTA, you lose all chelating ability of the two most essential heavy metals: lead and mercury.
Magnesium di-Potassium EDTA has a dramatically lower chelating effectiveness than Calcium EDTA because both magnesium and potassium dramatically decrease the pH in the blood environment to which it is introduced. Any factor decreasing pH renders EDTA less effective. Once the pH is lowered more than 7.38, it's no longer chemically conducive to any bonding or chelating." (Dr. Halstead is well known as the 'Father of Chelation Therapy'.)
Dr. Morton Walker Speaks on Detoxamin - Toxic Metals Induce Degenerative Diseases; Rectal Chelation Therapy Overcomes Them.
Environmentalists warn us repeatedly that we live on a poisoned planet. Toxins from mercury, lead, aluminum, cadmium, iron, nickel, and about 20 more metallic minerals permeate the Earth's milieu. Heavy and light metals poison us by combining to create deleterious signs and symptoms often referred to collectively as Toxic Metal Syndrome.
This syndrome, an indicator of serious systemic pathology, results in degenerative diseases which affect no less than 92% of the populations of Western industrialized nations, in particular, those people living in apartment high-rises and other polluted city dwellings.
What happens to them? These poisoned people eventually come down with manifestations of degenerative illnesses such as heart and/or blood vessel deteriorations; pancreatitis; gout, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis; the syndromes of yeast, chronic fatigue, and/or irritable bowel; Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, parkinsonism, and many more which may be deadly-cancer for instance.
Although a poisoned person's bones remain toxic for life, excellent self-treatment exists to reduce or reverse most symptoms of illness in other body parts.
First, get tested for the extent of toxicity, then neutralize metallic poisoning with a chelating agent such as Detoxamin. By applying the highly efficacious Detoxamin suppository containing EDTA, you remove toxic metal from cells all over the body.
The self-administration is performed rectally before retiring so that as you sleep you are taking chelation therapy with EDTA. There's no need for intravenous infusions or quantities of nutritional supplements.
Rectal chelation therapy does the job of detoxifying in a low-cost, convenient manner; it's an effective way to effuse EDTA through the bowel's walls and into your blood stream to clean toxic metals from all body cells.
Do I need Ca-EDTA chelation therapy?
We find ourselves existing in a far more toxic and hostile environment than our bodies were designed to handle.
Experts have shown that almost every health problem-from learning disorders to cancer and heart disease-is aggravated by the approximate 1,000% increase in lead levels in our bones. In 1999, it was reliably reported that hearts with some form of disease have 20,000 times more toxic heavy metals than healthy hearts.
"Human exposure to heavy metals has risen dramatically in the last 50 years as a result of an exponential increase in the use of heavy metals in industrial processes and products." says Maile Pouls, Ph.D (Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, July 1999).
A recently concluded "Body Burden" study by New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Environmental Working Group was reviewed by University of Oregon Professor Joseph Thornton: "It shows the universality of chemical contamination of people's bodies," Thornton said.
All the studies "confirm the general message that everybody in our society has these chemicals building up. Some people have it worse than others, but everyone has it. No one is clean anymore." (From Being Careful Can't Keep Chemicals Out of Your Body, Miami Herald, February 1, 2003.)
Today we know that about one out of every 2.5 Americans will get cancer. Ninety eight percent of cancer is caused by toxic chemicals.
When 50% of all men and 33% of all women living now will die of cancer, something is terribly wrong. (Mortality from cancer was reduced by 90% during an 18-year study of 59 patients treated with Calcium-EDTA. This and over 40 other studies prove the efficacy of Ca-EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA chelation therapy and Detoxamin.
We will all function better and live longer if we lower the overall burden of toxic metals within ourselves. If you eat or breathe, you will probably benefit greatly from chelation therapy.
Is Detoxamin safe for children?
Yes. In fact, Detoxamin case studies were conducted on lead poisoning in children. The study showed no significant increase in BUN or creatinine levels even in very young children.
Due to our lower dosage and time release formulation, no renal toxicity was encountered.
BEHAVIORAL, STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS HEAVY METAL TOXINS.
Reference: Published in the August issue of Alternative & Complimentary Therapies (a magazine for doctors) and Published in Townsend Letter for Doctor's and Patients
Psychiatric Disturbances:
Social Deficits, Social withdrawal
Mercury
Repetitive, perseverative, stereotyped behaviors; OCD-typical behaviors
Mercury
Depression, mood swings, flat affect; impaired facial recognition
Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Mercury
Schizoid tendencies; hallucinations; delirium
Mercury
Irritability, aggressive behaviors, temper tantrums
Lead, Mercury
Suicidal Behaviors
Copper, Mercury
Sleep difficulties / disturbances
Lead, Mercury, Thallium
Chronic fatigue (CFS); weakness, malaise
Aluminum, Arsenic, Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium
Anorexia; symptoms reflecting eating disorders, loss of appetite/weight
Arsenic, Lead, Mercury
Anxiety; nervous tendencies
Thallium
Attentional problems (ADHD), lacks eye contact, impaired visual fixation
Lead, Mercury
Speech and Language Deficits:
Speech disorders
Aluminum, Mercury
Loss of speech, developmental problems with language
Mercury
Speech comprehension deficits
Mercury
Dysarthria; articulation problems; slurred speech, unintelligible speech
Mercury
Cognitive Impairments:
Mental retardation, borderline intelligence
Arsenic, Lead, Mercury
Uneven performance on IQ scores, low IQ scores
Copper, Lead
Poor concentration, attention deficits (ADHD, response inhibition
Aluminum, Lead
Poor memory (short term, verbal, and auditory)
Aluminum, Lead
Difficulties understanding abstract ideas; difficulty carrying out complex commands
X metals
Dementia; pre-senile and senile dementia
Aluminum
Stupor
Aluminum, Arsenic
Impaired reaction time; lower performance on timed tests
Lead
Sensory Abnormalities:
Abnormal Sensations in the mouth and extremities
Arsenic
Hearing loss, difficulty hearingArsenic, Lead, Mercury
Abnormal touch sensations; diminished touch sensations, aversion to touch
Arsenic
Blurred vision; sensitivity to light
Arsenic, Mercury
Motor Disorders:
Choreiform movements, myoclonal jerks, unusualpostures
Copper, Mercury
Difficulty walking, swallowing, talking
Copper, Mercury
Flapping, circling, rocking, toe walkingMercury
Problems with intentional movements or imitation
Mercury
Abnormal, gait/posture; incoordination, loss of balance; problems sitting, lying, crawling and walking
Mercury
Decreased locomotor activity
Aluminum, Arsenic
Convulsion; seizure
Aluminum, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium
Physiological Impairment, Brain and Central Nervous System:
Neurofibrillary tangles
Aluminum
Neuritis, retrobulbar neuritis; neuropathy
Aluminum, Arsenic, Lead, Thallium
Encephalopathy
Aluminum, Arsenic, Lead, Thallium
Cerebrovascular disease
X metals
Alterations in nerve conduction velocityLead
Alterations in the spinal cord
Thallium
Accumulates in CNS structures
Aluminum, Mercury
Abnormal EEGs
Arsenic, Lead
Autonomic disturbances
Copper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium
Peripheral Nervous System:
Peripheral neuropathy
Arsenic, Mercury
Alterations in peripheral nerves
Arsenic
Loss of feeling/ numbness in the extremities; paresthesia
Arsenic, Mercury, Thallium
Gastrointestinal Tract:
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; loss of appetite
Arsenic, Mercury
Abdominal pain, stomach cramps; burning of the throat of the mouth
Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Thallium
Esophagitis; gastroenteritis; colitis
Arsenic, Mercury, Thallium Cancers (colon, pancreatic, stomach, or rectal) Arsenic
Renal and Hepatic Impairment:
Hepatotoxicity; Liver dysfunction, damage
Arsenic, Copper, Thallium
Cirrhosis of the liver; hepatitis
Copper
Kidney disease; kidney failure
Arsenic, Lead, Mercury
Renal toxicity; tubular proteinosis
Arsenic, Copper, Lead
Kidney Damage, histological alterations
Arsenic, Lead
Cardiovascular System:
Blood vessel damage
Arsenic
Anemia; decreased red blood cell count
Arsenic, Copper
Hypertension; increased heart rate (tachycardia)
Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Thallium
Electrocardiac disorders, Peripheral vascular disease; cardiovascular disease, vascular collapse
Arsenic, Lead
Respiratory System:
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Aluminum, Arsenic
Pulmonary edema
X metals
Pneumonia, laryngitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis
Aluminum, Arsenic, Mercury
Restrictive airway disorders, asthmatic conditions, pneumoconiosis
Arsenic, Aluminum
Nasal ulcers, perforation of the nasal septum
X metals
Immune System:
Increased incidences of Asthma, autoimmune-like symptoms, & allergies
X metals
Inhibition of lymphocytes, T-cells, monocytes X metals
Immunosuppression
Lead
Decreased white blood cell countArsenic, Thallium
Reproductive System:
Genital abnormalities
Aluminum, Thallium
Disturbances in menstrual cycle; menstrual pains
Copper, Mercury
Birth defects; premature births; Spontaneous abortion
Arsenic, Lead, Mercury
Reproductive dysfunction
Arsenic, Aluminum
Other Physical Disturbances:
Hypotonia or hypertonia; decreased muscular strength
X metal
Rashes, contact dermatitis; eczema, itchy/irritating skin
Aluminum, Arsenic, Copper, Mercury
Muscle pain; headache; acrodynia; colic
Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Thallium
Alopecia (hair loss)
Thallium
Reference: Published in the August issue of Alternative & Complimentary Therapies (a magazine for doctors) and Published in Townsend Letter for Doctor's and Patients.
