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Carolyn, Just wondering if you have any new information on your lower zinc/copper status? Maybe ask FJ? kim

MUST READ THREAD AT BRAINTALK...FJ's son's experience with Strattera clinical trial. Also FDA recent warning. http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=103111 ***********************ALSO******************************** Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2005 May;7(3):183-189. Related Articles, Links Gluten Ataxia and Post-Streptococcal Central Nervous System Syndromes: Emerging Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System? Wills A, Dale R, Giovannoni G. Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1 3BG, United Kingdom. G.Giovannoni@ion.ucl.ac.uk. There is an "emerging concept" that central nervous system dysfunction can be caused by an aberrant immune response triggered by exogenous antigens such as the food allergen gluten or streptococcal infection. The hypothesis of a gluten sensitive ataxia remains unproven, but is worthy of consideration. The data in support of this hypothesis require critical review before any treatment recommendations can be formulated. The idea that anti-gliadin antibody seropositivity per se justifies the term "gluten sensitivity" is important because it offers potential therapeutic possibilities, including simple exclusion diets, for patients with anti-gliadin antibody-associated ataxia. Post-streptococcal basal ganglia dysfunction has various manifestations, all of which fall into a relatively well-defined symptom complex or syndrome. Anti- basal ganglia antibodies that are associated with serologic evidence of recent streptococcal infection are a potential diagnostic marker for this group of disorders, which includes Sydenham's chorea (SC) as the prototype. More recently subjects with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infection, Tourette's syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other movement disorders have been described in association with anti-basal ganglia antibodies. The apparent overlap between the clinical phenotype of SC, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections, Tourette's syndrome, and obsessive- compulsive disorder suggests that they may represent one disease entity. The current working hypothesis is that antibodies induced in response to streptococcal infection cross-react with antigenic determinants in the basal ganglia resulting in basal ganglia dysfunction. Although the experimental evidence is incomplete, there is sufficient evidence to support immune-mediated basal ganglia dysfunction as an emerging clinical entity. This has important implications for the diagnosis and treatment of subjects with these disorders. The latter includes the judicious use of antibiotic prophylaxis and immunomodulatory therapies. Apart from the diagnosis and management of SC, no consensus exists regarding the diagnosis and management of the other clinical entities within this group of disorders. There were a total of 4 articles added to this thread today/tonite. Please read above

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-9-30/32724.html Excerpts: He received his vaccines on schedule. He was a model of excellent health, rarely sick, always energetic. He ate everything put in front of him—he loved food. He also began to speak words, For the next three years, the items in his diet could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Despite the collapse of his diet, he continued to grow. Today, Fridrik is a five-year-old boy in the body of a seven-year-old. Our view changed one fateful day on a connecting flight in Charlotte, North Carolina. The flight was delayed due to engine trouble. Fridrik leapt out of his seat, exhibiting the motor tics that have plagued him.

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/050928a.asp Stop Medicating your ADHD child Excerpt: Excitotoxins cause nerve cells to be hyper, damaged, or they may even kill brain cells. Although often called MSG or glutamate, dozens of food additives have these toxins. And those additives have stealth names that hide their toxicity, such as aspartame, flavoring, hydrolyzed protein, broth, and soy protein isolate. In practice, that means avoiding the majority of grocery items such as box mixes, prepared soups, flavored chips, and canned tuna. But healthy choices, such as canned tuna that has only tuna and water, or another that has the ingredients tuna, olive oil, and salt. "ADHD kids, in particular, when they're exposed to monosodium glutamate or one of the excitotoxins in food, it really throws them out of kilter -- they become excessively hyperactive," Blaylock explained. A related no-no for the ADHD brain is sugar. Sugar, strangely enough, can actually bring on abnormally low sugar levels in the blood. And that increases glutamate release in the brain, yet another excitotoxic cause of hyperactivity. *****This article contains some good information, but I have to question the wisdom of the canned tuna statement. I don't think the author of this article is up on the mercury issues. Talk about a NEUROTOXIN. Kim

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 - The government is investigating five reports of teenagers who came down with a serious neurological disorder after receiving a new vaccine against meningitis. Doctors don't yet know whether the cases of Guillain Barre syndrome are related to the shot, called Menactra, or are coincidence, the Food and Drug Administration emphasized Friday. The rest of the story at: http://tinyurl.com/9bufd

Carllyn, Check the biochat notes, I think it's Dr. Usman that talks about activating a pathway, and needing more and more of something, even though you're supplementing. I think zinc will lower copper levels too. Since you are taking chelating agents, isn't it common to lose minerals? Maybe that has something to do with it. If I remember right, Claires son had the same thing happen. I think she was angry because she felt it was too long btwn testing, and it proved to be right, when the results came back the same way. This zinc/copper ratio seems to be pretty important. When I took the boys to the Alt. Ped Allergist he casually said "you can supplement with up to 50 mgs. of zinc per day." I was sitting there thinking, "not without running the risk of copper falling to low." I'm sure not trying to sound like an expert here, but what if someone never went back, and just gave their child 50 mgs of zinc for two years. I could be wrong, but I think it could be a problem. Please let us know what your Dr. says about this. It would be a great question for biochat too. I would be really curious to know, how much zinc you were supplementing with? What was your level when you started, and how long? Kim

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Just wanted to add that since my oldest son had the explosive reaction, to allergy testing, I have given him zyrtec, and have not wanted to rock the boat, by trying some of the more natural therapies for allergy relief. I have just recently been considering ordering Bonnie's grape seed extract, as allergist put him on 3 allergy meds, and I only give him one, the zyrtec. I could see the big red hivey looking reactions, especially compared to youngest, as they both had the testing done at the same time. Last winter oldest went through this awful time with night time itching, and his mood was horrible. I truly believe that the overload of histimine, really affects tics and moods. The Pediatrician kept telling us it was winter dry skin and would get better in the spring. His skin didn't even look dry. I looked at my son and asked him in front of the Dr. if he could live like that until spring. He said, no. I then told Ped. that I thought we needed an appt. with an allergist. Just today, my husband went and bought a bunch of stuff to better insulate our crawl space. He bought commercial plastic to put on the floor, and we are sealing the heating ducts. I'm worried about having the house closed and starting the furnace again, and any type of mold or mildew, also dust mites. My son's too, have been amazingly tic free, although youngest still has some subtle small movements. Our Pharmacist told me zyrtec is the only allergy med that he allows his daughter to take. Should have asked him why. He said the evidence is light for zantac to aid in allergy relief, which is also a stomach acid reducer, and with my belief that ticcy kids have absorbtion problems, I had no desire to put him on that for a year. He said singular is usually used for ashma symptomes (singulair or allegra can't remember which) but he has no asthma. So we do the zyrtec and nothing else and I hope it's enough to keep the allergies under control. I was hoping the vits. would strengthen his immune system enough to lessen the allergies, but he has been having the familiar sneezes again. There are many natural allergy remedies, and I'm hoping to address this at our next appt. with alternative Dr. but for now, I will definitley keep him on the zyrtec. Marie, good to hear no strep. What your Dr. said, makes sense to me. As with the rest of the alternatives, if you try it and see what results you get, you can always make changes later. Maybe google search clariton and see if any thing alarms you about it? Alison, tic free...yes! Evangelia, My kids get some artificial flavors. I guess you would have to weigh how sensitive you think he is to the flavoring as opposed to allergy symptoms. Giselle just posted about a natural product that she has been seeing good reslts with for her son too. I can't tell you not to be discouraged, but, it seems for a lot of kids, the flairs don't last as long and get farther apart, especially as they get older. I would take the fact that he had such a long stretch without any, to be a good sign. Will be praying that that's the case for your son. Let us know what results you see with the Clariton. Does your son take supplements, or do you do any alternative treatments. Chiropractor? Kim

PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE!!!! Ellen ********************** ACTION ALERT!!!!!!!!! THIMEROSAL LEGISLATION (S2801) HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY!!!!! CO-SPONSORS NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Senator Ciesla of the 10th Legislative District has introduced S2801 in the NJ State Senate. S2801 provides for a ban of the use of the preservative thimerosal, a 50% ethylmercury based preservative by weight, here in the State of New Jersey. This legislation, as introduced, is the most aggressive legislation so far in the US as it provides for a total phasing out of the use of the preservative in all vaccines, including the flu vaccine, for children and adults in NJ by 2009. Under the legislation, the administration of vaccines containing mercury would be phased out as follows: • Beginning January 1, 2007, health care providers would be prohibited from administering influenza vaccines containing more than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.25 milliliter dose to a child under three years of age or 1.0 microgram of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose to a person over three years of age, and any other vaccine that contains more than a trace amount of mercury; • Beginning January 1, 2008, health care providers would be prohibited from administering to any person a vaccine that contains more than a trace amount of mercury; • Beginning January 1, 2009 health care providers would be prohibited from administering to any person a vaccine that contains any amount of mercury. Assemblymen Wolfe and Holpfzapel are planning on introducing corresponding legislation in the Assembly when they re-convene later this Fall. Please contact your State Senators and ask them to co-sponsor S2801. Also, please contact your Assemblymen and ask them to support the Assembly version of S2801 once it is introduced. To find out who your legislators are for your district, please go to: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp Any questions, feel free to contact: Ellen Sweeney Parents for Autism Autoimmune and Vaccine Education (PAAVE) (732) 451-1073 Or Geoff Dubrowsky Parent of Autistic Child (201) 264-8654 ___________________________ *This is a link for a chart with amount of thermerisol in vaccines-kim http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm

Hilary's biochat notes Rudi Verspoor FHCH, HD(RHom.), DMH Rudi Verspoor has been studying Hahnemann's medical system for more than two decades and has acquired extensive clinical experience, particularly relating to complex and chronic cases, in the application of this system. His abiding interest in history and philosophy has led him to undertake continual research into various problems and issues that have arisen in traditional homeopathic treatment. This research has led to the development of a systematic dynamic approach to therapeutics that is now being offered in a comprehensive form to others through a five-year program. Patty Smith FHCH, DVHH, HD(RHom.), DMH, BScEd Patty worked with Rudi Verspoor on Homeopathy Renewed, and she has contributed many articles to newspapers, and wholistic and homeopathic journals and magazines in the United States and Canada. She is currently editor of the Heilkunst Journal, a publication of the Hahnemann Center for Heilkunst; Resonance, the newsletter of the Hahnemann College; as well as News and Views, the newsletter of the Hahnemann Clinic. She currently is working on A Patient's Guide to Heilkunst and A Patient's Guide to Vaccinations, and Homeo- and Homo-prophylaxis. (sorry, no Q&A tonight, I couldn’t write and talk at the same time, so here’s what I jotted down) • As far as supplements, they believe in whole food supplements. They like the body ecology diet. Some products they mentioned: juice plus, Nordic Natural cod liver oil, Ande bars, Living Fuel (www.livingfuel.com) • Their website is www.heilkunst.com and practictioners can be found at www.heilkunst.com/directory . To write Patty, patty@homeopathy.com (patty at homeopathy dot com). • They wrote a book, available from Amazon, called Autism: The Journey Back. • They’ve seen good results from using potentized vitamin B-12 (as opposed to doing the shots) • They do feel bioplasma (12 essential cell salts) is important. They also mentioned celtic sea salts, green foods and super foods with enzymes, and chlorophyll (as a good source of magnesium). • Vitamin C is one of the greatest and cheapest anti-inflammatories. • Homeopathy and Heilkunst can work along with the DAN! protocol. (Homeopathy will not interfere with DAN!, but DAN! might interfere with homeopathy.) • They can treat pretty much any issue, from autism spectrum disorders to motor disorders to lack of eye contact to focus to gut issues, etc. with Heilkunst. • Average monthly cost is $90 for a ½ hour followup which includes a remedy/energy medicine. They recommend supplements that you can purchase outside that price. The initial consultation is slightly higher. • They’re in Ottawa, Canada, but they do work long distance by phone and email. • They offer courses in Heilkunst, as well as a short course called Homeopathy at Home (see their website www.heilkunst.com ) You get an online tutor, and work by email and teleconference. There’s also an online study group. ps My novice understanding of Heilkunst is homeopathy plus supplementation/nutrition.

ad_ccl, Wow, you guys have been on top of this. I can't imagine my kids Dr. doing any off that. If the culture was negative, I think he'd tell us to come back if they got a fever. Was the virus indicated by low white count? Kim

These are some links that were posted on one of the autism boards. I just though someone else may be interested in reading too. http://www.smartnutrition.info/carnosine-autism.htm http://www.enzymestuff.com/rtcarnosine.htm http://www.cherab.org/information/dietarye.../carnosine.html http://www.chezneurology.com

SDK, Are you saying that during the monthly monitoring of titers, that it has indicated strep even with no sore throat or other symptoms? Also, would like to know if you would classify his onset as "explosive?" My boys tics very well may have started in correlation to a strep infection, as they both had it frequently. The other thing I wonder about is gut flora. I remember the boys taking 2 rounds of amoxicillan followed by another anitbiotic to finally clear the strep. If the antibodies didn't get the basil ganglia, i sure can buy that the antibiotics screwed up the digestion process, especially if they had some degree of damage from vaccines. Just thoughts. kim

