Simplified SUMMARY one-two-three.


1-ONE. MMP-9s eat holes in the Blood Brain Barrier(BBB), they destroy myelin and cleave/inactivate Interferon drugs.

http://home.ix.netcom.com/~jdalton/Yongrev.pdf

http://www.cnsforum.com/commentedite...9/default.aspx

2 -TWO. REDUCE MMP-9s ANY way you can - using diet, supplements & secondary effects of other drugs.

It is a matter of risk, lifestyle, costs, personal preference and your ability to make decisions based upon incomplete and admittedly weak info.


Things that reduce MMP-9s (AKA gelatinase B)

QUERCETIN..........................REDUCES MMP-9s

VIT D3 .................................REDUCES MMP-9s

RESVERATROL (Grape Skin Extract) ...REDUCES MMP-9s
(NOT Grape SEED Extract)

GREEN TEA EXTRACT(EGCGs)... REDUCES MMP-9s

ALPHA LIPOIC ACID (R-lipoic/ R-Dihdro-LipoicAcid) ... REDUCES MMP-9s

NAC N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine .......REDUCES MMP-9s

STATIN DRUGS (i.e Zocor) .....REDUCES MMP-9s

Omega-3s (ie Fish oil) ...........REDUCES MMP-9s

Minocycline/Doxycycline.........REDUCES MMP-9s

Curcumin.............................REDUCES MMP-9s

Pycnogenol (Pine bark extract)..REDUCES MMP-9s

Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and CS plus glucosamine sulfate (GS) ..REDUCES MMP-9s

Interferon Betas 1a/1b...........REDUCES MMP-9

(of course Steroids ....REDUCES MMP-9s)

***NOTE*** ( gelatinase B = MMP-9) ***NOTE***


3-THREE. Cap other inflammatory components like IL-12, Gamma Interferon, TNF-a, IL-1 beta and glutamate excitotoxicity.Some of the above "things" also lower some of these. I will try to elaborate on this but I want to stay on the MMP-9s focus for now.

http://home.ix.netcom.com/~jdalton/ms-two-stages.pdf


jackD

p.s. Sorry but understanding how MS progresses, a technical medical thing, is somewhat necessary to understand and appreciate this complementary approach. How MS progresses will be another NEW future thread. I am not concerned with the ULTIMATE CAUSE OF MS but only with how it progresses and the few processes that can be slowed to alter the disease progression.