Detoxamin Usage Instructions: Detoxamin EDTA Suppositories are solid, bullet-shaped preparations designed for easy insertion into the anus (back passage).
Detoxamin is manufactured in a cocoa-butter base, a time-release agent (fatty acid base), and 750 mg of Calcium-Disodium EDTA. Detoxamin will dissolve at body temperature and will gradually spread over the lining of the lower bowel (rectum), where it is absorbed into the bloodstream. Detoxamin is designed to release 750 mg Calcium Disodium EDTA slowly, over an 80-minute period.
A. Detoxamin Protocol for More Severe Cases:
1. Take one suppository at night, prior to bedtime.
2. Take every night for up to 90 days. This will provide the medical equivalence of 30 IV Chelation treatments.
3. Take proper mineral/trace mineral/vitamin replacement every day.
4. Take all other suplementaion every day.
B. Detoxamin Protocol for Less Severe Cases/Anti-Aging/Prevention:
1. Take Detoxamin every OTHER night, prior to bedtime.
2. Take Detoxamin every other night for 180 days (90 suppositories). This will provide the medical equivalence of 30 IV chelation treatments.
3. Take proper mineral/trace mineral/vitamin replacement every day.
4. Take all other supplementation every day.
Detoxamin Protocol AFTER A or B is completed:
Your bones are toxic for life. Lead and other heavy metals are stored in the bones and get re-distributed into the bloodstream. Therefore, it is highly recommended to continue maintenance with Detoxamin, this provides the ultimate in Anti-aging benefits.
1. Take 5 Detoxamin suppositories over a 30-day period. This porvides medically equal to about 2 EDTA IV treatments.
2. Take porper mineral/trace mineral/vitamin replacement every day.
Note: Detoxamin is designed to be taken at night, however some patients and physicians prefer taking a suppository in the morning after evacuation. (Optional)
How to Use Detoxamin:
Insert Detoxamin suppositories at night, prior to bedtime.
Eat early in the evening, about 4 hours prior to bedtime. (Reduces any discomfort).
1. Go to the toilet and empty your bowels if necessary.
2. Wash your hands.
3. Remove the plastic wrapping from Detoxamin.
4. Either squat or lie on your side with one leg bent and the other staight.
5. Gently but firmly push the suppository into the rectum, FLAT end first until past the sphincter muscle. By inserting the flat end first opposed to the pointed end, the suppository will travel higher up in the rectum more easily. If necessarey moisten the suppository with a little water. Push it in far enough so it doesn't slip out.
6. Close your legs and sit or lay still for a few minutes.
7. Wash your hands again.
8. Try not to empty your bowels for at least 80 minutes.
9. It is optional to take Detoxamin in the morning, after evacuation.
STORAGE: Store Detoxamin in a cool dark place, but not in the fridge.
If Detoxamin suppository gets warm it may melt, put the fridge for a few minutes, this will return the suppository to its original state so it may be inserted.
Shelf Life: 2 Years
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Clogged Arteries Showing Up in Kids
(HealthDay News) -- Children with heart disease risk factors -- obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol -- already show indications of fatty build-up in their arteries that could cause heart attacks when they're adults, Canadian researchers report.
"Primary prevention of heart disease must start in childhood. We need to start looking at and treating risk factors for heart disease in children," researcher Dr. Sanaz Piran, an internal medicine resident at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., said in a prepared statement.
Piran and her colleagues reviewed data on 3,630 children, ages 5 to 18, who took part in 26 studies in Australia, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the United States. Those studies used noninvasive methods to measure arterial blood flow and the thickness of artery walls in children with and without heart disease risk factors.
In many cases, children with heart disease risk factors showed early signs of atherosclerosis.
The review was expected to presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, in Chicago. The findings highlight the need for parents and doctors to prevent and treat cardiovascular risk factors in children, the authors said.
"Diet and exercise are especially important to curb the escalating problem of childhood obesity," Piran said.
"Obesity puts children at risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol levels. Children's diets have changed dramatically, influenced by television commercials and the convenience of fast foods," she said. "Children are eating too much fatty and processed foods.
Parents need to involve their kids in regular exercise activities and cut down on fatty meals, emphasizing healthy food such as vegetables."
Parents should not smoke in the presence of children and, if there's a family history of high cholesterol, children need to have their cholesterol levels checked, Piran said.
"The very things we recommend to adults should be recommended to parents for their children. There needs to be a family-oriented approach to cardiovascular prevention and to addressing these risk factors," she said.
More information
The American Heart Association has more about children's health.
"Primary prevention of heart disease must start in childhood. We need to start looking at and treating risk factors for heart disease in children," researcher Dr. Sanaz Piran, an internal medicine resident at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., said in a prepared statement.
Piran and her colleagues reviewed data on 3,630 children, ages 5 to 18, who took part in 26 studies in Australia, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the United States. Those studies used noninvasive methods to measure arterial blood flow and the thickness of artery walls in children with and without heart disease risk factors.
In many cases, children with heart disease risk factors showed early signs of atherosclerosis.
The review was expected to presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, in Chicago. The findings highlight the need for parents and doctors to prevent and treat cardiovascular risk factors in children, the authors said.
"Diet and exercise are especially important to curb the escalating problem of childhood obesity," Piran said.
"Obesity puts children at risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol levels. Children's diets have changed dramatically, influenced by television commercials and the convenience of fast foods," she said. "Children are eating too much fatty and processed foods.
Parents need to involve their kids in regular exercise activities and cut down on fatty meals, emphasizing healthy food such as vegetables."
Parents should not smoke in the presence of children and, if there's a family history of high cholesterol, children need to have their cholesterol levels checked, Piran said.
"The very things we recommend to adults should be recommended to parents for their children. There needs to be a family-oriented approach to cardiovascular prevention and to addressing these risk factors," she said.
More information
The American Heart Association has more about children's health.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Shannon's Story
“Our daughter was born on May 7, 2001. She had a complicated birth where she was born unresponsive and not breathing. A neonatal specialist revived her and intubated her and she was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for seven days.On day seven, we were ecstatic to bring home our daughter who was delightful, loving and so aware of her world.
Everything went well until we took her to her 8th month checkup. I had been spacing out her vaccinations as a personal choice from research I had done on the subject. At that 8th month visit, she received three vaccinations. Even though I was extremely reluctant, (it's called Mother's intuition), I was assured by her former pediatrician that it was safe and that I would be negligent if I didn't catch her up on her program.
For 24 hours thereafter, she experienced a low-grade fever and she cried unconsolably all night. We noticed that she stopped babbling and imitating speech sounds. She began rocking on all fours on the floor and banging her head in her high chair. We were extremely concerned, so we had her evaluated and she was diagnosed with Autism.
Her new pediatrician, Dr. Mary Megson, specializes in the treatment of Autistic children. She started her on a supplementation program and cod liver oil. My Mom, Grace Macauley, an N.D. in Fredericksburg, VA., had already started her on a gluten, casein and peanut free diet. We also bought organic meats, eggs and produce for everyone in our household to eat. We noticed some improvement but we still had a long way to go in her recovery.
My Mom discovered and started her on a natural chelation product that was made from chlorella and cilantro to chelate heavy metals from her system. She was on that product as well as a foot cream for well over a year with mediocre results.
It was one defining moment when we saw your advertisement for PCA-Rx that turned our world around. Shannon started on the PC3x for two months and then on the PCA-RX for one month. We sent in a urine sample for testing and the results came back that she was excreting 2 1/2 times the normal level of mercury!! Not one of the other products she had taken was even touching the mercury!! We were absolutely amazed as was our pediatrician!!
Shannon started to really make changes. Her vocabulary was increasing daily by leaps and bounds. One afternoon she looked me right in the eyes and told me that she was happy and that she loved me for the very first time!! At her latest appointment with Dr. Megson, the diagnosis was lifted and she can no longer be labeled as Autistic!! We are proud to share that she will soon be going to regular pre-school!!
If it weren't for us seeing that one advertisement of yours, we might have never known of your products!! Boy, are we glad that we did!! Your products are a MIRACLE and I am sharing that with everyone that I meet!! There is no limit to my happiness and willingness to share your product information.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping our family, "get our daughter back!!" - Mary M.”
An Alzheimer's Recovery Story You'll Never Forget !!
“...I have wanted to write you about the use of your product for the last two months. But every time I am ready to sit down and tell you about some amazing results with PCA-Rx and NG-Rx, something else extraordinary happens.
And I most certainly have to share everything with you!
Holistic Ministries and Health Care is my profession. One of the most extraordinary stories that I want to share with you, is about a very special client of mine for the last 4 years, who has been an Alzheimer's patient for 12 years. I have witnessed her slow and then more rapid mental and physical degeneration. From a beautiful, alive and loving, woman, mother, wife and friend, to an unresponsive, empty shell of a human. I have also witnessed the anguish and frustration of her friends and family in dealing with little, or no hope that they would ever see any recovery from this horrible, crippling disease.
My work with Muggs has been overwhelmingly positive these last three months since the discovery, and use of your products, PCA-Rx and NG-Rx. For the last two years this woman had been rapidly deteriorating. She had lost the ability to use her arms, hands, and legs. Her body could not sit up on its own. She had become listless, unaware, and slept 22 hours out of 24, only being awake long enough to be spoon fed water and blended foods. At one point, she lost the ability to swallow her food and water.
She had become completely non-communicative and unresponsive. The family was told to prepare for the inevitable; her DEATH. This woman had also been suffering from seizures off and on for over three years, and after going through a number of different medications such as anti-anxiety, anti-stress, anti-seizure, and anti-depressants, it had come to a point, in my opinion, of her being over medicated.
