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Originally Posted by doydie (Post 1074787)

Ruth I don't know if you have fibro or not but when my sister first got it I did a lot of reading about the treatment. I believe there is a fibro forum here on Neurotalk and that's where I learned about it.

Thanks, I`ll look around in there too. My yesterday moment was that CBD is an NMDA antagonist also. I should have known as they both are treating the same conditions. Ruth

So, if one wants to try experimenting with taking dextromethorphan, and see if it makes any difference in the MS, how do you know how much to take? (I have a bottle of Delsym, which is dextromethorphan polistirex.

Is this the right kind? How much would I put in the little cup that comes with it? (it's labeled in mL)

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Originally Posted by Erin524 (Post 1074852)

Well we used 5 ml, a child's dose, he is however a grown man. He was only on one other med so made the homework easier, please check against any other meds and should really chat with doc first. When I did talk to his doc she said polistirex stuff was fine. Hope it goes well for you. Ruth

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Originally Posted by RLSmi (Post 786153)

I've been using low dose dextrometorphan as an alternative to LDN for Parkinson's disease for more than six years of the ten years I have been diagnosed, with what I feel is good success.

I buy over-the-counter pediatric preparations (PediaCare, Triaminic, etc) that contain 7.5 mg of dextromethorphan hydrobromide per 5 ml (1 tsp). It is important that the cough syrup NOT contain any other active ingredient such as guafinesin, polystyril, antihistamines. I take 1/2 tsp every night at bedtime, which should contain 3.75 mg of the drug.

Dextromethorphan (DM) and naltrexone are both morphinans which have been shown to be powerful anti-inflammatory drugs, demonstrated by the research by Dr. J.S. Hong to be especially effective in neural tissues of the CNS. Because of the long history of safety of DM, I feel very comfortable in using this inexpensive, non-prescription drug as a neuroprotective agent.

Robert Smith

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Originally Posted by Erin524 (Post 1074852)

Erin - Robert's post says that he takes 1/2 tsp every night.

how many mL is that?

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Originally Posted by Erin524 (Post 1075027)

how many mL is that?

2.5ml or very close. I did read a study yesterday that for MS is even smaller than that dose. I decided to give Jim the half teaspoon this morn. Gonna see if a once a week dose of this will produce better function. Ruth

I took about 2.5mL of Delsym last night before going to bed.

Woke up this morning, felt sick, made it into the bathroom where I felt like throwing up for awhile. Never did throw up, but I felt hot, cold, very shaky, and nearly fainted. No idea if it's related to taking the Delsym.

That's not the first time I've woken up feeling like that, and nearly fainting. I don't like it when that happens.

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Originally Posted by Erin524 (Post 1075126)

Sorry to hear that, hope you are feeling better...

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Originally Posted by momcaregiver (Post 1075301)

Sorry to hear that, hope you are feeling better...

Update: Jimmies getting slower and stuck more often again and I`m missing its effects so I broke down and gave a 1/2 teaspoon dose yesterday of the DM. Like half of last time dose. That bit I read about it being a stimulant I think might be spot-on as thats what seems to be missing. Like ADD and the stimulant effect is what might have really made Jim be able to get unstuck, could all be more in the thinking-process and not so much muscle related at all.

So just playing to figure out how much and how often to possibly get that back. Was gonna do a once a week dose but since nothing happened on this one dose I`m gonna do the six days again with this lower half teas and see what happens. If it shows its working again like before I`ll go on to start a once a week dose thereafter. If not I`ll have to go back to the childs dose. Gonna try it without the new BP script too just so I know if we need to really use that or not with a lower dose. Fingers crossed on this day 2 of the second trial...

I have read that dextromethorphan can feel like a bit of a stimulant at the low
doses and a depressant at the large doses. Druggies, usually teens, use it as
a "space out" drug at the med to high doses.:eek: