is there alternative besides surgery for carotid artery?

[rexeugene]

Is there any product that would help elemanate the plack buildup in my carotid artery?

[Paxiled]

The studies you cited -- well, they aren't actually studies, just documents -- are all quite old.  Dr. Weill's article came after, and other researchers just gave up on it.  One researcher called it a drug in search of a disease.  It is a drug, not a natural product, approved in Europe but not in the US.  That's why you can only get in on the internet, it has to come from Europe.  That doesn't mean it doesn't do something, but it doesn't remove plaque, and all research on it as to strokes was after the people had already suffered the stroke and retrieving cognition was being worked on.  And again, you keep asking respirate to quote his source, but I keep telling you both that you can't just copy stuff, you're in danger of violating copyright law.  If both of you want to stay on this forum, stop quoting other people's hard earned labor and just put it into your own words and put a link if you want, as M4 did here.  Unfortunately, those links are just one paragraph summarizing studies without saying if they were reliable, and were old studies.  That's why the drug was never approved in the US, there's no proof it does anything, but if it does, it oxygenates the blood.  So do many supplements, as I stated above, and might be a good thing to do generally, but won't remove plaque that's already formed.  As to Omega 6 fatty acids, they are way overrepresented in the American diet, so it's unlikely anyone has to supplement them.  And the major heart aiding fat in fish oil is EPA; DHA largely affects brain performance, and is also a major factor in eye health.

Jeez, folks, this person has a clogged carotid artery.  Send him to an expert, we can't help him.

[M4Y0U]

Why won't you cite your sources? Some of information you provided in your second post is coming from The Mystery of Inflammation PDF from

http://www.macsportsandrehab.com/

Until line 7 everything was fine but everything after is coming from the above source and it would have been great to at least cite the information.

[M4Y0U]

If you know you have plaque build up in your carotid artery that means you saw a doctor, if that doctor suggested you surgery i would go for it. Like you have been told any alternative would be a very slow process and you are in danger of having a stroke. Oh and in case you have a stroke, which i don't wish' Piracetam has been found to improve cognition after a stroke. But yeah basically you want to avoid the stroke and go for the surgery. Carotid artery is something to be taken very seriously. When i said ''limited source of saturated fats'' the meaning of this was basically stay away from bacon and go for the Omega-3 kind of saturated fat this is why i said LIMITED and not AVOID because Omega-3 and 6 are very limited in quantity and should be taken daily even tho they are saturated fat. Basically fish is ok and bacon is bad.

[M4Y0U]

I did not mean supplement like it's natural or anything like that, it's a nootropic drug still but you can get it just like a supplement with no prescription.

[M4Y0U]

Piracetam is a supplement, it can be bought as a powder or pills over the internet or at some food supplement stores. And yes it is studied for it's anti-coagulant proprieties.

''Clotting, coagulation, vasospastic disorders

Piracetam is useful as a long-term treatment for clotting, coagulation, and vasospastic disorders such as Raynaud's phenomenon and deep-vein thrombosis It is an extremely safe anti-thrombotic agent that operates through the novel mechanism of inhibiting platelet aggregation and enhancing blood-cell deformability. Because traditional anti-thrombotic drugs operate through the separate mechanism of inhibiting clotting factors, co-administration of piracetam has been shown to highly complement the efficacy and safety of traditional Warfarin/Heparin anti-coagulation therapy. The most effective treatment range for this use is a daily dose of 4.8 to 9.6 grams divided into three daily doses at 8 hours apart. Piracetam is currently being investigated as a complement or alternative to Warfarin as a safe and effective long-term treatment for recurring deep-vein thrombosis.''

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracetam#Clotting.2C_coagulation.2C_vasospastic_disorders

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16459490

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8457235

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T1C-4031BTK-22&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d5619ee64c50ab18ecc78fc0586f1e03

[jdb7560]

Any thoughts on chelation therapy with EDTA for this?