Three months ago with no other way to go, and looking at her options, I advocated a complete change in lifestyle, diet and medications. The challenge was finding the right products to initiate a healing response. Finding ASN/Maxam Labs was a special treat for me. I began using PCA-Rx and NG-Rx with Muggs, and within the first week I was getting responses that led me to believe that there was hope in helping her to recover.
Using these products had opened the ability for her to start swallowing water. Three months later, Muggs is now drinking 8 glasses of water daily, and eating an all organic diet with some dairy. We have decreased her anti-anxiety medicine from 4 teaspoons daily to 1 teaspoon daily and I foresee completely eliminating this strong allopathic medicine soon, and replacing it with another Maxam product, Serenity.
She is completely off of all other prescription medications, and is seizure free. For the first time, in a very long time, she can sit up in her wheel chair and turn the pages of a magazine, showing a real interest, reading and understanding what is within those pages. Words that were never spoken for the last 3 years have now become crystal clear and very well spoken.
She had begun eating solid foods and drinking fluids within the first two weeks of taking the products. She now spends her waking hours, which are more than 8 to 10 daily, with quality. I can only see her making more and more improvements as the week's progress.
I do believe that PCA-Rx and NG-Rx have been extremely positive for Mugg's health and recovery. We have just introduced another Maxam product, NX-Rx into the mix, and find that this has helped her even more. Her ability to hold a glass of water, cross her legs, and stand up has become evident this last week.
She is happy, laughs and smiles all the time, she is being born again. The family is truly amazed to see her progress and her coming back to life. One of the daughters that Muggs had not seen in a year came to visit, and was in tears of joy to find that her mother actually recognized her, and spoke to her, for the first time in many, many years. This wonderful lady has finally begun to find herself again, after 12 years of suffering the agony of Alzheimer's Disease.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for such a wonderful opportunity to use these products. I will definitely recommend them to others without a doubt! Thank you for giving back to this woman a quality of life that she never would have experienced again if it hadn't been for your products! God's blessings to all of you, and to the creator of such wonderful products.
Sincerely, Lory Jacobs PH.D, Fallon, Nevada, ljacobs@phonewave.net “
And I most certainly have to share everything with you!
Holistic Ministries and Health Care is my profession. One of the most extraordinary stories that I want to share with you, is about a very special client of mine for the last 4 years, who has been an Alzheimer's patient for 12 years. I have witnessed her slow and then more rapid mental and physical degeneration. From a beautiful, alive and loving, woman, mother, wife and friend, to an unresponsive, empty shell of a human. I have also witnessed the anguish and frustration of her friends and family in dealing with little, or no hope that they would ever see any recovery from this horrible, crippling disease.
My work with Muggs has been overwhelmingly positive these last three months since the discovery, and use of your products, PCA-Rx and NG-Rx. For the last two years this woman had been rapidly deteriorating. She had lost the ability to use her arms, hands, and legs. Her body could not sit up on its own. She had become listless, unaware, and slept 22 hours out of 24, only being awake long enough to be spoon fed water and blended foods. At one point, she lost the ability to swallow her food and water.
She had become completely non-communicative and unresponsive. The family was told to prepare for the inevitable; her DEATH. This woman had also been suffering from seizures off and on for over three years, and after going through a number of different medications such as anti-anxiety, anti-stress, anti-seizure, and anti-depressants, it had come to a point, in my opinion, of her being over medicated.
Three months ago with no other way to go, and looking at her options, I advocated a complete change in lifestyle, diet and medications. The challenge was finding the right products to initiate a healing response. Finding ASN/Maxam Labs was a special treat for me. I began using PCA-Rx and NG-Rx with Muggs, and within the first week I was getting responses that led me to believe that there was hope in helping her to recover.
Using these products had opened the ability for her to start swallowing water. Three months later, Muggs is now drinking 8 glasses of water daily, and eating an all organic diet with some dairy. We have decreased her anti-anxiety medicine from 4 teaspoons daily to 1 teaspoon daily and I foresee completely eliminating this strong allopathic medicine soon, and replacing it with another Maxam product, Serenity.
She is completely off of all other prescription medications, and is seizure free. For the first time, in a very long time, she can sit up in her wheel chair and turn the pages of a magazine, showing a real interest, reading and understanding what is within those pages. Words that were never spoken for the last 3 years have now become crystal clear and very well spoken.
She had begun eating solid foods and drinking fluids within the first two weeks of taking the products. She now spends her waking hours, which are more than 8 to 10 daily, with quality. I can only see her making more and more improvements as the week's progress.
I do believe that PCA-Rx and NG-Rx have been extremely positive for Mugg's health and recovery. We have just introduced another Maxam product, NX-Rx into the mix, and find that this has helped her even more. Her ability to hold a glass of water, cross her legs, and stand up has become evident this last week.
She is happy, laughs and smiles all the time, she is being born again. The family is truly amazed to see her progress and her coming back to life. One of the daughters that Muggs had not seen in a year came to visit, and was in tears of joy to find that her mother actually recognized her, and spoke to her, for the first time in many, many years. This wonderful lady has finally begun to find herself again, after 12 years of suffering the agony of Alzheimer's Disease.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for such a wonderful opportunity to use these products. I will definitely recommend them to others without a doubt! Thank you for giving back to this woman a quality of life that she never would have experienced again if it hadn't been for your products! God's blessings to all of you, and to the creator of such wonderful products.
Sincerely, Lory Jacobs PH.D, Fallon, Nevada, ljacobs@phonewave.net “
Benefits of toxic metal removal - with Alzheimer's and Autism testimonies
“I had seen ads for Detoxamin many times in professional journals and although interesting, I was never moved to place an order. It was a personally devastating event that finally got me off the fence and caused me to order.Several months back, my best friend's dad was scheduled for "routine" bypass surgery. I had known this man for over thirty years and felt almost as if he was a father to me. He did not fare well with the surgery. The bypass procedure loosened arterial plaque causing multiple mini-strokes with dire consequences. It took more than three weeks for the man to regain partial consciousness and another three weeks before he could utter a few words.
Six months has elapsed. He is now bedridden, confined to a nursing home, a paraplegic for all intents and purposes and there is little hope that he will ever come home. MRI of the brain shows several cerebral infarcts.
It was this sad and unfortunate experience that finally caused me to try Detoxamin.
When one sees such a tragedy, one cannot help but ask the question, what would I do in such a situation? Of course, the answer is to never allow a similar situation to arise in the first place.
Time being of the essence, I decided to try chelation therapy with Detoxamin as a preventative and alternative to future bypass surgery, even though I have no symptoms of coronary artery disease at this time.
It was just after one week of using Detoxamin that I began to notice a definite but somewhat unspecific benefit from the product. I just felt better, my mind seemed sharper and I felt a lift in spirits. After two weeks I noticed specific results in the form of marked improvement of chronic bronchitis. Both my lungs and nasal passages were dramatically clearer.
After four weeks chronic muscle pain (fibromyalgia) was reduced by about eighty percent. In about eight weeks I noticed that my feet, which were always ice cold, began to feel warmer.
To the point that I now walk around my home bare-footed, something I've not been able to do for years.
With such astonishingly beneficial results, I decided to put those nearest and dearest to me on Detoxamin. My wife, my brother and his wife, my sister and her husband, my nephew and his wife and several good friends are now experiencing the benefits or Detoxamin. I am also recommending Detoxamin to my patients.
I do not want to suggest that Detoxamin is a panacea for every imaginable chronic health problem but, interestingly, it appears that each individual not only experiences a common benefit but also an individual benefit.
Perhaps this could be explained by the fact that different people may have been exposed to different types of heavy metals settling in different organs of the body, creating different and various symptoms.
Removal of heavy metals from these organs, then, could reduce a myriad of manifestations.
To me, there is no doubt that there are very few who would not benefit from the removal of heavy metals from their bodies with Detoxamin.
The Detoxamin product is truly effective, modestly priced and very safe to use and as such, stands alone in the alternative health care arena.
Thank you for putting this wonderful product within the grasp of many people who otherwise would never have had chelation therapy available to them as an option.
Sincerely, Dr. Robert L. Meliodon, Huntingdon Valley, PA
Detoxamin vs I.V. Chelation
Detoxamin is your solution to those expensive and invasive I.V. chelation treatments. Due to the high absorption of Detoxamin, it works as good, if not better than the I.V. method. So you can say goodbye to those expensive and time-consuming I.V. treatments.
Better for Patients, Better for Doctors We knew Detoxamin would be better than intravenous chelation therapy, both for patients and for doctors.
The reasons:
Less Expensive
Detoxamin therapy saves the patient approximately 70% over I.V. chelation therapy.
More Convenient
One box of Detoxamin is equal to ten intravenous treatments. No more need to schedule out 2-3 days per week over 2-3 months for in-clinic visits to your physician. We bring the clinic to you.
Less Time Consuming
Those in-clinic visits mentioned above for I.V. chelation usually run 3-4 hours each. Administration of the Detoxamin suppository takes no longer than taking a pill. One before bed and you're done.
Less Invasive
No needles. Need we say more?
The reasons making Detoxamin chelation therapy better for patients than I.V. therapy make Detoxamin therapy better for physicians to prescribe for patients.
Patients now have no reason to resist beginning, continuing, or maintaining the therapy, and doctors will no longer need to cover the overhead expenses required with I.V. chelation (staff, square footage, heating & air conditioning, chairs, televisions, books, I.V. stands, etc.; costs normally transferred to patients). Physicians are thus unlimited as to the number of patients s/he is able to treat.
Medically Equivalent to And Better Than I.V. ChelationNot only are the benefits of the modality better, the results are better as well. Here's why.
