My understanding is that EX4 is Byetta, prescribed for diabetes. Our neuro was not interested in prescribing this for us (no surprise there, really) but an alternative out of state doc we consult with was....provided we work with an endocrinologist in our town. His concern was that since we do not have diabetes, but would be taking a drug used to treat it, we could have some real problems (like passing out!). He wanted close monitoring which of course he cannot do being out of state. It's really scary to think about actually taking a drug for something like diabetes when you don't have that condition---what all might happen?

We are considering proceeding anyway, and are trying to find a good endocrinologist to guide us along the way. He/she may well scare us enough to not take this white rat challenge, but we'll see.

PS We also tried to get our neuro to help us figure out how much methylene blue to use and that was a no-go too. No doubt he laughs his a#@! off when we leave his office, but he's not offering up much himself other than the same-old same-old, so we have nothing to lose by asking.