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Just thought I would post this seperatley, in case some people don't read through the biochat notes. This was a question I asked last night. Q: My 8 yr. old son with tic syndrome had a blood serum zinc level of 76. I started supplementing with about 35 mg of zinc every other night. I had read where white spots or lines on the fingernails could be a sign of zinc deficiency. Since I started to supplement the white spots on his nails have gotten so much worse. My husband thought he actually had white paint on his nails. Do you think there is a connection? Do you see many kids with tics? Thanks! A: I have white spots on my nails too. I take 120 mg of zinc a day, that usually clears it up. It’s either calcium or zinc deficiency. Some folks believe it’s related to celiac and malabsorption, but that’s out of the question. With a level of 76, he has a ways to go. He might need twice that dose (35 x 2) daily. Tics, yes I see quite a few kids with tics. High dose krill (4-8 5 mg capsules a day) seems to clear it. I like krill, nice delivery of essential fatty acids. Also B1, magnesium help with tics. About the part where Krill is concerned, I believe he said something about deferring to someone, it sounded to me like a partner or associate of some kind. He said she had had sucess with 5 out of 5 kids, clearing tics with Krill. That sounds pretty promising for the omega's. Since these white spots were discussed here, it really caught my attention when I was trying to get a sliver out of youngest son's finger. Couldn't believe how bad these spots/lines had gotten. Bonnie's vitamins have a 1 to1 ratio of calcium and mag. taurate. Maybe calcium is low, I already know zinc is low. Per a biochat Dr. (Dr. Usman, I think) when you supplement and a pathway is activated, you may need more, in other words the level of supplement may actually fall in testing, i wonder if this is what's happening, or if it is calcium? Just wondering if anyone had noticed anything similiar. Another TS poster asked what a normal level of zinc is. Dr. Green said 100 or 120. Two ts/tic questions last nite! If anyone has a question, that your dying to get an opinion on, feel free to ask me to post it for you. I think there is another biochat tonight. Kim

Giselle, Have you had Hoyt's strep titers tested? I haven't paid attention to the details of PANDAS because my boys tics were gradual onset and no real problems with OCD, but my understanding is that it isn't the strep itself, it's the antibodies that your body produces to the strep, that causes the problem. Apparently those antibodies can have an effect on the basil ganglia. If you give an antibiotic when you have active symptoms, your body will not produce these, or at least in as large of an amount? So an inactive (carrier) would not have the increase in tics, since the body isn't producing antibodies at that time. I wonder though, if you are a carrier, what if the streph isn't detected in the throat. I think Chemar just said that you need to have the blood tested. So could a child be having a flair of strep, located else where in the body, have a negative throat culture, and still have an increase in tics? I guess that's where the high titers would come in. I am trying to clarify this as much for myself as for you. These white spots and repeated sore throats have me nervous with youngest son too, but it has seemed to be the biggest problem in the spring and fall, so maybe it is allergy related, and he is not experiencing an increase in tics. I'm glad to hear your little guy stabilized quickly! I know you were going to increase his B12, you think that helped? Kim

