From "DMSO Nature's Healer" by Dr. Morton Walker 1993
INJURIES OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
An important possible advance in the prevention of paralysis
after injuries to the brain and spinal cord, DMSO is being
studied for this purpose at four centers of learning. One
of them is the University of Miami School of Medicine, where
Jack C. de la Torre, M.D., is Associate Professor of
Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and Chief of the Department of
Neurological Research. By 1992, he had been working with
the compound for about twelve years. Dr. de la Torre first
illustrated his findings at a November 1980 scientific
conference of the DMSO Society of Florida, Inc. held in
Sarasota, Florida.
Studying monkeys that were given an occlusion of the middle
cerebral artery, the blood vessel in the brain that controls
motor function, Dr. de la Torre prevented their paralysis
by dosing them with DMSO. The DMSO-treated monkeys didn't
suffer from the severe neurological damage from cerebral
stroke that would occur if they were left untreated or were
treated with corticosteroids, the current conventional
treatment. Stroke, which causes half a million deaths or
more each year among Americans, is the second most common
cause of death from cardiovascular disease. There are many
facets to the pathologic process- pressure, lack of oxygen,
inadequate blood flow, release of enzymes- and DMSO is well
equipped to arrest them. The DMSO must be administered
within four hours to be effective, and within ninety minutes
is best, reports Dr. de la Torre. I provide a full
discussion of his DMSO research with head and spinal cord
injuries in Chapter 9.
At the University of Oregon Medical School where Dr. Jacob
works, intravenous DMSO was given to patients following
severe head injury. For a group of patients receiving
barbiturates and mannitol, brain pressure remained elevated.
When 40 percent DMSO was administered (one gram of DMSO
per kilogram of body weight) the pressure came Down to
normal within three to five minutes. Barbiturates and
mannitol. are at present considered the best available
treatment in traditional medicine for such brain injuries,
but DMSO proved better, said Dr. Jacob in an interview.
In separate animal studies with cats, rats, and dogs done at
three universities, DMSO given intravenously to the spinal
cords of the animals within an hour of injury brought about
reversal of the injuries, which ordinarily would have been
irreversible.
"We have had experience at our medical school in Oregon with
two Patients in which DMSO was given as early as an hour
after what was considered an irreversible injury-an
immediate, complete quadraplegia- and in both people there
was total recovery with them walking out of the hospital,”
said Dr. Jacobs. For optimal therapeutic effect it is
considered critical to give DMSO intravenously within ninety
minutes of a head injury.
“Since the grey matter of the brain seems to deteriorate
after an injury, at least in experimental subjects, DMSO has
to be given very quickly. Every emergency room and every
ambulance should carry it. For paralysis, the drug should
be administered in the dosage of one gram per kilogram of
body weight. Forty percent concentration for paralysis is
recommended even though it extends the bleeding time, Dr.
Jacobs said. “We have had three patients come into our
medical center paralyzed after injury: one five hours, a
second six hours, and the last nine hours. Historically, we
thought their chances of recovery were just about zero. Two
of those three are now walking as a result of our
administering IV DMSO despite the time being beyond an
hour-and-a-half of the injury.” The
Douglass Center recommended, and Dr. de la Torre concurred,
that 2 grams per kilogram patient body weight should be
given for the first dose in these trauma cases.
HEMORRHAGIC STROKE AND HEAD WOUNDS
Even though 40 percent DMSO does cause a prolongation of
bleeding time, it is still indicated for use in treating
embolic or hemorrhagic stroke. Hemorrhagic stroke is the
rupture of a weakened blood vessel in the brain often
causing headache, nausea, and ringing in the ears just
before the onset of this type of cerebral vascular accident.
Embolic stroke is the plugging of a vessel by a clot.
DMSO is superior to any other treatment for high velocity
missile wounds of the brain where a great deal of hemorrhage
is present. The key to success with DMSO for hemorrhagic
stroke or any other problem, as has been shown, is to use it
as soon as possible after the stroke or head wound occurs.
The healing qualities of DMSO work to bring the injured
tissues back to normal. See Chapter 9 and Appendix I for
more extensive information on DMSO's use in embolic and
hemorrhagic stroke.
BRAIN-DAMAGED CHILDREN
DMSO has been useful in cases of mental retardation and
Down's Syndrome. As a penetrant it carries drugs across the
blood-brain barrier, always a major problem in treating the
brain. It has also been used to combat certain forms of
psychosis.
Brain-damaged children are given oral DMSO in 50 percent
strength . It's especially advantageous for impaired
babies, who are provided with a quantity of one half of a
gram per kilogram by mouth. Efficacy will be noticed by the
child's parents, although measurable changes may not reach
the level of statistical significance for the person
administering therapy. A cholinesterase inhibitor, the drug
may stimulate central nervous system transmission, which is
certainly worth a try even over several years to restore a
brain-damaged child.
See Chapter 10 for greater detail on the response to DMSO
therapy of children with mental retardation, Down's
syndrome, and learning difficulties.
joe bloggs wrote:
Does anyone here know of a treatment for brain injuries? My 21 year old
son was involved in a terrible accident in the early hours of Saturday
morning and has had two operations and is in a coma, on life support. I
don't know whether to pray for his death or his life because I don't
know the quality of life expected - nobody knows. If anyone has any
information, please share it. Thank you.
Frankie
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