Triumph Over Hepatitis C - Book

[John316]

The author of this book claims to have eradicated HCV using a mixture of herbs, mushrooms, and gladular extracts.  Any insight on their effectivness?

http://www.hepatitiscfree.com

[totemman]

I wish you well, My only point is to say every body is individual and the herbal aproach to curing Hep c is valid.
The alternative aproach is not BS, the rate of success with acpuncture in returning the quality of life is 85-95%.

Totemman

[mikesimon]

I wish you well also. And I stick by my point that if the goal is to CURE Hep c herbs and accupuncture are not the answer. Mike

[TravisB]

Totemann:  I didn't realize that the success rate at dealing with symptoms was that high using alternatives and frankly I'm a bit skeptical of those numbers.  But like you, I've had some real success with it so I am  beggining to believe that for many people it can help with quality of life.  It sure has done wonders for me.

[totemman]

May you live to be an healthy old man. Free of Hep C you will find the right treatment for you.

Totemman

[Bevily]

I'm not sure what this forum is about.  I went in to post a question and now it says make a comment.  Well, I'll comment about a problem and anyone can join in with their comments.  My husband, in week 15 of ribi and interferon started to take Levaquin for a sinus infection.  To make matters worse, his platelets had dropped last week, but now they are fine, but he got a call that his Sed Rate was at 99 and I thought this was odd.  I have looked up what this might mean and thought it might be a problem that some others on this tx might have had. The Levaquin is said to be a very dangerous drug and I don't like the idea he is taking it while on this tx.  It may have caused the Sed Rate to rise, or it may be that my husband is experiencing some type of autoimmune problem.  I thought others on the list haved mentioned they have ached and been swollen.  He has the most pain in his shoulders and neck area.  His wrists also hurt.  He has cracking in many joints.  But his Sed Rate was not high before the Levaquin.  It could be that the ribi/interferon is building up in him, also.  I would love to hear comments about the Sed Rate being so high.  Thanks, Melissa

[MichaelT]

From my perspective, to recommend any <I>treatment</I>, the treatment must be based upon responsible research where there are controls and the results are repeatable and the work is verified and reviewed. If it is valid, Johns Hopkins will be able to repeat the results, for example.

Herbal treatment is largely useless. Some of it is harmful. Some has merit.

Acupuncture suffers from many problems such as doctors cannot agree on which organ or body has too much "chi" or too little "chi" and stick needles in entirely different places in the body - too many investigations have come up short in the repeatable/verifiable department.

These issues make homeopathic/naturopathic and acupuncture largely issues of faith and a far cry from science. What tiny amount is valid does not create legitamcy for any of these treatments. I drank reishi mushroom tea (not bad tasting), but would not dare make a claim that it cured me or even helped - how the heck could I tell?

I went through cycles of feeling very poorly and times of feeling great. That is largely the nature of our disease. Anecdotes do not constitute a valid basis for recommending treatment.

My apologies in advance if my position raises hackles. I mean to attack no person, but wish to draw a line between what a person believes/experiences works for them and responsibly advocating treatment to others.