Emerging Stratton Protocol 4/2008: a new approach to an old set of problems

Reported by Jim K

Hi there again,

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read this post.

I was not able to locate information referencing contraindications to my Rx topicals.

Please pardon me if this is covered elsewhere.

I'll start with a bit about where I'm at and have been.

Mental

I'm a graphic designer who works from home. I have a happy homelife and a positive worklife. I believe that i am a healthy person, I just do not physically feel like one. I have long suspected that everything I experience is tied together, so am really happy to see this Web site. I want to live my life again: I want to go outside into the sunshine; ride a bike; shop in a store!

Physical

Hi,

Hi All,

Thought others might find the following kind of interesting. It's an article discussing the difference between Apoptosisi, Greek for "to drop gently" and what these researchers call "Pyroptosis," Greek for "going down in flames".

First an easy to read news item on this:

How Do Infections And Toxins Launch A Cell's Self-destruct And Alarm System?

Then an actual article:

Apoptosis, Pyroptosis, and Necrosis: Mechanistic Description of Dead and Dying Eukaryotic Cells

I asked Dr. Powell to comment directly on concerns that have been mentioned over time as to whether he uses the CAPi with his new patients. I received his response a number of weeks ago but have had no time to put it together in a cogent context. But continued posts on these questions has mobilized me to get his comments to our readers here. But context is, as we say, everything.

Sunday night I went to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain (upper/lower left quadrant, front and back – [as an aside, I have experienced pain on my left side since almost the beginning of my ABXii in April of last year –2007].  I kept contributing the discomfort to possibly die off and/or my spleen.  My dr. could never find anything on x-rays or a cat scan, so I just kept plodding along, as it was not intolerable.

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Well, it seems somewhat unlikely that my liver enzymes have decreased enough to avoid a Protocol Vacation.   I will likely get a partial report on my lab studies in the next few days.

So I am beginning to look at the possibility of being asked to cut back or even completely take a break from the protocol as my AST and ALT are in the 3-4 times the high normal range and this has been the case for almost 4 months now. 

I know that folks have stopped for numbers lower than mine which are both over 140.  My several past blood draws have been ever so slightly higher each time yet still slowly climbing.

I would appreciate anyone who has found themselves in this position to share how it was handled in your case.  

has anyone had a diagnosis of chronic strep? If so what treatments/protocolsi were you treated with.

For you women out there, I was wondering if you have had worse menstrual cramps since you became infected with Cpni (assuming you know about when that happened). Mine have gotten worse in recent years and, at my age, it seems they should be going away. But I was reading that cramping is partially caused by inflammationi-producing prostaglandins. In an unrelated article I read prostaglandin production is increased during infection. So does this imply a possible link with Cpn and menstrual problems? Chronic infection leads to higher levels of prostaglandins that contribute to worse cramping, backaches, IBSi, and other symptoms women get around that time of the month?

My last script refill I thought I would try the name brand Doxyi Doryx ER. Has anyone else used it? Initially it was easier on the stomach (but not the pocketbook !)

I have been taking it since the last week of December. This week I am having severe gastro-intestinal issues. I'll be honest, I haven't been diligent with my supplementsii, (some days I just can't gag them all down) so this may be my payback. I' ve upped my probiotics, Vit C... been taking Tagament, drinking Aloe Vera juice. Anything I can think of to try to calm that area down.

I started CAPi with Minocyclinei 100mg x 3 + Rifampin 300/day only to stop it due to huge reaction. My dr was thinking in the lines that's one of the abxii causing side effects, perhaps the Minoi. Soon I re-started only with Doxycyclinei 100 mg x 2/day. At first it was OK but I had abdominal pain, aggravated hypertensioni, hypoglycemia and porphyriasi again and by 10th day it was too severe for me to continue. I mean, I felt like it was life-threatening at the time.

I stopped Doxyi a week ago yet still haven't recovered completely. Today I feel that like I was hit very hard on a head but a bit better in general.

Well, I added half a Biaxin (125 mg) in the evening without too many symptoms and was contemplating adding the rest to get my dosage up to 250 mg twice a day, as you all recommended.  I keep stalling because we are in the midst of trying to be approved for adopting an older child, and I don't want to be sick when I'm trying to do the necessary tasks. 

Hi all,
we all know about porphyria and endotoxini reactions as part of die off. But has anyone experienced sharp localized pain (akin to a bad throat infection) as a result of pulsing?

I suspect this has happened to me before - that a tinii pulse resulted in severe local inflammationi. One time it was the back of the throat and another time under the tongue.

When it was under my tongue it was stinging inflammation and I could actually see what I took to be vasculitisi - i.e. I could see a greyish coat on the blood vessels. Is it the vasculitis causing the stinging?

This time its off to the side of the throat and I can't see any visual changes.

Does anyone know whats going on here? Does anyone else have these reactions?

many thanks,
garcia