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  1. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Sophora Flavescens / Ku Shen / Oxymatrine

    Chia uses Inosine because it is easy to source and it is virtually identical to inosine pranobrex. Many CFS/ME specialists around the world believe the two items are interchangeable
  2. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Peginterferon Lambda (IFN-λ) to treat Coxsackie/Enterovirus B

    I have tried inf alpha 2.5million iu 3 times a week for a couple months and got no benefits. My immunologist said to try the inf gamma as there is some evidence that this will help clear fungal and viral infections (tested strongly positive to enterovirus via Chia and a biofilm producing strain...
  3. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Huge improvements on cetirizine

    Zyrtec is a th1 increasing medication aka immunomodulating
  4. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) - how's it working for you?

    LDN caused extreme tiredness. Horrible stuff, overall it made me worse. That was with 1.5mg per day, higher doses made effects worse. Strangely though, it seemed to help the first couple of days, went downhill after that.
  5. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Tips for Finding Reliable Prescription-Free Online Pharmacies

    And so can you, based on your “experience” living in the USA 😀
  6. mrmichaelfreedmen

    POLL: Have Antibiotics Helped Your ME/CFS Symptoms?

    fluoroquinolone is dangerous, black box warning across the USA
  7. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Enteroviruses - revisited

    High Nagalase prevents the macrophages from activating, so the immune cascade of events do not occur (or at least severely limit). The chart I saw displayed the macrophages right at the top of this cascade, and the Th1 etc response was right at the bottom. They referred to the macrophages...
  8. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Enteroviruses - revisited

    have you had your nagalase levels checked? High levels would indicate a reason why Oxymatrine did not work.
  9. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Enteroviruses - revisited

    I get shortness of breath with high (1000mg) doses of NAC. I take 500mg twice a day and find it fine at this dose. I have read different opinions from health professionals who caution high NAC doses.
  10. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Tips for Finding Reliable Prescription-Free Online Pharmacies

    You have either lived in the USA and received medications, or you have not - A very simple scenario, no need to complicate.
  11. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Extremely powerful brain/neuro herx after interferon type product

    I haven’t been getting fevers while on this Interferon, but my sleep has been really bad, Usually fall asleep around midnight, but been up until 5am most nights. Dr Chia talks about fevers and the body ridding the enterovirus infection.
  12. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Extremely powerful brain/neuro herx after interferon type product

    I had similar “inflammation” & “Headache” symptoms from Russian injectable Interferon alpha at 2.5million IU 3x a week. However these side effects stopped when I switched from saline to bacteriostatic water...
  13. mrmichaelfreedmen

    List of ME/CFS Recovery and Improvement Stories

    https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-021-02721-9
  14. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Clostridium Butyricum - A Game Changer?

    I started the combination of the two a few days ago. Infantis on its own is very helpful for me.
  15. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Tips for Finding Reliable Prescription-Free Online Pharmacies

    Yes, while in the US - I had no problems. I would advise to check on what the current “personal supply amounts” currently are, because this can vary. For this very reason Alldaychemist.com sends order in separate packages, spaced apart, when they consider current “personal supply amounts”...
  16. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Tips for Finding Reliable Prescription-Free Online Pharmacies

    I have never had anything seized by US or Aus Customs sent by AlldayChemist.com But I do know US Customs constantly reevaluate procedures and restrictions. Did you receive a seizure letter? Or just checking before ordering?
  17. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Tips for Finding Reliable Prescription-Free Online Pharmacies

    I am 100% positive it occurred following my registration and email reply with rupharma.com What is more frustrating is that due to sanctions, no Russian Pharmacy can send anything to Australia. Update: Receiving 50+ online pharmacy spam emails per day. This is from maybe 5 or 10 from various...
  18. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Tips for Finding Reliable Prescription-Free Online Pharmacies

    WARNING!!! RUPharma.com WILL sell your email address to Spammers!!!
  19. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Enteroviruses - revisited

    Absolutely.
  20. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Antibiofilm Activities of Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Against Candida albicans

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35069463/ Interesting study on silver - colloidal silver and Candida biofilms
  21. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Nice GcMAF transdermal cream from GcMAFplus.com in Hong Kong

    Does anyone know how to receive a constant dose from the MAFactive cream? The 25ng per dose like outlined by @Sushi would be great. Is it fair to say 25ng either via injection OR cream per week, is the safest dose to go by? I had to stop GcMAF a while ago due to the inflammation it was causing.
  22. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Boron and H2S Sibo?

    Nothing wrong with using Boron, just don’t use more then 15mg per day. Also remember it depletes Vit B2. It has mild antifungal effects and potent hormone balancing effects, would be helpful for fungal and probably bacterial over growths.
  23. mrmichaelfreedmen

    The Enterovirus Theory of Disease Etiology in ME/CFS: A Critical Review (O'Neal and Hanson, 2021)

    nitazoxanide stimulates INF production for a very limited time frame - 14 days or so
  24. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Dr. John Chia talks about chronic enterovirus infection in ME/CFS - Interview by Amy Proal

    Dr Chia has however correlated the amount of disability of a patient with the amount of viral protein present in tissue biopsies. I believe the viral infection/s reach a point where Nagalase production is sufficient enough to paralyse macrophage activation and CFS/ME surfaces.
  25. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Dr. success using higher doses of GCMAF

    You need to be careful with vaccines as they all generally increase Th2 activity, look at Dr Chia's work in regards to the detrimental effect of increased Th2 polarization. FYI: MRNA formulations for covid19 or sars-cov2 (used 19 instead of 2 because it occurred in 2019) Moderna has published...
  26. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Does a reduction of Oxymatrine lead to a crash?

    Yes.
  27. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Disappointing for Australians: CustomCare Compounding Pharmacy

    @pete_parker Is this the offending med center at Aspley: https://www.ipn.com.au/gp/qld-aspley-aspley-medical-centre/contact-us/ ???
  28. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Does a reduction of Oxymatrine lead to a crash?

    Need to be monitored as long term oxymatrine use can induce inflammatory symptoms. But was very helpful combined with inosine, for me. Does anyone have a good Arbidol source?
  29. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Disappointing for Australians: CustomCare Compounding Pharmacy

    Absolutely agree, this is ALL about money!
  30. mrmichaelfreedmen

    Disappointing for Australians: CustomCare Compounding Pharmacy

    @pete_parker All I can say is: "Karma" is a wonderful thing. Heading back to Australia again soon for business, hopefully the rest of the country hasn't gone down the same undesirable route 😀