Yep, many things make it through the barrier, especial solvents such as alcohol, and things that mimic hormones, such as the other examples you give. The barrier does tend to do a fair job of keeping some stuff out like lead.
Marshall JudytheK wrote: > I have always wondered about the "truth" of the "blood-brain barrier" > because of the obvious effects of, for example, alcohol, heroin, marijuana, > cocaine, morphine. Oh, I could go on . . . > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 9:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Help with level 4 glioblastoma > > Part of the problem with brain cancer is the blood brain barrier. According > to the people who treated my husband for brain cancer (and yes, all > treatment > failed) the blood brain barrier kept many things including medicine from the > brain and I imagine it would keep colloidial silver from it. Intravenous > c/s > could be tried of course. I hate for my first post to this list to be a > downer, but brain cancer is very hard to treat because surgically you have > to > be sure not to create a vegetable of your patient and radiation doesn't > always help. The blood brain barrier keeps most chemo from reaching the > brain. I'm very sorry about your sister in law or indeed anyone with brain > cancer. My husband died at 58. He was very healthy and full of life except > for the cancer and probably would have lived to 85 without it. Margaret > Park > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
