This should make us all REALLY happy!

[wmonique2]

Hello my friends,

Who wants to volunteer first for this treatment? Raise your hand!

http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/hd/33673


Can' wait to try it out! Very promising

Love,

Monique

[Leah]

I think I would do it if I felt horrible and nothing else worked!

Leah

[tex]

Those guys are trying to reinvent the wheel. Why are they experimenting with monkeys? This research has already been done by other researchers, several years ago, using humans as subjects:

AIMS:

The aim of the study was to determine the safety and possible efficacy of the intestinal helminth Trichuris suis in the treatment of patients with active Crohn's disease.

PATIENTS:

Twenty nine patients with active Crohn's disease, defined by a Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) > or =220 were enrolled in this open label study.

METHODS:

All patients ingested 2500 live T suis ova every three weeks for 24 weeks, and disease activity was monitored by CDAI. Remission was defined as a decrease in CDAI to less than 150 while a response was defined as a decrease in CDAI of greater than 100.

RESULTS:

At week 24, 23 patients (79.3%) responded (decrease in CDAI >100 points or CDAI <150) and 21/29 (72.4%) remitted (CDAI <150). Mean CDAI of responders decreased 177.1 points below baseline. Analysis at week 12 yielded similar results. There were no adverse events.

CONCLUSIONS:

This new therapy may offer a unique, safe, and efficacious alternative for Crohn's disease management. These findings also support the premise that natural exposure to helminths such as T suis affords protection from immunological diseases like Crohn's disease.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15591509

Here's a good detailed writeup, by the research supervisor, with 61 references:

http://opensourcehelminththerapy.org/me ... thesis.pdf

We have at least one member who has tried this.

Love,
Tex

[wmonique2]

Tex,

We have at least one member who has tried this

And? What were the results?

I am like Leah, I'll try anything if I felt sick.

Thanks, Tex for all the links.

Monique

[gluten]

Hi, There also is a fecal transplant. The worms sound better. Or, does anybody have the recipe for the special pie served in the movie "The Help" Jon

[Dee]

I remember this from some years ago.
Evidently at that time the research & trials never panned out.
As far as the fecal transplant I know that they do sometimes use this method with people
that have C-diff that aren't responding to antibiotics.


Dee~~~

[tex]

And? What were the results?

Here's the thread where that member posted about it, but the updates that were mentioned never arrived. Her last post was July 30, 2010 (about 3 weeks after she posted in this thread):

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10601

Here are a few of the other past discussions about helminthss (there are quite a few others, also) that you might find interesting. The thread at the first link below even includes a link where you can buy the ova if you want to treat yourself (at least they were available a few years ago — this thread is from 2008):

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7438

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12757

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15687

Evidently at that time the research & trials never panned out.

As mentioned in one of the threads at the links listed above, FDA/USDA approval was probably a major obstacle, due to jurisdiction issues, and the fact that Big Pharma wouldn't have received a slice of the pie.

You're most welcome,
Tex