Three Suppositories Equals One I.V. Treatments
Save money, save time. More convenient, less invasive.
Less Metabolic Competition for the Active Ingredients
I.V. therapy is done during the day, when you're body is actively and constantly working and metabolizing. Detoxamin therapy occurs at night, when your body is at rest. Since your body is resting for a long period, there is more time for the EDTA to do its work in your body.
Better Assimilation of the Active Ingredients
Do you know anyone who takes their vitamins for the week all at once? No. Vitamins are taken daily for the body to use the nutrients most thoroughly. Through Detoxamin therapy, a lower dosage of EDTA is administered more often, allowing for better chelation results.
Additionally, because chelation occurs while you sleep and mineral supplementation is done during the day, your body assimilates the nutrients better than with I.V. therapy, where nutrients are distributed at the same time as the EDTA .
Less Possibility of Toxic Dosage
For years, many doctors have argued that I.V. chelation administers too much EDTA in one sitting. Even though EDTA is administered over 3-4 hours with I.V. chelation, patients leave the clinic having with 2-3 grams of EDTA in their system.
Each Detoxamin suppository contains 750 milligrams of EDTA (or 350 milligram in Detoxamin Mini); three suppositories, taken over three days, equal the normal I.V dosage.
Detoxamin is far safer to use and has less side effects. The usual array of side effects observed in intravenous infusions are absent when taken by rectal suppository.
Better for Patients, Better for Doctors We knew Detoxamin would be better than intravenous chelation therapy, both for patients and for doctors.
The reasons:
Less Expensive
Detoxamin therapy saves the patient approximately 70% over I.V. chelation therapy.
More Convenient
One box of Detoxamin is equal to ten intravenous treatments. No more need to schedule out 2-3 days per week over 2-3 months for in-clinic visits to your physician. We bring the clinic to you.
Less Time Consuming
Those in-clinic visits mentioned above for I.V. chelation usually run 3-4 hours each. Administration of the Detoxamin suppository takes no longer than taking a pill. One before bed and you're done.
Less Invasive
No needles. Need we say more?
The reasons making Detoxamin chelation therapy better for patients than I.V. therapy make Detoxamin therapy better for physicians to prescribe for patients.
Patients now have no reason to resist beginning, continuing, or maintaining the therapy, and doctors will no longer need to cover the overhead expenses required with I.V. chelation (staff, square footage, heating & air conditioning, chairs, televisions, books, I.V. stands, etc.; costs normally transferred to patients). Physicians are thus unlimited as to the number of patients s/he is able to treat.
Medically Equivalent to And Better Than I.V. ChelationNot only are the benefits of the modality better, the results are better as well. Here's why.
Three Suppositories Equals One I.V. Treatments
Save money, save time. More convenient, less invasive.
Less Metabolic Competition for the Active Ingredients
I.V. therapy is done during the day, when you're body is actively and constantly working and metabolizing. Detoxamin therapy occurs at night, when your body is at rest. Since your body is resting for a long period, there is more time for the EDTA to do its work in your body.
Better Assimilation of the Active Ingredients
Do you know anyone who takes their vitamins for the week all at once? No. Vitamins are taken daily for the body to use the nutrients most thoroughly. Through Detoxamin therapy, a lower dosage of EDTA is administered more often, allowing for better chelation results.
Additionally, because chelation occurs while you sleep and mineral supplementation is done during the day, your body assimilates the nutrients better than with I.V. therapy, where nutrients are distributed at the same time as the EDTA .
Less Possibility of Toxic Dosage
For years, many doctors have argued that I.V. chelation administers too much EDTA in one sitting. Even though EDTA is administered over 3-4 hours with I.V. chelation, patients leave the clinic having with 2-3 grams of EDTA in their system.
Each Detoxamin suppository contains 750 milligrams of EDTA (or 350 milligram in Detoxamin Mini); three suppositories, taken over three days, equal the normal I.V dosage.
Detoxamin is far safer to use and has less side effects. The usual array of side effects observed in intravenous infusions are absent when taken by rectal suppository.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Chose not to vaccinate our children?
When my 19 year old son Kevin was born, we decided not to vaccinate. We saw a Naturopath at that time who supported our convictions. As my son weaned from nursing he became progressively ill due to what I now know as overacidity.We had a horrible time trying to figure out what was wrong with his digestion...(it was not his digestion at all that was the problem, it was the foods not fit for his delicate body that created his sickness, i.e. dairy, fermented foods).
Anyway, this progressive dis-order led us to conventional medicine and soon at the age of 3-1/2 he was diagnosed with type I diabetes. We later did hair analysis and tissue analysis and found high levels of mercury bound to tissue protein thoughout his body...systemic mercury poisoning... from where???
My amalgam fillings. I too had mercury off the charts. I immediately had the mercury amalgam fillings removed and in 4 years my mercury levels were almost non-detectable.
Kevin was clean of mercury in 2-1/2 years. After Kevin was diagnosed with Type I diabetes (and practicing conventional treatment of 5 injections of a cocktail of insulin a day and up to 8 pricks for blood sugar testing a day) every visit to the Joslin Diabetes Center began with "are Kevins vaccinations up to date"? and then my answer as usual was "no, we have chosen not to vaccinate". I would get the usual lecture and scare of the dangers of not vaccinating and then the cold shoulder accompanied by a very short visit.
After about the third visit, I decided to investigate more about vaccines.
Right there in the Vaccine Manufacturers contra-indications in plain english was stated this...now I am recalling this from memory... "The Manufacturer of this vaccine is not liable for injury and does not recommend to vaccinate if you or immediate relative have or have had any condition related to auto-immune disorders or immune deficiency".
I carried that vaccine insert with me for about 3 years. When prompted, I pulled it out;
every physician clammed up and had no comment (not one was even aware of it). We know that conventionally labelled auto immune dis-orders [i.e. diabetes, MS, Guillain Barre, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, alpecia, Crohns, Sjogren, Rheumatoid Arthritis and the list goes on...] are truly just conditions related directly to the destruction of the presentation of overacidity.
It is obvious that the vaccine manufacturers had some indication of the progressive damage that vaccines are capable of and were compelled to cover themselves for liability. The conventional protocal for cancer after-care (after chemo/radiation/surgery) is to set up a series of vaccinations to "build the immune system" ...it is like adding insult to injury!
There is so much more information available today regarding the harmful effects of vaccines than we had 20 years ago. Although I was not aware of acid/alkaline balance and terrain toxicity theories, I am so grateful that I chose not to vaccinate my 4 children and what information was coming out decades ago made sense...vaccines are highly toxic and destroy life;
there are severe consequences to injecting viral, bacterial and acidic waste substances into the body and the thing about it is there is always a damaging negative reaction, it can be very subtle or sever, it can be immediate or take months or even years to manifest. One can not possibly maintain good health consuming acidic poisons in any form. Hey, What came first?... the vaccine or the egg white. Sparkles, Jeri
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Testimonies - The Road Back - One Family with Three Autistic Children
Dear Maxam,
With three autistic boys, ages two, four and seven, you can only imagine how challenging it is to find the time to write. Your products have so dramatically affected their health, as well as mine, that I felt inwardly moved to put pen to paper so that our story would be documented.
My blood type is Rh-negative and my husband's is Rh-positive. During all three pregnancies, my doctor administered RhoGam, a vaccine given to Rh-negative mothers, which I now know to be loaded with thimerosal. It was given to me five times total, once each with my oldest and youngest boys, and three times with my middle son who was diagnosed as high functioning autistic. I later discovered that mercury was also present in my breast milk.
My seven year old son, Garrett, seemed normal and healthy at birth. He was later diagnosed as classic ADHD. His behavior was impulsive, he got into fights at school, he demanded attention, and was uncontrollable at home. In addition, he is diagnosed as Celiac and can't tolerate any gluten foods. He also had sleep disturbances, bed wetting, tinnitus and his eyes didn't focus properly. At other times though, he is incredibly clever, intuitive and sensitive. He is a gifted reader and does well on the computer.
Owen, my four year old, is more notably autistic. He was my most troubled pregnancy and his blood type is Rh-negative, the same as mine. When he was born, his body temperature wasn't regulating and he wouldn't nurse for 48 hours. Owen didn't want to be held or massaged. He was jaundiced by the end of his first week. He also had communication difficulties.
Colin is two years old and was born 20 months after Owen. He was always getting sick with ear infections, sinusitis, pneumonia, vomiting, had at least six bleeding, runny stools per day and had a speech delay. He also has quite a list of food allergies, as well as being IGG (immune) deficient.
All three boys had an under active thyroid and two were Celiac (gluten-intolerant). All three have received their childhood vaccinations. Any activity, even simple ones like bathing, triggered meltdowns. I sought out nutritional therapies and spent $15,000 last year just on supplements. We each ingested approximately 35 pills and capsules everyday. I later realized that our bodies had become toxic from all the supplements. Our diet has to be very simple and completely gluten-free and casein-free.
Our staples are rice, chicken, vegetables and some fruits. There's no room for deviation or we will all have severe reactions.
The true blessing came when I discovered the Maxam formulas. These products are the only ones that my boys don't react to. They started on several of the formulas in October of 2004. The changes in our family during this past year are nothing short of a miracle! The boys have experienced a healthy weight gain and muscle tone as their bodies have come back into balance. They never get sick any more and their bowel movements have normalized. Their autistic symptoms are virtually non-existent.
Garrett, my oldest, has been tested by a psychiatrist and has an IQ of 130. My middle son, Owen, is still a tiny bit delayed, but is talking now and has an amazing way of processing information. He's become very social and has learned to ride a bike and recite our phone number. He is now potty trained and has asked to wear "big boy underpants!" Colin, my youngest, is like an electrical engineer. At 2 1/2, he's fascinated with electronics and appliances.