Dr. John Green John Green, M.D. graduated from the University of Idaho in 1970 with degrees in psychology and chemistry. He graduated from the University of Utah Medical School in 1974 and completed a rotating internship at the University of New Mexico in 1975. From 1975 to 1980 he was Medical Director of Emergency Services at Tulare District Hospital, Tulare California, with a concurrent part-time general practice in preventative medicine and environmental medicine, allergies and the nutritional, emotional, and belief systems factors of chronic illness. Since 1980, he has continued in environmental and holistic medicine. In 1999 he began serious work with autistic children and in 2000 committed to full-time work with Autism Spectrum Disorders. He believes the collaborative holistic approach is the most effective way to solve chronic health problems and is committed to doing everything possible to help solve your child's problems. Q: What do you suggest for kids having frequent coughs and colds on TDDMPS? We just reach one third of my child’s full dose. Should we use Colostrum or Transfer Factor or anything else? which would you suggest we start with? Is a particular type recommended? I am concerned as Colostrum also has growth factors and my child (7 Year old)has some symptoms of precocious puberty(pubic hair), will colostrum cause more of such symptoms A: We see great responses in some children with colostrum and transfer factor; with other kids it misses the mark. Transfer factor is quite safe but not low cost. Colostrum is more reasonable, I haven’t seen problems with it. Kirkman’s makes colostrums. I’ll go up to 40 units a day with vitamin A (palmitate), up to 100 if child has a cold. Watch for dry skin, chapped lips. Also make sure you get vitamin C per day; zinc. Selenium is antiviral, can be used for colds. I like Echinacea/astralugus – Kirkman’s has that. I also use thymus extract a lot, 1 or 2 capsules. It’s inexpensive, safe, well-tolerated. Beta-glucan is helpful for some kids, except for the really yeast-sensitive. Hydrochloric acid injection has worked well. It’s infrequent that td-dmps stresses immune. Endocrine disruption – chlorine, PCBs, pesticides, plastics, phthalates – hormonally disruptive. Early puberty is happening more often. Eliminate plastics. Avoid high-meat diet. Avoid pesticides. Q: We are having problems with sleeping at our house. My son has been taking .5 mg. of melatonin for a few months now and it isn't working anymore. He sits up in bed and refusing to fall asleep, until he falls over with exhaustion. He is also getting up in the night. I don't know what to do. He has been chelating for about 6 months now on TD -DMSA and just added in ALA. He takes MB-12 injections, various supplements, GF/CF/ diet, TD-Glutathione, probiotics, and epsom salt cream. It takes him at least 45 minutes to get to sleep each night and he isn't falling to sleep until around 10:30 p.m. He attends 2 nd grade and is 8 years old. A: Sleep problems take a toll on everyone. It’s so important to treat that symptom, and get behind what’s causing it. Intolerance for enzymes, allergic reactions, gluten exposures, reflux esophagitus, hypoglycemia, yeast issues, pain, allergies, mold, all contribute to sleep disorders. ½ milligram of melatonin, up to 3 mg. I’ve been working with melatonin for years, no hormone disruption. Night lights and lights in the bedroom will disturb sleep. Melatonin is a great help for antioxidant instruction. We also use Gaba, trytophan, inositol, extra magnesium. Q: Dr Green, hi I was wondering if you feel that we should be looking at EDTA to chelate out lead - as you know, Dan's got elevated lead, and he's been on TD-DMPS for months- and his EDTA challenge shows he's still pulling lots of lead. Also, can you explain your "triple approach" to chelation? Also, at what point should we add ALA? A: EDTA is a good remedy - Orally, rectally, not sure about the transdermal. I’m still willing to do iv-edta too, but we’re careful about who we do it with and the circumstances, we use calcium edta. It’s not apt to cause issues like the dmsa/dmps coming through the gut. It’s slow to get out. Is your child tolerating the chelator, are you seeing good response? That is reason to continue. I like to use edta intermittently, to see how he feels on and how he feels off. The triple approach, transdermal oral and injected (for dmps). We vary the approach, switch from oral, to transdermal, to injected. We also use the ALA – it’s a great anti-oxidant, don’t be afraid of the ALA except for the yeast. I usually wait until the mercury is down a little before adding ALA, just in case there is redistribution. ALA, in an animal body, appears to be curative, appears to get into the brain. Q: I'm wondering how many of your patients are testing positive for lyme and WA babisia? Have any of your patients with ASD tested negatively at IGENEX? Do you recommend antibiotics for these patients, what other approaches have you tried? Is this something most parents should check into? A: A lot of the kids are testing positive for lyme. Igenex - I have had a lot of negatives a couple positives. I just tested myself, thought I had lyme (I’m a deer hunter) and I had some symptoms. I did Igenex. I’m taking it with a grain of salt, in terms of where to go. If we had an easy antibiotic regimen, I’d jump in. But I am selective about antibiotics for kids. I’ve been able to control my achiness with Echinacea, etc. If you live in an endemic area, make decisions about intervention using alternative. Vitamin C and saline. Full dose vit C will however cause diarrhea. Transfer Factor from Chisholm(sp?) Labs is lyme specific. Cats Claw is of some help. Artemisia(sp?) is helpful. Intramuscular penicillin not bad. Q: We are using TD DMPS for our son. We are wondering if there is any impact on us from inhaling it when we apply it on our son? A: What you’re smelling must have a few molecules of dmps, but I can’t imagine any risk with inhaling it. I’ve never heard of an anaphylactic risk from dmps inhalation. I’ve heard of allergies to dmps. If you don’t have amalgam fillings, you can use your bare hands to apply. Then you will be chelating a little too. If you have fillings, be very careful. If your husband gets headaches, he must be chemically sensitive. Not dangerous, but he probably should stay away. Q: Do most ASD kids have low adrenals? If a child has low adrenals can it get in the way of other interventions? What can be done? A: I would do more testing if I could get more saliva. It’s not only low adrenals we find – often we find that they’re dumping a lot of cortisol. They don’t store much cortisol, they don’t make much either, have to have decent bile function in order to make it. Low adrenal is part of the problem for many kids, tends to be an aspect of hypoglycemia and allergies. Adrenal cortex is a good gentle cortisol to take, often helpful. It may help with energy. Vit C, manganese, licorice root are all good helpers. We check most of our kids for sodium and potassium – most are low on potassium. Use light salt to get sodium down and potassium up. Licorice root tea is a good support. No more then a cup a day. Thorne makes a good adrenal cortex. Q: Are you getting good pulls of mercury at the one year point with TD DMPS? If yes, is it fecal or urine? What age kids? A: I haven’t heard anyone say they can get a significant dump from td-dmps. We don’t see it in the urine, the stool. Is it going out in the skin? It certainly helps some children. I use IV or oral challenges to get a read on the mercury. Mercury generally goes down gradually with td-dmps, not as fast as oral. Q: My 8 yr. old son with tic syndrome had a blood serum zinc level of 76. I started supplementing with about 35 mg of zinc every other night. I had read where white spots or lines on the fingernails could be a sign of zinc deficiency. Since I started to supplement the white spots on his nails have gotten so much worse. My husband thought he actually had white paint on his nails. Do you think there is a connection? Do you see many kids with tics? Thanks! A: I have white spots on my nails too. I take 120 mg of zinc a day, that usually clears it up. It’s either calcium or zinc deficiency. Some folks believe it’s related to celiac and malabsorption, but that’s out of the question. With a level of 76, he has a ways to go. He might need twice that dose (35 x 2) daily. Tics, yes I see quite a few kids with tics. High dose krill (4-8 5 mg capsules a day) seems to clear it. I like krill, nice delivery of essential fatty acids. Also B1, magnesium help with tics. Q: First, thank you, Dr. Green, for taking the time to speak to us. I would like to start chelating my 3 yr old son. Is it ok to chelate him while on a regular multivitamin (in addition to other supplements) or is a supplement like SuperNuThera necessary? He is currently on the following supplements: Magnesium Glycinate Powder; Calcium Powder; DMG w/ folinic acid & b12; B3-Niacinmide; Cod Liver Oil; Zinc Cream; MethylB12 shots; Enzyme Complete DPP-IV; and a regular children's chewable multivitamin. He used to take SuperNuThera but can't tolerate