Hello Owen,
This is .... I called up the vitamin c foundation and got your email from there.
My father was having chest pains for a very long period of time. He finally got his angiogram done in January and found out that 1 artery is 100% blocked and 2 others are 90% blocked.The cardiologist recommended him a bypass to completely fix him problem. However, he didn't go for it and had angioplasty done on the 2 90% blocked arteries instead. The cardiologist used 2 medicated stents.However, even though he feels better he still complains of chest pain and can not walk for even short distances. He is on a number of medicines and has no energy at all. He is getting weaker everyday. His diet is not good either. The cardiologist just told him to eat normal. I think it was pathertic advice as normal will be different for everyone.
The cardiologist also wants him to get another angiogram done.
Anyway, your site has given a lot of hope to us. I would like you to let me know which medicines he should discontinue right away. And what vitamins he should start taking. Also the dietry changes he should make.
His current medicines are:
Plavix 0+0+1
Ascard 0+0+1
Tenormin 1+0+0
Lipiget 0+0+1
Elantan Long 1+0+0
Risik 1+0+1
If you offer personal consultation kindly let me know the charges I will be more than happy to pay.
I am really worried about my father. I'm sure you know what we are going through..If you require further information kindly let me know.I can send you his reports and his angiogram cds as well.
Kind Reagards
Z.
Since you are in Pakistan, maybe I can give advice without going to
jail?
Seriously, most of what you want is in the book, Practicing Medicine Without A License http://www.practicingmedicinewithoutalicense.com
and if you click on the Excerpt link - you can get a PDF file of chapter 7 - which contains the entire protocol that I recommend.
I would advise your father to immediately begin taking vitamin C and lysine, assuming these supplements are available in Pakistan - are they?? Start with one 500 mg tablet of each - every 4 hours. After a day or 2, if he can tolerate that, then increase by 1 additional tablet, to 2 tablets of each (1000 mg) every 4 hours, maybe more just before bed. Then if he doesn't have gas/diarrhea, increase to 3 of each (1500 mg) every 4 hours until he reaches his tolerance, then reduce by one pill daily.
More on bowel tolerance at http://www.orthomed.com/titrate.htm
His pain will end after he reaches the correct dosages for him. Diet isn't really that important. We can deal with that later.
The drugs are another matter. There are many lawsuits now in the USA because Plavix has failed several trials and it can cause heart attack, and stopping it can cause a heart attack.
If you father is at his vitamin C tolerance before he starts to wean from the Plavix, his chances are much better. The other drugs probably aren't much better, and they are mostly for people in the usuall "vitamin C starved" state. Most aren't needed as the vitamin C levels increase - and heed Pauling's advice, do not stop the vitamin C even for a single day.
Now another huge problem causing weekness is the Lipitor - drains the body of CoQ10. He can start weaning that right away, first cut pill in half, then take less daily, then every other day. You need to get him Coenzyme Q10, maybe from lef.org, if not available in Pakistan. He must have at least 150 mg, but 300 or more mg daily will give him his energy back.
Opps I misread. No lipitor - but if one is a cholesterol-lowering drug, and there invariably is one, the advice remains the same as Lipitor.
More here in the future. Owen