My deepest, heartfelt gratitude to everyone at Maxam for giving us "normalcy" in our lives. For our family, that is a precious gift!
The primary Maxam products taken were BioGuard, Probiotics-Rx, AF-X, PC3x, PCA-Rx and NG-Rx with the later additions of AV-Rx, B-Max, Dia-Cal, PCM-Rx and TRP.
Annie R. Jacksonville, FL
'Gettin It Right In California
We are the parents of a four year old boy, Alex, who was diagnosed with high functioning autism.
The only foods he would eat consisted of brown, crunchy processed foods, french fries and pancakes.
Alex cound not speak well and had a hard time interacting with other children and processing information. Transition was very hard for him and he only liked being inside the house playing with the computer or video games.
But now, thanks to AF-X and PCA-Rx, Alex, to our amazement, is eating grilled chicken, spinach, salmon and many other foods. It is almost as if he woke up and is discovering food for the first time. He interacts with others and loves to play outdoors.
We have been using the PCA-Rx and AF-X for a couple of months now but I saw the change within a couple of weeks. I didn't tell anybody that I was giving Alex these products, and everybody has been telling me how great he is doing, including his teachers.
Thank you so much. I just want to shout out to the world to try these products. They will change your life and the lives of the people you love.Thank You, Thank You
Emily M & FamilyWeed, California
Danny's Mom Is Convinced !!
I have a 2 1/2 year old son who was diagnosed with PDD several months ago. I have him on several different supplements which have all shown minimal benefit. It wasn't until I came across PCA-Rx and NG-Rx that I really saw results by leaps and bounds!
I had been contemplating chelation therapy for a while but was very reluctant to do so because of the potential side effects, plus, I really did not feel it would make much sense to pump my son with MORE drugs. I then was on the generationsrescue website to see if they had any suggestions and that is where I came across PCA-RX. After reading all about it and how safe and effective it was, I decided I absolutely HAD to try this. It was exactly what I was looking for!
My son has been on PCA-Rx for approximately a month now and I saw a change in his mood within days of beginning this product. He didn't seem as irritable as he usually was. Then I decided to try NG-RX since it seemed that lots of parents use both products hand-in-hand. WELL, NG-RX is nothing short of a miracle in my eyes! I ordered the product and had it overnited because I just could not wait to start it, and I received it on Friday mid-morning.
I immediately gave my son two sprays and by that night I saw a HUGE difference in him.
We went to my mother-in-law's house for a visit that evening and we brought my son to the next door neighbor's house because she has a few young children to play with. I could not believe how social my son was. Pre-NG-RX...he would be very aggressive with other children, have very limited interaction, and really kind of go off on his own more than seek to play with others. This time though, he was running around with her children laughing, taking turns going up and down the slide.
What blew me away the most was all the children were sitting down having ice pops and my son has NEVER been interested in them but this time, he wanted what the other children had. The little girl took him by the hand and asked him to sit down with her and gave him an ice pop and he did it!!! This was a HUGE step. I literally could not believe my eyes.
It has now been just over two weeks since he started NG-Rx and is now on eight sprays a day. His language has EXPLODED and he's saying so much more now. Every day he is trying new words. His aggression is virtually non-existent, at least no more than that of an average two year old. He is transitioning almost practically normal now and is just a happier child.
His ABA therapist even said, "In 15 years of working in this field, I have NEVER seen a child progress this quickly.” That is when I knew this stuff is truly a godsend! I have no intention of EVER taking him off of this spray.
Thank you so much Maxam for helping my little boy and for making him a much happier, normal child again!!
Danny's mom
We're Happy In Texas
On November 11, 2003, we began treating our daughter, Juliann, with PC3x and AF-X. We went through two regimens of this, and then followed with two regimens of PCA-Rx and NG-Rx. The four regimens were administered over a period of six months. The following is a list of symptoms and behaviors my daughter showed and exhibited prior to the Rx product treatment:
Lack of eye contact
Lack of social engagement
Lack of appropriate play
Little to no verbal language
Erratic sleeping patterns
No writing ability outside of scribbling
Frequent outbursts during school
Violence toward others, especially teachers
Poor eating habits (crunchy, brown carbohydrates, candy)
Opposed to change in routine/environment
Sensitivity to certain noises/music
By Christmas of 2003, we were already seeing changes for the better. Her eye contact improved and she began following verbal commands. Her teachers continued to report overall improvements on a weekly basis, beginning with her attention and behavior. Her sleeping patterns consistently improved, and her language began to improve as well.
On Mother's Day of 2004, about six months after starting her Rx treatment, Juliann's great-grandmother watched her write her name without being prompted by anyone! Imagine our surprise to see her do this! When we told her teachers what she had done, they told us that they had been trying to get Juliann to write her name, but had been unsuccessful. Later that day she wrote her name again, this time being prompted by her teachers. It was as if someone had flipped the light switch on.
Today, Juliann is 7 years old, and has continued to improve. She speaks to us in short phrases when she wants something, and now role-plays with stuffed animals and dolls - how appropriate! She can write her name fairly well, and follows verbal commands when given, nine out of ten times. She can dress herself, sings her ABC's, and can withstand a change in environment or routine as well as any other child her age. Most importantly, she sleeps through the night, and eats almost anything. We no longer have to make a special meal for her, in addition to what the rest of the family is eating.
I have told all of my family and my friends of the success we have experienced with the Maxam Rx products, and many gasp for air when I tell them of the cost. Speaking as a parent to other parents out there who question whether or not these products are worth the cost, I will always answer with a sound and confident 'yes'. No price is too high to rescue my little girl from the dungeon of heavy metal toxicity many call Autism. Thank you, Maxam, for your innovation, your courage, and your out-of-the-box thinking.
Brian & Bianca, Houston , Tx
Shannon 's Story
Julie,
Thank you for all of your help with Mom's and my queries. It is always a pleasure!!
Our daughter was born on May 7, 2001. She had a complicated birth where she was born unresponsive and not breathing. A neonatal specialist revived her and intubated her and she was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for seven days. On day seven, we were ecstatic to bring home our daughter who was delightful, loving and so aware of her world.
Everything went well until we took her to her 8th month checkup.
I had been spacing out her vaccinations as a personal choice from research I had done on the subject. At that 8th month visit, she received three vaccinations. Even though I was extremely reluctant, (it's called Mother's intuition), I was assured by her former pediatrician that it was safe and that I would be negligent if I didn't catch her up on her program.
For 24 hours thereafter, she experienced a low-grade fever and she cried unconsolably all night. We noticed that she stopped babbling and imitating speech sounds. She began rocking on all fours on the floor and banging her head in her high chair. We were extremely concerned, so we had her evaluated and she was diagnosed with Autism.
Her new pediatrician, Dr. Mary Megson, specializes in the treatment of Autistic children. She started her on a supplementation program and cod liver oil. My Mom, Grace Macauley, an N.D. in Fredericksburg , VA. , had already started her on a gluten, casein and peanut free diet. We also bought organic meats, eggs and produce for everyone in our household to eat. We noticed some improvement but we still had a long way to go in her recovery.
My Mom discovered and started her on a natural chelation product that was made from chlorella and cilantro to chelate heavy metals from her system. She was on that product as well as a foot cream for well over a year with mediocre results.
It was one defining moment when we saw your advertisement for PCA-Rx that turned our world around. Shannon started on the PC3x for two months and then on the PCA-RX for one month. We sent in a urine sample for testing and the results came back that she was excreting 2 1/2 times the normal level of mercury!! Not one of the other products she had taken was even touching the mercury!! We were absolutely amazed as was our pediatrician!!
Shannon started to really make changes. Her vocabulary was increasing daily by leaps and bounds. One afternoon she looked me right in the eyes and told me that she was happy and that she loved me for the very first time!! At her latest appointment with Dr. Megson, the diagnosis was lifted and she can no longer be labeled as Autistic!! We are proud to share that she will soon be going to regular pre-school!!
If it weren't for us seeing that one advertisement of yours, we might have never known of your products!! Boy, are we glad that we did!! Your products are a MIRACLE and I am sharing that with everyone that I meet!! There is no limit to my happiness and willingness to share your product information.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping our family, "get our daughter back!!"
Mary M.
Good News In Washington D.C.
Dear Maxam Labs,
I ordered two products, PCA-Rx and PC3x, to help remove heavy metals. I also decided to try the PCA-Rx on my 2 year old whom I believe is Autistic.
At 2 1/2, Miriam is very unresponsive and has about a one word vocabulary and usually points to what she wants and takes very long naps of 4-6 hours.
My order arrived on Feb. 17, 2005. I gave Miriam two sprays of PCA-Rx and noticed a difference the SAME DAY!
Miriam was much happier the next day and was attempting new words. I have been giving her two sprays a day for three weeks now. She is MUCH more verbal, saying many more words, trying to sing, more outgoing, and sleeps a lot less. Naps are now 2-3 hours, and best of all, she no longer points. I am really amazed at all of her progress in just 3 weeks. I plan to add NG-Rx to her regiment.
Thank you, Christy, for all of your help and information on the ASN/Maxamlab products. I can tell you how pleased I am and the truly lasting positive effects I'm seeing with Miriam.
Yours Truly,A.L. in Washington , DC
Family - And Friends See Strong Results
Dear Julie And Maxam Labs,
My two children and I are both taking a variety of Maxam Products. As are three of my friends and their children or just their children. We have all seen amazing results. Let me share some more details.
