robi
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Does Cholestyramine/Questran affect what brain flow would look like on a Spect Scan?
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I doubt it does
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I'm taking a guess, Robi, wanted to say that first, k?
I'm thinking probably not because Cholestyramine is not absorbed it just binds stuff(notice the use of the technical term) in your GI tract.
I would think that wouldn't change the blood flow in your brain but I'm using Lyme-logic to figure that.
I hope someone smarter happens along.
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Hi robi. I would say it is possible. I did a search on "cholestyramine" + "brain flow" and 9 sites were pulled up. the first one was this..
[PDF] Abstracts File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat treated with phenobarbital, cholestyramine, and multivita-. mins containing vitamin ... blood flow in specific regions of the brain, flow was mea- ... doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ana.410080226 - Similar pages
...When I clicked on it there was no abstract. But it leads me to believe it is possible.
Who knows what happens in the body when these toxins are stirred up and mobilized. Why don't you call or email Shoemaker's office and ask them your question. They might have an answer for you.
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It's hard to imagine it stirring anything up since it's just a binder- it doesnt' leave the GI tract, I've read. It relies on the toxins making it to your GI tract on their own accord, then grabs the suckers to you can get rid of them, I believe.
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Well when I took it I know my vision improved and the eyes are connected to the CNS and your brain so it's hard to tell what's going on with the body.
I imagine as some toxins are being mobilized through the enterohepatic circulation and are binded that others may be pulled from storage sites. But I am no Doctor, just someone who took Cholestyramine and with an active imagination.. Posts: 117 | From . | Registered: Oct 2006
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Richie Shoemaker, MD, who discovered this secondary use of cholestyramine, does say that your contrast sensitivity will improve (and he uses contrast sensitivity testing to determine if you are treating your toxic mold and other ailments successfully), but I think (I may be wrong as I can't bring myself to finish his unreadably awful book) that he attributes it to the toxins disrupting your nervous system functioning, rather than that the CSM/questran/welchol actually acts on the CNS directly.
I could be wrong.
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No, I think you are right but I still think it's possible CSM may indirectly affect this..
I think I remember reading a post by Mo years ago that was about her son and somewhere along the way there was talk about CSM and hypoperfusion.. something like that, if my memory serves me correctly. Maybe she will see this post and chime in if she knows what I am talking about..
I doubt there have been many studies on this.
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quote:Originally posted by MariaA: It's hard to imagine it stirring anything up since it's just a binder- it doesnt' leave the GI tract, I've read. It relies on the toxins making it to your GI tract on their own accord, then grabs the suckers to you can get rid of them, I believe.
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Can it leave the gut if someone has a leaky gut?
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Thanks for these very thoughtful replies.
I wonder though, that even if it doesn't leave the gut, it does absorb the toxins that would leave the gut and again enter one's system. Those toxins (neurotoxins) would then not be present and THAT would affect the SPECT Scan.
This is all based on my very lay understanding of the process here. That is why I was hoping if someone really knew what the effect might be.
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The question I have (and will ask my LLMD) is: does questran reduce the inflamation in the brain caused by Neurotoxins? If so, can this be seen on a Spect?
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robi
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yes, Foggy ............ that is the question. WHen is your LLMD appt. I would love to know what s/he says.
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