the taste any more - and will not swallow capsules without vomiting (as he is so orally sensitive), therefore, I replaced that particular one with the regular kids chewable multivitamin... is that enough for chelation? A: Yes, the td approach is gentle and sustainable; one doesn’t have to be aggressive about mineral replacement, at least getting started. I’m not a big fan of zinc sulfate cream, I like liquid zinc during chelation. You don’t have to use SuperNu Thera. Lots of kids don’t tolerate B6, because of gut issues, etc. Do keep an eye on minerals. When you do tests, get nNutrient elements and toxic metals. Better to do the test when you haven’t taken extra minerals that day. Q: Hi Doc G....can you give me the "recipe" for mixing and dosing K-III for potassium supplementing again? (and dose) I have spaced it out (woops). Also , when you do the minerals test along with chelation and things like zinc and molybdenum are high, does this mean they are getting too much? A: I like K-III, it’s pharmaceutical level, we use ¼ tsp of powder once or twice a day, but test potassium first. You’ll see other minerals moving after an iv, molybdenum, copper, zinc, potassium, etc. The chelator pulls out some of this. Depending on how much you get 24 hours before the test. We often tend to over supplement those. We see selenium get too high when kids get over 100 mg/day. Q: Do you have any recommendations for fighting stubborn eczema? We are GF/SF/CF/CnF etc... strictly following her food sensitivities blood test. A: Eczema is a big issue. For kids with eczema, do IgE test. Virox cream by Biogenesis is touted as an eczema remedy, I’ve had good results sometimes. Bioset and acupuncture are helpful. LDA and allergy shots are helpful. Q: What is your suggestion for boosting the immune system after LDN and high Vitamin A protocols as well as several natural immune boosters are used? What are your thoughts on IVIG? My son is a candidate for IVIG according to our DAN! and Immunologist. Insurance not being an issue as they will cover the high costs if we decide to go this route. We're still trying to make the right decision for our son and appreciate your opinion. I do want to say that my son is sleeping for the first time ever since starting LDN. A: If you have a child showing immune dysfunction, consider zinc, thymus, astralagus, Echinacea, etc. Boosting immune in a child with autoimmune issues is not an easy matter. I’m a big fan of IVIG except for the cost and the stress involved. There is no test to predict if IVIG will work for your child, except you must make certain he has enough iva(sp?), otherwise don’t do the IVIG! I’m glad LDN is working for you. I would encourage you to do a trial of IVIG to see how he tolerates. After 3 rounds or so you should know if he tolerates. Oxidative stress – make sure enough antioxidant support and inflammatory support. Ginger, ashwaganda(sp?), etc. are good for inflammation. Those are immune-supportive. Q: I have tourette syndrome. I'm using td-dmps, one week on and one week off. I'm on my first week and am only using 2 drops every 8 hours (starting low). 2 days after starting I had a black spec in my urine. 4 days after starting there were about 5 specs. No one's heard of this happening before in urine. I’ve never had this happen before starting tddmps. Could it be metals? I had a sample checked for bacteria and infections and those weren't a problem. I had a low grade fever come on today. Is this normal with tddmps? What's the normal zinc serum level? A: Black specks are probably not metals. You can check urine, but we haven’t seen metals coming out as black specks in urine. 100 or 120 is the normal zinc serum. Labs will say normal is 70-130. People may have sensitivities to dmps. You can play around with higher dose; or work up slowly. Q: Hi Dr. Green. We are about to start the B12 shots end of this week. What exactly is the B12 for and what are we looking for? Also she has started school in a newly constructed school. Teachers have told us that the walls are made of a wheat product. Is this something we should look into for exactly what it is, or because it's in the wall not a concern? Thank you for all your help, you and your staff are wonderful. A: If she’s allergic to wheat, or has IgE allergy to it, then the dust is a problem. Get on Jim Neubrander’s site to read more about MB-12. It’s one of the most beneficial and gentle remedies. Make sure to use methyl. Q: Hi Dr. Green What results are you seeing with LDN? Does it have any side effects during chelation? We are starting later this week and are two months into chelating. Also - I've always wondered, how far back can our kids come? Prognostically speaking, how do you gauge expected outcomes? Have you seen any/many come all the way back ? Have always wanted to ask. Our son is making amazing progress (in your care) but we want to temper our hopes and our family's. A: I have no fear of using LDN, not during chelation or anything else. If you’re doing too many things at once, it’s hard to tell what’s doing what. Often, LDN starts out negative, and turns around to positive. Dr McCandless’ work with this is so beneficial. We hope it will help with the inflamed bowel and Crohn’s. I haven’t seen as much benefit as Dr McC, but moodwise it seems to help. I’ve seen a lot of young non-verbal kids make great gains, get language back, so age is an important factor. Harder with a non-verbal 8 year old. Q: Can TD-DMPS be harmful for kids with chemical sensitivities? What about other chelators? Also, my son headbangs a lot. While I know this can be caused by gut pain, for my son it is head pain becuz he wants us to rub his head. Whenever my son starts to get better socially he headbangs more. Why would this be and can I do anything? A: Giving dmps to adults with chemical sensitivities, it has been poorly tolerated. A lot of them are mercury-toxic. I expect a little better tolerance for edta then the sulphur-y chelators. I agree, head-banging is a sign of head pain, migraine or something. Vascular headaches. Some of the migraine remedies, like Feverfew, can be helpful. We might give ibuprofen, to see if there is good evidence there is a head ache. Suppressing the behavior is not smart if he really is telling you he has pain. Q: How do you feel about IV Glutathione? Would weekly IV's help GI function? Also, would it help to chelate a child? Thanks so much! A: I would do it for every kid as a trial, if I could. Some kids are too far away. We try to boost NAC, or other things, if they’re too far away. I don’t see it as a chelator, supports metallathionein, helps to clear out intracellular toxins. Could help GI function. Q: 1) What is protocol do you recommend for the FIR Sauna? 2) What other "natural chelators" do you recommend, ie Metal Free, NDF+, Clay baths, Foot bath, etc. 3) What about the metals bound to the natural chelators - ie cilantro? Do you ascribe to the notion that the mercury is so tightly bound to those substances that it will just go in and out? A: I don’t have a protocol for FIR-as long as the child can handle. Start low, 100 or 105 degrees, for few minutes, work your way up. MetalFree is unimpressive. Clay and foot bath are harmless, but I haven’t seen big value. I have had good feedback on NDF. I worry about cilantro, because it grows, rain falls, rain has mercury. Chlorella too, I worry about. Joe Mercola swears he has a brand that is clean, no mercury (www.mercola.com). I don’t know the answer on the mercury being tightly bound, need more studies. Q: For the kids like my son who seem to be non responders/gut kids, is there any new treatments or studies that are going to talked about at the next DAN! that may be of some help? A: This is what the think tanks are for. Children who are non-responders – you need to keep expanding your range of possibilities and testing. Q: does 'n phenol' help with phenol intolerance..thanks dr green.. A: It helps more often then you think. Has helped with responsiveness of the kids. Coconut oil also has the potential to help. Q: We have always had hearing sensitivities. Done AIT 3 times. We are doing TD DMPS. We give zinc picolinate at body weight plus 20 mgs. Double on off days. What do you think about zinc monomethionine? Which is absorbed better? A: I don’t think the different types of zinc make that much of a difference. Magnesium is at least as important. What about doing a trial of acupuncture? More work on the essential fatty acids, up to 2000 or 3000 EPA; or the krill oil, 3-6 capsules.GABA, inositol, l-theanine, 5HTP; can all help settle. The older girls, 10, 11, 12, before puberty, progesterone support like td-progesterone can be helpful. That’s relatively ok for anyone (male or female), in low doses Q: Have you ever seen a child react negatively to magnesium cream? My 4 year old Aspergers son said today his bone hurt where I put the cream. When I used it on him the 1st time the knuckles of that hand ached. A: No I’ve never seen a child react with pain to magnesium cream. Maybe the other ingredients? I am a bigger fan of Epsom salts. He might be sensitive to magnesium sulfate, try dissolving it in the bathtub.