In our family, we have been taking Maxam Products since mid-Oct. My 6 yr old Autistic daughter is taking PCA-Rx, Bioguard, Probiotics-Rx & AF-X. We saw notable progress, but it wasn't until she began the AF-X that the WOW! factor came out. I didn't tell her school, therapists or neighbors about it. Since we began taking these, I have had amazing reports almost daily from school. She has gone from saying a handful of words when asked to do so, to talking spontaneously. Clarity came with existing words. She has verbally expressed and vocalized her wants and so many new words, that I've lost track counting. She has been able to put up to two to four words together at a time.
She is raising her hand asking to lead the group in calendar/circle time. She is doing more age appropriate things. Her acquisition of skills is growing quickly. There are just so many things, I could go on.
The one last thing I want to note is with our children there are two types of progress to be noted (1) acquiring new skills/lang/etc (2) elimination of bad habits and behaviors.....and I have to say, we have seen a lot of progress in this area too. Her OCD, temper tantrums, melt downs, aggression and more has significantly been reduced. I am just thrilled with the progress we have seen.
There are a few side effects we have seen but will summarize them in just a minute.
My son, who is 5 yrs old, has had JRA (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) since he was 2 1/2 years old. He temporarily lost his ability to walk. We have been through a lot with him as well. While we have been able to help him to lead a pretty typical life, he has suffered from arthritis problems. 3-5 mornings a week he would have a hard time getting out of bed and getting started. He also struggled at times with participating in P.E., sports and just playing. He is on Cellaflex, PCA-Rx, Probiotics-Rx, Bioguard and AF-X.
Since being on these products, he has lost a lot of his arthritis pain and can function normally. We have had a few times when he didn't get the Celleflex and the pain came back. I have also seen improved behaviors with him.
I personally don't have a diagnosis, but have the brain fog, chronic sinus infections and I’m exhausted all of the time. Since I've been on Maxam’s products, I have more energy and have been healthier and I have clearer thinking. So what were the negatives?
Well, what we've seen, is you have to go slow and drink a ton of water to flush these things out of your system. We made the mistake of not doing that and saw constipation and I actually developed a cyst in a node in my groin that I saw a doctor for, but by continuing on the products, it was "flushed" out. There were some sore throats and flu like symptoms, but that's about it. I have found Maxam to be amazingly supportive. The products are expensive, but for us, they have been well worth it.
One of my friends began the week before us with herself and 3 kids (all on the spectrum). They are on their own variation of the products and have seen wonderful things as well. The down side to what they saw were some fevers and some flu like symptoms; due to the eradication of the fevers using the AV-Rx.
My other two friends started about 3 weeks to 1 month ago and are seeing great strides in their children as well.
All of our children are as different as different can be, but the bottom line is, we ALL saw significant progress. Can I explain the science behind it? Not really. I too, am just a mom trying to help my children and want to share our experience with the hopes that it can help someone else. There is something valuable in these products.
Michelle P
Beamer's Progress
Hi Julie
It has now been just over 2 months since Beamer started taking AF-X and PCA-Rx.
I have to say when the spray first arrived, and I read I had to spray it under his tongue and have him hold it in his mouth for 2 minutes, I almost cried.
To be so close to something that I believed might help him and not be able to give it to him, was beyond belief. I quickly called your 1-800 number and pleaded for help. How was I going to get an autistic child who was not even 2 yet to co-operate with this method of administration.
I was very relieved to be assured that this was not a worry. As long as I could get the spray in his mouth, that was all I had to do.
Everything I believed would happen has happened. Beamer is a completely different little boy. Before the spray he had no words at all. I had taught him sign language to try and ease his frustration. This was working well, but speech was our goal.
He no longer grits his teeth and grunts. He actually talks, and I mean understandable words. He is not just mirroring our actions, he knows what the words mean, and uses them appropriately.
After about 2 weeks of using the spray the words started. I awoke one morning hearing him call mama over his monitor. It took me a few seconds to realize that it was Beamer calling me. How my heart soared, he knew who I was and he called me. I had a name.
From this point on more and more words followed. I had been using Baby Bumblebee video's with him, and now he lets us know that he has learned everything on them. He knows his whole alphabet, and can say each letter. He knows his colors, he knows his numbers to 12.
Speech was our big goal, but we have seen so many improvements, since starting with the AF-X and PCA-Rx. He plays pretend now. We love to watch him playing with his little plastic Pooh, Tigger and the whole gang and giving Pooh rides on Eyore's back.
He plays with all his little farm animals and makes all the sounds they make. Now when he watches his video's, you see the understanding in his smile's and laughs at the appropriate times I might add.
He no longer only eats round, brown, foods. He is willing to try more and different foods. He even tried celery.
Every day he says many new words. This morning he was playing with his Pooh figurines, and ask for Poohs house. It came so easy to him, he just looked up and said house please. He was playing with Playdough this morning and he and Papa made some balls. He dropped one and couldn't find it, he kept looking and then shouted there it is as plain as could be.
He takes directions now. You can tell him to look behind and he does. If you say it is under the chair he will look for it. If you ask him to get something from another room, he runs off and gets what you have asked for. The other day after watching Beauty and the Beast, he initiated a game of the Beast chasing him. He ran through the house with his little Hot Wheels suitcase of cars, dragging behind him yelling beast, beast, and laughing.
He comes for hugs, for no reason at all. He will be playing and walk over and give us a hug around the legs, just to let us know he cares. I could go on and on, about the changes, but I think I have told you enough to get the message across that he is doing wonderful.
The other night when I tucked him in to bed, as I was leaving I said love you, as I always do, only this time he responded with a love you. I think that says it all. He knows who we are, he knows who he is, he feels emotions, not just anger, and frustration, but happiness and love.
To any one that has doubts if these products work, I say try them you have nothing to lose and a whole new world for your child to gain. I don't know how long he will have to keep using these sprays, but it really doesn't matter. Time is on our side now. We are winning. By the way Beamer is 2 now, and I don't think you could pick him out in a group of children as the one who has a problem.
Thanks for all your help
Heather W
Wonderful Update To 'Beamer's Progress
I just wanted to give you an update on Beamers progress.
He continues to take his AF-X and his PCA-Rx, and he keeps progressing in leaps and bounds.
We had testing done on him by a speech therapist, the test results were amazing. He is now in the 94th percentile group.
Translated that means that only 6% of children his age have a larger vocabulary. 50% is the average range. So his vocabulary is larger by 46% than most normal children. Not bad, considering he was completely non verbal in Sept., that is only 41/2 short months ago, unbelievable.
That is his spoken level, his comprehension level is much higher. He is putting 2 and 3 words together at a time. Not only can we understand him, but so can perfect strangers. Sometimes this leads to a few embarrassing moments, such as when he saw a man in the store with a white beard and he insisted it was Santa. Strangers often comment on just how chatty he is, we just smile and say yes he is, and we love it. His speech therapist,( who he only saw 3 times) feels there is nothing she can offer him, because he is progressing at such a rapid rate.
We have seen great improvements in other areas also. I can't remember when he had his last temper tantrum. We have just returned from a long trip to Florida . His first time since he was 6 months old in an airport and through security (which can be trying to the best of us)and a long flight.
We were prepared for some transition problems, but were very surprised when there were none. We encountered no problems in going from one hotel to another, he settled in with no adjustment problems at all. We had been very apprehensive about this trip, and were just blown away at how easy it was. It was like traveling with a seasoned traveler. He has come a long way from that little boy; it sometimes took us upwards of a half hour to get out of his room.
Since we have been home, we have looked at videos taken of him last summer. I don't think we realized how silent he was. It is quite heart wrenching to watch those videos and know that without the AF-X and the PCA-Rx; he would still be that silent lost little boy. It is with great joy that we move on to the recent video's and listen to him chatter, and watch him play and run from one animal to the next, at Disney's petting zoo, saying gentle, gentle, as he pets the animals. He loves to watch himself on the videos, and comes and asks for Beamer, and then tells you which he wants to see. We have many for him to pick from, all filled with his laughter, and chatty little voice.
The only sad note to all this progress is that we wish that there was some way of getting this information out to more people. It is upsetting to think that there are so many children out there suffering needlessly, because their parents don't know about these wonderful products. We will continue to tell everyone we meet about them. Because we know without them where Beamer would be, sitting silent, emotionless, and sad. How we celebrate every noisy, fun filled day we have with him now.
Thank you again
Heather W
Read more testimonies at http://www.maxamlabs.com/
With three autistic boys, ages two, four and seven, you can only imagine how challenging it is to find the time to write. Your products have so dramatically affected their health, as well as mine, that I felt inwardly moved to put pen to paper so that our story would be documented.
My blood type is Rh-negative and my husband's is Rh-positive. During all three pregnancies, my doctor administered RhoGam, a vaccine given to Rh-negative mothers, which I now know to be loaded with thimerosal. It was given to me five times total, once each with my oldest and youngest boys, and three times with my middle son who was diagnosed as high functioning autistic. I later discovered that mercury was also present in my breast milk.
My seven year old son, Garrett, seemed normal and healthy at birth. He was later diagnosed as classic ADHD. His behavior was impulsive, he got into fights at school, he demanded attention, and was uncontrollable at home. In addition, he is diagnosed as Celiac and can't tolerate any gluten foods. He also had sleep disturbances, bed wetting, tinnitus and his eyes didn't focus properly. At other times though, he is incredibly clever, intuitive and sensitive. He is a gifted reader and does well on the computer.
Owen, my four year old, is more notably autistic. He was my most troubled pregnancy and his blood type is Rh-negative, the same as mine. When he was born, his body temperature wasn't regulating and he wouldn't nurse for 48 hours. Owen didn't want to be held or massaged. He was jaundiced by the end of his first week. He also had communication difficulties.
Colin is two years old and was born 20 months after Owen. He was always getting sick with ear infections, sinusitis, pneumonia, vomiting, had at least six bleeding, runny stools per day and had a speech delay. He also has quite a list of food allergies, as well as being IGG (immune) deficient.
All three boys had an under active thyroid and two were Celiac (gluten-intolerant). All three have received their childhood vaccinations. Any activity, even simple ones like bathing, triggered meltdowns. I sought out nutritional therapies and spent $15,000 last year just on supplements. We each ingested approximately 35 pills and capsules everyday. I later realized that our bodies had become toxic from all the supplements. Our diet has to be very simple and completely gluten-free and casein-free.
Our staples are rice, chicken, vegetables and some fruits. There's no room for deviation or we will all have severe reactions.
The true blessing came when I discovered the Maxam formulas. These products are the only ones that my boys don't react to. They started on several of the formulas in October of 2004. The changes in our family during this past year are nothing short of a miracle! The boys have experienced a healthy weight gain and muscle tone as their bodies have come back into balance. They never get sick any more and their bowel movements have normalized. Their autistic symptoms are virtually non-existent.
Garrett, my oldest, has been tested by a psychiatrist and has an IQ of 130. My middle son, Owen, is still a tiny bit delayed, but is talking now and has an amazing way of processing information. He's become very social and has learned to ride a bike and recite our phone number. He is now potty trained and has asked to wear "big boy underpants!" Colin, my youngest, is like an electrical engineer. At 2 1/2, he's fascinated with electronics and appliances.
My deepest, heartfelt gratitude to everyone at Maxam for giving us "normalcy" in our lives. For our family, that is a precious gift!
The primary Maxam products taken were BioGuard, Probiotics-Rx, AF-X, PC3x, PCA-Rx and NG-Rx with the later additions of AV-Rx, B-Max, Dia-Cal, PCM-Rx and TRP.
Annie R. Jacksonville, FL
'Gettin It Right In California
We are the parents of a four year old boy, Alex, who was diagnosed with high functioning autism.
The only foods he would eat consisted of brown, crunchy processed foods, french fries and pancakes.
Alex cound not speak well and had a hard time interacting with other children and processing information. Transition was very hard for him and he only liked being inside the house playing with the computer or video games.
But now, thanks to AF-X and PCA-Rx, Alex, to our amazement, is eating grilled chicken, spinach, salmon and many other foods. It is almost as if he woke up and is discovering food for the first time. He interacts with others and loves to play outdoors.
We have been using the PCA-Rx and AF-X for a couple of months now but I saw the change within a couple of weeks. I didn't tell anybody that I was giving Alex these products, and everybody has been telling me how great he is doing, including his teachers.
Thank you so much. I just want to shout out to the world to try these products. They will change your life and the lives of the people you love.Thank You, Thank You
Emily M & FamilyWeed, California
Danny's Mom Is Convinced !!
I have a 2 1/2 year old son who was diagnosed with PDD several months ago. I have him on several different supplements which have all shown minimal benefit. It wasn't until I came across PCA-Rx and NG-Rx that I really saw results by leaps and bounds!
I had been contemplating chelation therapy for a while but was very reluctant to do so because of the potential side effects, plus, I really did not feel it would make much sense to pump my son with MORE drugs. I then was on the generationsrescue website to see if they had any suggestions and that is where I came across PCA-RX. After reading all about it and how safe and effective it was, I decided I absolutely HAD to try this. It was exactly what I was looking for!
My son has been on PCA-Rx for approximately a month now and I saw a change in his mood within days of beginning this product. He didn't seem as irritable as he usually was. Then I decided to try NG-RX since it seemed that lots of parents use both products hand-in-hand. WELL, NG-RX is nothing short of a miracle in my eyes! I ordered the product and had it overnited because I just could not wait to start it, and I received it on Friday mid-morning.
I immediately gave my son two sprays and by that night I saw a HUGE difference in him.
We went to my mother-in-law's house for a visit that evening and we brought my son to the next door neighbor's house because she has a few young children to play with. I could not believe how social my son was. Pre-NG-RX...he would be very aggressive with other children, have very limited interaction, and really kind of go off on his own more than seek to play with others. This time though, he was running around with her children laughing, taking turns going up and down the slide.
What blew me away the most was all the children were sitting down having ice pops and my son has NEVER been interested in them but this time, he wanted what the other children had. The little girl took him by the hand and asked him to sit down with her and gave him an ice pop and he did it!!! This was a HUGE step. I literally could not believe my eyes.
It has now been just over two weeks since he started NG-Rx and is now on eight sprays a day. His language has EXPLODED and he's saying so much more now. Every day he is trying new words. His aggression is virtually non-existent, at least no more than that of an average two year old. He is transitioning almost practically normal now and is just a happier child.
His ABA therapist even said, "In 15 years of working in this field, I have NEVER seen a child progress this quickly.” That is when I knew this stuff is truly a godsend! I have no intention of EVER taking him off of this spray.
Thank you so much Maxam for helping my little boy and for making him a much happier, normal child again!!
Danny's mom
We're Happy In Texas
On November 11, 2003, we began treating our daughter, Juliann, with PC3x and AF-X. We went through two regimens of this, and then followed with two regimens of PCA-Rx and NG-Rx. The four regimens were administered over a period of six months. The following is a list of symptoms and behaviors my daughter showed and exhibited prior to the Rx product treatment:
Lack of eye contact
Lack of social engagement
Lack of appropriate play
Little to no verbal language
Erratic sleeping patterns
No writing ability outside of scribbling
Frequent outbursts during school
Violence toward others, especially teachers
Poor eating habits (crunchy, brown carbohydrates, candy)
Opposed to change in routine/environment
Sensitivity to certain noises/music
By Christmas of 2003, we were already seeing changes for the better. Her eye contact improved and she began following verbal commands. Her teachers continued to report overall improvements on a weekly basis, beginning with her attention and behavior. Her sleeping patterns consistently improved, and her language began to improve as well.
On Mother's Day of 2004, about six months after starting her Rx treatment, Juliann's great-grandmother watched her write her name without being prompted by anyone! Imagine our surprise to see her do this! When we told her teachers what she had done, they told us that they had been trying to get Juliann to write her name, but had been unsuccessful. Later that day she wrote her name again, this time being prompted by her teachers. It was as if someone had flipped the light switch on.
Today, Juliann is 7 years old, and has continued to improve. She speaks to us in short phrases when she wants something, and now role-plays with stuffed animals and dolls - how appropriate! She can write her name fairly well, and follows verbal commands when given, nine out of ten times. She can dress herself, sings her ABC's, and can withstand a change in environment or routine as well as any other child her age. Most importantly, she sleeps through the night, and eats almost anything. We no longer have to make a special meal for her, in addition to what the rest of the family is eating.
I have told all of my family and my friends of the success we have experienced with the Maxam Rx products, and many gasp for air when I tell them of the cost. Speaking as a parent to other parents out there who question whether or not these products are worth the cost, I will always answer with a sound and confident 'yes'. No price is too high to rescue my little girl from the dungeon of heavy metal toxicity many call Autism. Thank you, Maxam, for your innovation, your courage, and your out-of-the-box thinking.
Brian & Bianca, Houston , Tx
Shannon 's Story
Julie,
Thank you for all of your help with Mom's and my queries. It is always a pleasure!!
Our daughter was born on May 7, 2001. She had a complicated birth where she was born unresponsive and not breathing. A neonatal specialist revived her and intubated her and she was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for seven days. On day seven, we were ecstatic to bring home our daughter who was delightful, loving and so aware of her world.
Everything went well until we took her to her 8th month checkup.
I had been spacing out her vaccinations as a personal choice from research I had done on the subject. At that 8th month visit, she received three vaccinations. Even though I was extremely reluctant, (it's called Mother's intuition), I was assured by her former pediatrician that it was safe and that I would be negligent if I didn't catch her up on her program.
For 24 hours thereafter, she experienced a low-grade fever and she cried unconsolably all night. We noticed that she stopped babbling and imitating speech sounds. She began rocking on all fours on the floor and banging her head in her high chair. We were extremely concerned, so we had her evaluated and she was diagnosed with Autism.
Her new pediatrician, Dr. Mary Megson, specializes in the treatment of Autistic children. She started her on a supplementation program and cod liver oil. My Mom, Grace Macauley, an N.D. in Fredericksburg , VA. , had already started her on a gluten, casein and peanut free diet. We also bought organic meats, eggs and produce for everyone in our household to eat. We noticed some improvement but we still had a long way to go in her recovery.
My Mom discovered and started her on a natural chelation product that was made from chlorella and cilantro to chelate heavy metals from her system. She was on that product as well as a foot cream for well over a year with mediocre results.
It was one defining moment when we saw your advertisement for PCA-Rx that turned our world around. Shannon started on the PC3x for two months and then on the PCA-RX for one month. We sent in a urine sample for testing and the results came back that she was excreting 2 1/2 times the normal level of mercury!! Not one of the other products she had taken was even touching the mercury!! We were absolutely amazed as was our pediatrician!!
Shannon started to really make changes. Her vocabulary was increasing daily by leaps and bounds. One afternoon she looked me right in the eyes and told me that she was happy and that she loved me for the very first time!! At her latest appointment with Dr. Megson, the diagnosis was lifted and she can no longer be labeled as Autistic!! We are proud to share that she will soon be going to regular pre-school!!
If it weren't for us seeing that one advertisement of yours, we might have never known of your products!! Boy, are we glad that we did!! Your products are a MIRACLE and I am sharing that with everyone that I meet!! There is no limit to my happiness and willingness to share your product information.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping our family, "get our daughter back!!"