Giselle, I was told youngest son was probably a carrier too. I guess it means that you can test positive to streph while having no symptoms. We would go in with a sore throat and Dr. would say that it looked a little red, then the culture would come back positive. This happened many times. Now our problem is the opposite. He has a sore throat, white spots, but no fever and the cultures last spring, right before school got out, kept coming back negative. He was home yesterday with the same thing. Here we go again! The Alternative Dr. said kids with allergies get swollen tonsil tissue, and food particles will get lodged there and cause the white spots. Does anyone else get white spots with no strep? Here is an article from a google search on streph carriers. There are many, if you want to check. http://www.sheriziemann.com/id34.htm Kim

http://www.newstarget.com/011401.html The FDA Exposed: An Interview With Dr. David Graham, the Vioxx Whistleblower When my former Pediatric Neurologist asked me if I thought they were trying to cover up a cure for tics using vitamins, I really didn't feel that way, I was only frustrated that it appeared to work so well and all I was getting was resistance and insulted, instead of guidance. Now, let's just say, I'm reconsidering. If these are the people that we have to look to for PROVEN treatments, I'll take anecidotal anyday. Anyway, are we supposed to believe the Dr.s who oppose these alternative treatments, or our own eyes?

Just thought I would add that my 12 yr. old has braces and he has steel crowns on two teeth that hold little bars that force him to close his mouth in a certain way, to adjust his bite. There was a discussion on the ACN Autism bd. about the composition of the steel/metals used in braces and other dental work. The impression I was left with was that the metals may not be as big of a concern as the adhesives. Just last night my son informed me that one of the bars has broken off of one of the crowns. To repair this will require that the crown be removed and replaced with a new one, with a new bar attached, so more adhesive. He also told me that he can taste the adhesive when he bites down, and these crowns have been in place for several months. I have not noticed an increase in tics do to any of the work he has had done with orthodontics, and I was very nervous about it for a long time. I had braces, and I know how painful it can be when they do an adjustment, then throw the anxiety about the metal and the adhesives in there, but he has really breezed through it and were nearing the end. I'll be very glad when he's done. I hate him being exposed to anything that could be "more poison", but I did want to say that I have never noticed an increase in tics with treatment. Kim

http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?f...nder%20Reported Paxil -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Material by: Evelyn Pringle Material from: Independent Media TV Material about: Pharmaceutical Companies This action - aimed at pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline - represents one of the few times in history where a group of concerned citizens will come together in a high profile manner to warn the public about a dangerous and defective drug, and to protest the egregious conduct of its manufacturer and distributors.

Giselle, Yes, that is an interesting study. I have seen so many, but I can never find the outcome either. That's great that you emailed. Glad to hear Hoyt's flair is passing quickly! kim

From Raymond Gallup <truegrit@gti.net> Here are recent articles in the UK and Japan regarding the effects of the MMR vaccine. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/sto...1379771,00.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getart...n20030314a7.htm Below are the charts on the Autism Epidemic with the latest figures.................. Children with Autism Ages 6-21 Served Under IDEA School Year Students Percent Increase 1994-95 22,780 1995-96 28,813 26.48 1996-97 34.082 18.28 1997-98 42,487 24.66 1998-99 53,561 26.06 1999-00 65,391 20.86 2000-01 78,717 20.37 2001-02 97,847 20.61 2002-03 118,603 21.21 2003-04 140,920 18.81 2004-05 166,302 18.01 Children with Autism Ages 3-5 Served Under IDEA School Year Students Percent Increase 2000-01 15,581 2001-02 17,032 9.3 2002-03 19,017 11.6 2003-04 22,724 19.5 2004-05 25,901 14.0