Mary M.
Good News In Washington D.C.
Dear Maxam Labs,
I ordered two products, PCA-Rx and PC3x, to help remove heavy metals. I also decided to try the PCA-Rx on my 2 year old whom I believe is Autistic.
At 2 1/2, Miriam is very unresponsive and has about a one word vocabulary and usually points to what she wants and takes very long naps of 4-6 hours.
My order arrived on Feb. 17, 2005. I gave Miriam two sprays of PCA-Rx and noticed a difference the SAME DAY!
Miriam was much happier the next day and was attempting new words. I have been giving her two sprays a day for three weeks now. She is MUCH more verbal, saying many more words, trying to sing, more outgoing, and sleeps a lot less. Naps are now 2-3 hours, and best of all, she no longer points. I am really amazed at all of her progress in just 3 weeks. I plan to add NG-Rx to her regiment.
Thank you, Christy, for all of your help and information on the ASN/Maxamlab products. I can tell you how pleased I am and the truly lasting positive effects I'm seeing with Miriam.
Yours Truly,A.L. in Washington , DC
Family - And Friends See Strong Results
Dear Julie And Maxam Labs,
My two children and I are both taking a variety of Maxam Products. As are three of my friends and their children or just their children. We have all seen amazing results. Let me share some more details.
In our family, we have been taking Maxam Products since mid-Oct. My 6 yr old Autistic daughter is taking PCA-Rx, Bioguard, Probiotics-Rx & AF-X. We saw notable progress, but it wasn't until she began the AF-X that the WOW! factor came out. I didn't tell her school, therapists or neighbors about it. Since we began taking these, I have had amazing reports almost daily from school. She has gone from saying a handful of words when asked to do so, to talking spontaneously. Clarity came with existing words. She has verbally expressed and vocalized her wants and so many new words, that I've lost track counting. She has been able to put up to two to four words together at a time.
She is raising her hand asking to lead the group in calendar/circle time. She is doing more age appropriate things. Her acquisition of skills is growing quickly. There are just so many things, I could go on.
The one last thing I want to note is with our children there are two types of progress to be noted (1) acquiring new skills/lang/etc (2) elimination of bad habits and behaviors.....and I have to say, we have seen a lot of progress in this area too. Her OCD, temper tantrums, melt downs, aggression and more has significantly been reduced. I am just thrilled with the progress we have seen.
There are a few side effects we have seen but will summarize them in just a minute.
My son, who is 5 yrs old, has had JRA (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) since he was 2 1/2 years old. He temporarily lost his ability to walk. We have been through a lot with him as well. While we have been able to help him to lead a pretty typical life, he has suffered from arthritis problems. 3-5 mornings a week he would have a hard time getting out of bed and getting started. He also struggled at times with participating in P.E., sports and just playing. He is on Cellaflex, PCA-Rx, Probiotics-Rx, Bioguard and AF-X.
Since being on these products, he has lost a lot of his arthritis pain and can function normally. We have had a few times when he didn't get the Celleflex and the pain came back. I have also seen improved behaviors with him.
I personally don't have a diagnosis, but have the brain fog, chronic sinus infections and I’m exhausted all of the time. Since I've been on Maxam’s products, I have more energy and have been healthier and I have clearer thinking. So what were the negatives?
Well, what we've seen, is you have to go slow and drink a ton of water to flush these things out of your system. We made the mistake of not doing that and saw constipation and I actually developed a cyst in a node in my groin that I saw a doctor for, but by continuing on the products, it was "flushed" out. There were some sore throats and flu like symptoms, but that's about it. I have found Maxam to be amazingly supportive. The products are expensive, but for us, they have been well worth it.
One of my friends began the week before us with herself and 3 kids (all on the spectrum). They are on their own variation of the products and have seen wonderful things as well. The down side to what they saw were some fevers and some flu like symptoms; due to the eradication of the fevers using the AV-Rx.
My other two friends started about 3 weeks to 1 month ago and are seeing great strides in their children as well.
All of our children are as different as different can be, but the bottom line is, we ALL saw significant progress. Can I explain the science behind it? Not really. I too, am just a mom trying to help my children and want to share our experience with the hopes that it can help someone else. There is something valuable in these products.
Michelle P
Beamer's Progress
Hi Julie
It has now been just over 2 months since Beamer started taking AF-X and PCA-Rx.
I have to say when the spray first arrived, and I read I had to spray it under his tongue and have him hold it in his mouth for 2 minutes, I almost cried.
To be so close to something that I believed might help him and not be able to give it to him, was beyond belief. I quickly called your 1-800 number and pleaded for help. How was I going to get an autistic child who was not even 2 yet to co-operate with this method of administration.
I was very relieved to be assured that this was not a worry. As long as I could get the spray in his mouth, that was all I had to do.
Everything I believed would happen has happened. Beamer is a completely different little boy. Before the spray he had no words at all. I had taught him sign language to try and ease his frustration. This was working well, but speech was our goal.
He no longer grits his teeth and grunts. He actually talks, and I mean understandable words. He is not just mirroring our actions, he knows what the words mean, and uses them appropriately.
After about 2 weeks of using the spray the words started. I awoke one morning hearing him call mama over his monitor. It took me a few seconds to realize that it was Beamer calling me. How my heart soared, he knew who I was and he called me. I had a name.
From this point on more and more words followed. I had been using Baby Bumblebee video's with him, and now he lets us know that he has learned everything on them. He knows his whole alphabet, and can say each letter. He knows his colors, he knows his numbers to 12.
Speech was our big goal, but we have seen so many improvements, since starting with the AF-X and PCA-Rx. He plays pretend now. We love to watch him playing with his little plastic Pooh, Tigger and the whole gang and giving Pooh rides on Eyore's back.
He plays with all his little farm animals and makes all the sounds they make. Now when he watches his video's, you see the understanding in his smile's and laughs at the appropriate times I might add.
He no longer only eats round, brown, foods. He is willing to try more and different foods. He even tried celery.
Every day he says many new words. This morning he was playing with his Pooh figurines, and ask for Poohs house. It came so easy to him, he just looked up and said house please. He was playing with Playdough this morning and he and Papa made some balls. He dropped one and couldn't find it, he kept looking and then shouted there it is as plain as could be.
He takes directions now. You can tell him to look behind and he does. If you say it is under the chair he will look for it. If you ask him to get something from another room, he runs off and gets what you have asked for. The other day after watching Beauty and the Beast, he initiated a game of the Beast chasing him. He ran through the house with his little Hot Wheels suitcase of cars, dragging behind him yelling beast, beast, and laughing.
He comes for hugs, for no reason at all. He will be playing and walk over and give us a hug around the legs, just to let us know he cares. I could go on and on, about the changes, but I think I have told you enough to get the message across that he is doing wonderful.
The other night when I tucked him in to bed, as I was leaving I said love you, as I always do, only this time he responded with a love you. I think that says it all. He knows who we are, he knows who he is, he feels emotions, not just anger, and frustration, but happiness and love.
To any one that has doubts if these products work, I say try them you have nothing to lose and a whole new world for your child to gain. I don't know how long he will have to keep using these sprays, but it really doesn't matter. Time is on our side now. We are winning. By the way Beamer is 2 now, and I don't think you could pick him out in a group of children as the one who has a problem.
Thanks for all your help
Heather W
Wonderful Update To 'Beamer's Progress
I just wanted to give you an update on Beamers progress.
He continues to take his AF-X and his PCA-Rx, and he keeps progressing in leaps and bounds.
We had testing done on him by a speech therapist, the test results were amazing. He is now in the 94th percentile group.
Translated that means that only 6% of children his age have a larger vocabulary. 50% is the average range. So his vocabulary is larger by 46% than most normal children. Not bad, considering he was completely non verbal in Sept., that is only 41/2 short months ago, unbelievable.
That is his spoken level, his comprehension level is much higher. He is putting 2 and 3 words together at a time. Not only can we understand him, but so can perfect strangers. Sometimes this leads to a few embarrassing moments, such as when he saw a man in the store with a white beard and he insisted it was Santa. Strangers often comment on just how chatty he is, we just smile and say yes he is, and we love it. His speech therapist,( who he only saw 3 times) feels there is nothing she can offer him, because he is progressing at such a rapid rate.
We have seen great improvements in other areas also. I can't remember when he had his last temper tantrum. We have just returned from a long trip to Florida . His first time since he was 6 months old in an airport and through security (which can be trying to the best of us)and a long flight.
We were prepared for some transition problems, but were very surprised when there were none. We encountered no problems in going from one hotel to another, he settled in with no adjustment problems at all. We had been very apprehensive about this trip, and were just blown away at how easy it was. It was like traveling with a seasoned traveler. He has come a long way from that little boy; it sometimes took us upwards of a half hour to get out of his room.
Since we have been home, we have looked at videos taken of him last summer. I don't think we realized how silent he was. It is quite heart wrenching to watch those videos and know that without the AF-X and the PCA-Rx; he would still be that silent lost little boy. It is with great joy that we move on to the recent video's and listen to him chatter, and watch him play and run from one animal to the next, at Disney's petting zoo, saying gentle, gentle, as he pets the animals. He loves to watch himself on the videos, and comes and asks for Beamer, and then tells you which he wants to see. We have many for him to pick from, all filled with his laughter, and chatty little voice.
The only sad note to all this progress is that we wish that there was some way of getting this information out to more people. It is upsetting to think that there are so many children out there suffering needlessly, because their parents don't know about these wonderful products. We will continue to tell everyone we meet about them. Because we know without them where Beamer would be, sitting silent, emotionless, and sad. How we celebrate every noisy, fun filled day we have with him now.
Thank you again
Heather W
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