Amy L. Lansky, PhD Over ten years ago, computer research scientist Amy Lansky began a journey to try and help her three-year-old autistic son Max. She found the answer in Homeopathy. As Max gradually made a complete recovery, she began to study this alternative therapy and eventually became a practitioner herself. Her best-selling Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy (R.L. Ranch Press, 2003, http://www.impossiblecure.com) describes the history, philosophy, and science of homeopathic medicine, and includes the story of her son's cure along with dozens of first-person testimonials of cures for a variety of physical, mental, and emotional conditions. Amy Lansky graduated from the University of Rochester in 1977 with degrees in mathematics and computer science, and received her doctorate in computer science from Stanford University in 1983. After many years working at various Silicon Valley research institutions in the area of artificial intelligence (including SRI International, NASA Ames Research Center, and three years as a consulting associate professor at Stanford), she made an unusual career move: she became a student, writer, promoter, and, most recently, practitioner of homeopathic medicine. This was prompted by the miraculous cure of her son's autism with homeopathy. Lansky now speaks and writes widely about homeopathy in general and especially its role as a treatment for autism. She is an executive board of the National Center for Homeopathy in Alexandria, Virginia. A health-freedom advocate, she is also an executive board member of the California Health Freedom Coalition, the organization that sponsored SB-577, the California health freedom bill that was passed in September 2002. You can learn more about homeopathic treatment of autism by visiting http://www.impossiblecure.com or by listening to Amy's monthly radio show on AutismOne Radio -- http://www.autismone.org/radio -- at 2pm EST the 3rd Friday of each month. Archives of old shows are available at www.impossiblecure.com. lansky@impossiblecure.com *** Q: Hi, I believe my son has had multiple reactions to vaccines. The he definitely had an immediate reaction to his set of two flu vaccines. Do you feel that this is primarily because of mercury, or possibly the flu virus itself?. Also, with the cold/flu season approaching. Do you have any recommendations for keeping kids healthy, and fending off colds? A: I believe that most of the autism epidemic is caused by vaccines, both the mercury in vaccines and the fact that there are so many vaccines given. There’s an excellent article in Mothering Magazine by Richard Pitt about homeopathy. There is a lot of hype about the flu vaccine. Homeopathy has an amazing track record of treating the flu. Go to the homeopathic.org website – there are great tips there to treat the flu. Skip the vaccines, they’re a bad idea. Especially if your child is already vaccine-damaged. Q: Hi Amy and thank you for being here. For someone fairly new to homeopathy where is the best place to start with a 3.5 yr. old with autism? We are currently doing some bio medical interventions. Will that interfere with homeopathic remedies? and are there ever any negative side effects from homeopathic remedies? thank you A: The best place to start is to learn on your own. Read my book Impossible Cure ( www.impossiblecure.com) ; also the book by the Ullmann’s that just came out – A Drug Free Approach to Aspergers and Autism. Most biomedical interventions will not interfere with homeopathy. The homeopathy will certainly not interfere with them. Chelation will probably interfere with homeopathy. If you’re dead set on chelation, you might try that first, but you might find it’s not necessary once you start with homeopathy. Q: Amy can you explain what are the different definitions for classical, clinical, and sequential homeopathy? A: Classical is what my book discusses. Classical is what is defined by the founder, Hahnemann. Homeo means similar, pathy means suffering. You want to find a remedy that’s associated with the symptoms of the child. Healthy people take the remedy, find out what symptoms it causes. EG Coffee causes sleeplessness, heart palpitations, insomnia in a healthy person. The homeopathic remedy would match those symptoms. Clinical homeopathy refers to isopathic – child damaged by vaccine, so you give the vaccine in potency, or the thimerosal in potency. Sequential homeopathy is a philosophy in which you treat everything that happened to the patient in reverse order. EG first surgery, then vaccination, then your mother died. So you get grief remedy, then flu remedy, then remedy for the effects of the surgery. My view is that’s a bit of a mechanical approach, people don’t generally work that way. A classical homeopath will include clinical and sequential in their practice. If they only get so far in classical, ie find a block, they might go to an isopathic remedy to clear a vaccine, for example. Q: Do you recommend Chiropractic care for children as a form a treatment for Autism. How do you feel about cranial sacral therapy for treating autism versus just relieving subluxations at the chiropractor? A: I think manipulative therapies are really good, particularly cranial sacral and osteopathic. In my experience, I follow the practitioners that treat autistic kids, they say their cases go much faster if the kids are getting osteopathic/cranial sacral. These therapies don’t interfere with homeopathy, and do boost eachother’s effect. Q: Last time homeopaths were on Biochat, there were a lot of words defined with other words like miasms and similums, and I didn’t get an idea of how the homeopathic treatments work. Can you explain how homeopathy works in the body. A: Miasms is an advanced subject, I took it out of my book. The law of similars – coffee example – states that to treat a person with a set of symptoms you give them a remedy from a substance that can also cause those symptoms. Physical and mental symptoms. Samuel Hahnemann was having difficulty curing some diseases, and realized he had to treat things at a deeper level. He discovered often the disease progression begins with a particular disease (gonorrhea, syphilis, tuberculosis, etc). Then he realized there was a way to categorize remedies in general classes –miasms are broader categorizations of disease states. If he chose a remedy in the right miasm, he found he had better results. EG With tuberculosis, there are respiratory problems, and it might run in the family. To get rid of the chronic lung infection, you have to treat the miasm. Sometimes it’s treated by using a remedy made from the disease tuberculosis. Hahnemann felt there are 3 miasms, others feel there are up to 8 miasms. Q: Have you heard of Bioray's NDF+? What do you think of this natural chelator, and have you seen things like this work? Like milk thistle, chlorella? A: I’m not an expert on chelation, I don’t do biomedical treatments. My instinct is the natural chelators would interfere less with homeopathy. Q: You said that chelation might hinder homeopathic treatment. Can you explain this in more detail? I don't understand. A: I say this based on stories I’ve heard. I know of cases where the child was progressing nicely with homeopathic treatment, the mom got impatient and started chelation; all the gains were lost from the homeopathy. In the end the child was set back for about a year, and now the child is back with homeopathy and making progress again. I’ve heard this from other homeopaths too. If you’re seeing slow but sure progress, stick with the homeopathy. Homeopathic literature indicates that it can chelate metals from the body. There is a story in my book about a person who worked in an orchard and was dying from arsenic poisoning. Within an hour of taking the remedy, he sweated out huge amounts of arsenic. Another case was of a dental hygienist who started excreting mercury in her menstrual flow. So homeopathy doesn’t force a biochemical change in your body like a drug – it stimulates your body into helping itself. It will happen at the rate that the body can naturally handle it. Q: Is this a much easier way of treating the child rather than chelating? What is the success rate? A: I wouldn’t call it easy. Chelation, you see the results with testing, it’s a fixed form of treatment. Homeopathy is a more involved process. You have to find a good, experienced homeopath. Then the homeopath has to find the correct remedy for your child, and that’s a total individual thing. Each child gets a different remedy based on their symptoms. It takes time – several months – to get any results usually. Years of recovery time. But the homeopaths are getting really good results, very striking noticeable changes in autistic kids. The success rate for these homeopaths are 50-75%. Some get complete recovery, like my son, no residual symptoms – that happens in about 5% of the cases. Q: What homeopathic protocol/remedy did you follow for curing your son's Autism. How old was your son when you started to see improvements and how old was he when he was completely recovered? A: We brought my son to the homeopath when he was 3.5 (this is before all the biomed stuff was well known, and I was groping in the dark). The only thing we had done prior to homeopathy was food elimination, based on Feingold. My son was totally addicted to milk. That was when he started speaking. That was when he was 3. He was in speech and language therapy. We also eliminated food coloring, corn. He was speaking but had echolalia, was autistic. We hit the right remedy immediately. In a week, his therapists noticed a shift. Within 9 months, the therapist felt he didn’t need treatment any more. Within a year and a half, he was testing normally (age 5) and was released from eligibility for special ed. He was 80% - there was still social awkwardness, not completely responsive all the time, etc. We felt out of the woods, in another 3-4 years. So this was like a 5 year process. Q: How long usually takes to see the improvement by homeopathic approach? A: Once the homeopath finds the correct remedy, you should see something within a month. If you see nothing, you have to change the remedy. There are some remedies that take longer, say 2 months. You might see changes within a day or a week. You might notice the child reaching out for more contact, more eye contact. Even if it’s very subtle. Don’t expect your child to have a full recovery in two weeks. Q: I'll admit I don't understand homeopathy very well – I’m just learning about it - but I’m terrified when a remedy contains tetanus. Can you ease my thoughts? A: My son’s first remedy was made from cancer. My homeopath told me that. I was taken aback. But all the remedies are so dilute that not even a single molecule of whatever it’s made from is in the remedy. Also if you’re eating chicken, you might be eating cancer…you can’t get the disease from eating it. Lots of remedies made from disease matter – you wouldn’t find any of that disease matter if you tested the remedy. Homeopathy is completely and utterly benign compared to conventional medicine. If you start taking a remedy in high quantities over and over, you might start getting the symptoms that that remedy could cause. You need to find a homeopath that knows what they’re doing. Once you discontinue a remedy, the symptoms usually go away quickly. Q: Do rashes mean that a remedy is working? Will there always be improvements with rashes? Also, is it ever helpful to treat the parents and discover their constitutions in order to help discover the child's correct remedy, especially if the child is non-verbal? A: Rashes can often mean the remedy is helping. This is discussed in my book at length. If the disease began with an external rash and went inwards, if you see that rash coming out it’s good news, a good sign. Your homeopath can help assess that. It’s very helpful if parents go to the homeopath too, along with their children. If you’re treated, it will provide a better atmosphere for your family. That will help in your child’s recovery too. You’re going through so much anxiety, worry, etc. It can only help if the parents get treated as well. Q: Does the Homeopath need to see the child often? or can this be done long distance? A: If you can find a good homeopath nearby, I always recommend that, esp for the very first appointment. You don’t have to go that often. If you’re local, maybe once every 2 months, especially in the initial stages. If you are trying to work long distance, ideally go once a year. Q: Are you familiar with bioplasma or essential cell salts? Are they useful? A: Most classical homeopaths don’t use cell salts. They are low potency, made from mineral salts in your body. Some homepaths feel they’re like vitamins. But I feel they are powerful in their own right, and don’t advise their use in my practice. Q: My son was given 3 remedies at the same time (to detox), these caused his cough, fever and running nose but after that nothing happened. Would that be an indication of correct remedy not found yet? (you said, and also the practitioner said it too, that it is a good sign) A: I don’t normally give 3 remedies at once to detox. It might be a good sign…but the question is what happened next. If a month and a half has gone by, I’d say give it another month. It sounds like the homeopath is not classical, you might go back in another month. Q: We’ve seen great things with MB-12. What is your philosophy about homeopathy and the mb-12 phenomenon? In most of the kids we’ve seen there is a problem with the pathway. By injecting the vitamin, we get past the blockage. A: Homeopathy should correct the underlying problem in the body, so you wouldn’t need the supplement/vitamin anymore. Here’s another example, milk was aggravating my son, we took it out of his diet. Over time, his food sensitivity went away. Hopefully with the homeopathy, the child’s need for mb-12 will decrease as the child improves. Q: Can a strong die-off reaction from probiotics interfere with homeopathy? A: I don’t think that would interfere. But definitely tell the homeopath what you’re doing, so he/she can adjust your dosing. Q: I’m informed that the homeopathy can be added to biomed treatments except that it dislikes the aggressive chelations, any other factors we need to consider in order to combine these 2 approaches together? A: Yes, I would guess that they could be combined. Another thing that could interfere would be a strong oil, like oil of oregano. Sometimes things that are very strong can antidote the remedy. The remedies operate on a fine energetic level. Things like drinking coffee can antidote the remedy, it’s too much input. It depends totally on the person. Some people can drink coffee while they’re doing homeopathy, some not. If you’re going along fine and improving, and you take a substance and you get worse or it stops working, you can suspect the remedy was antidoted. There are ways around this. You can change dosing. I might give a low potency every day so they can get around the antidote effect. It’s possible that daily dosing might work better for someone doing a lot of strong biomedical treatments. Q: what would the average cost of homeopath be? A: In general they will charge by the hour at about the same rate as a therapist, 100-150/hour. Usually the first appointment is the longest, 1-3 hours. You might spend 2-300 on the first appointment. A followup is usually like ½ hour. The remedies cost essentially nothing, either very cheap or sometimes free with the appointment. Typical price for a remedy is $10. Q: is it caffeine in general that would antidote; or specifically coffee? A: It’s specifically the coffee – tea or coke would be ok. Q: Do people usually avoid mint toothpaste completely during homeopathy? A: Personally I don’t think it’s a problem. Some doctors are very strict about that…but I have never avoided it. Coffee is sometimes a problem; Camphor and eucalyptus and tea tree oil, Vick’s vapor rub. These are all effective antidotes. Q: Amy have you ever heard of Native Remedies brand? they use the homeopathic approach for treating autism/add etc etc A: I’m not familiar with it, no. But I can tell you Hahnemann Labs in US is very good. In England Helios Pharmacy is good. There are lots of other good suppliers. National Center for Homeopathy is a good site www.homeopathic.org Q: Dear Dr Lansky , Can you pls. tell us about Zincum metallicum? how can it help increase zinc levels? My child has the symptoms. Is it recommeded to take Zincum Metallicum to increase blood zinc level? A: Zinc is a remedy. It can help autistic kids. However, it should not be used as a vitamin. It’s inadvisable to view a homeopathic remedy as a vitamin. If you don’t have the symptoms that zinc metallicum has, and you take it regularly like a vitamin, you could potentially get the symptoms. Go to a materia medica online and look up the zinc to see what the symptoms are. It will help your body regulate itself, so if it works, it would cause your body to improve the zinc level. Q: Are you familiar with Dandi Comp Liver, gallbladder, and hydrate I remedies? What are your thoughts on these? A: These sound like organ support remedies. They’re often used as organ support. If you’re using a good homeopath, I’d say it’s ok, someone familiar with organ support remedies.

Tuesday September 13, 9:00pm EST Amy L. Lansky, PhD Over ten years ago, computer research scientist Amy Lansky began a journey to try and help her three-year-old autistic son Max. She found the answer in Homeopathy. As Max gradually made a complete recovery, she began to study this alternative therapy and eventually became a practitioner herself. Her best-selling Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy (R.L. Ranch Press, 2003, http://www.impossiblecure.com) describes the history, philosophy, and science of homeopathic medicine, and includes the story of her son's cure along with dozens of first-person testimonials of cures for a variety of physical, mental, and emotional conditions. Amy Lansky graduated from the University of Rochester in 1977 with degrees in mathematics and computer science, and received her doctorate in computer science from Stanford University in 1983. After many years working at various Silicon Valley research institutions in the area of artificial intelligence (including SRI International, NASA Ames Research Center, and three years as a consulting associate professor at Stanford), she made an unusual career move: she became a student, writer, promoter, and, most recently, practitioner of homeopathic medicine. This was prompted by the miraculous cure of her son's autism with homeopathy. Lansky now speaks and writes widely about homeopathy in general and especially its role as a treatment for autism. She is an executive board of the National Center for Homeopathy in Alexandria, Virginia. A health- freedom advocate, she is also an executive board member of the California Health Freedom Coalition, the organization that sponsored SB-577, the California health freedom bill that was passed in September 2002. You can learn more about homeopathic treatment of autism by visiting http://www.impossiblecure.com or by listening to Amy's monthly radio show on AutismOne Radio -- http://www.autismone.org/radio -- at 2pm EST the 3rd Friday of each month. Archives of old shows are available at www.impossiblecure.com. To download the biochat software, goto www.drneubrander.com to the chat/forum tab.