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Notes II

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What this page is for:
I'm creating and maintaining these pages for my own use to keep track and try to make sense of all of this information.  I then make it all available to the entire world in case someone might be helped by it.  The information in these Web pages is for the time when the medical community throws its hands in the air and says, “There’s nothing we can do for you, go home and die.”  This alternative medicine stuff might all be hooey, but given the choice between trying it and going home to wait around for the grim reaper, why not give it a try?  “It ain’t over, ‘til it’s over.”

As I've said before, I'm all for whatever works, whether that's Enbrel, supplements, methylene blue, or licking the butts of South American tree toads (I made that last one up).

Thanks to all of the people who have provided the information I have gleaned from the various message boards. These are clues and leads, and yes, it is OUR responsibility to research them further.

Again I must say that I really appreciate the, "we're gonna take matters into our own hands and do something" attitude of some of the people I have run into, especially on the Alz.org "Medications/Treatments for Alzheimer's and Other Related Dementias" forum, instead of a bunch of people just holding hands and commiserating about how horrible these diseases are, and how the doctors don't have any answers. OK, commiserating can help ease the anxiety and depression, but doing something-- trying some of these things mentioned here and elsewhere-- doing IS helping.

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Tau Protein Corruption
See also Tau Busters
The contents of this section have been moved to the Tau Protein Corruption page.

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Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA)
The contents of this section have been moved to the Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA) page.

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Colostrinin (Cognisure, Cognase, MemoryAid)
The contents of this section have been moved to the Colostrinin page.

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Sleep Apnea
The contents of this section have been moved to the Sleep Apnea page.

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NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
The contents of this section have been moved to the NSAIDs page.

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Nicotine
The contents of this section have been moved to the Nicotine page.

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Saffron
The contents of this section have been moved to the Saffron page.

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Leukine
The contents of this section have been moved to the Leukine page.

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Actos
The contents of this section have been moved to the Actos page.

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Parkinson's Disease
The contents of this section have been moved to the Parkinson's Disease page.

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Licorice Root Extract
The contents of this section have been moved to the Licorice Root Extract page.

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Shutting Down

Physicians and nurses like to use the phrase "shutting down" when they talk to the family of a deathly ill patient. The phrase has always bothered me, but I could never put my finger on why. After thinking about it for many years-- since the death of my grandmother from a massive stroke in 1989-- I think I've finally been able to put words to my nagging feelings.

"Shutting down" implies intent, the will of something conscious. A shop keeper tidies up and shuts down the store for the night. But a kidney isn't a shop keeper. It doesn't have a mind. A body does not have a mind. It is a machine, and the mind does not have control of its on/off switch. In fact, I contend that willing oneself to die is impossible, a supernatural event even, unless a person inflicts violence or abuse on themselves.

An organ fails.  A body fails.  It does not "shut down" because it can not think.  It can not decide.  It can not choose.

But what if it could "shut down"? That would imply that it made a choice.  And since it made that choice, nothing should be done to prevent the shutdown, to impede the "death process".  Indeed, the whole sequence of events to follow are inevitable, unstoppable, and out of the physician's hands.  They are morally obligated to abstain from trying anything.  They obviously can not interfere with the will of another sentient being, even if that "sentient being" is a kidney.

By using the phrase "shutting down", the medical community absolves itself from the responsibility of doing anything.

OK, you don't agree.  Then let's use the alternative phrase:  "Their body is failing."  The next logical question would be, why? That would be followed by, what can you do about it?  See, that makes the physician or nurse obligated to do something. But since, for whatever reason, they have decided that death is good, an obligation to do something is decidedly inconvenient.

Words mean things. Words matter.

The last miracle Christ performed on the cross as a man was to dismiss his spirit.  We mortal men have not been granted the power to dismiss our spirits by mere force of will, nor can we retain them only by the desire to live.  The body is a machine. It carries us into life without our consent. It carries us out without our permission. It has no mind, it has no will, it is incapable of making a choice.  It is programmed to live and, given the right conditions, will continue doing its job until something fails.

Physicians, nurses and many other people like to use the phrase "shutting down" to describe the condition of a person or an organ that is gravely ill. But they do this to avoid dealing with reality. A more accurate description would be, "Their body is failing and we have no clue what to do about it." Reality can be rather inconvenient. It is almost always harsh. Using the phrase "Their body is shutting down" implies that since the body is willing itself to expire, all efforts to intervene would be not only futile, but improper.

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Metformin

See also Tau Busters
The contents of this section have been moved to the Metformin page.

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Epothilone D
The contents of this section have been moved to the Epothilone D page.

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5-lipoxygenase Inhibitors
The contents of this section have been moved to the 5-lipoxygenase Inhibitors page.

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Cat's Claw (Uncaria tomentosa, Una de Gato, Samento)

See also TNF-alpha, Enbrel, Inflammation,

The contents of this section have been moved to the Cat's Claw page.

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Lutein
The contents of this section have been moved to the Lutein page.

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HSB-13
The contents of this section have been moved to the HSB-13 page.

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Lysine
The contents of this section have been moved to the Lysine page.

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Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1)

See also Infection and the Immune System Response
         Lysine
         Curcumin

The contents of this section have been moved to The Role of Infection and Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases page.

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PSD (post-synaptic density)
The contents of this section have been moved to the PSD (post-synaptic density) page.

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Rosemary
The contents of this section have been moved to the Rosemary page.

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Exercise
The contents of this section have been moved to the Exercise page.

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Bryostatin
The contents of this section have been moved to the Bryostatin page.

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
The contents of this section have been moved to the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) page.

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Genetics
The contents of this section have been moved to the Genetics page.

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Liver
The contents of this section have been moved to the Liver page.

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Anatabine (RCP006, CIGrX)

See also Neurogenesis, Nicotine, Inflammation,

The contents of this section have been moved to the Anatabine page.

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Brain Inflammation The Role of Brain Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases

See also AFA, ALA, Anatabine, Blueberries, Cat's Claw, CCSVI, Chitosan, Cinnamon, Curcumin,
         Enbrel (Etanercept), Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), Infection and Immune System Response,
         Leukine, NSAIDs, Nypta, TNF-Alpha,
The contents of this section have been moved to The Role of Infection and Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Oligomers
The contents of this section have been moved to the Oligomers page.

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Zileuton
The contents of this section have been moved to the Zileuton page.

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PBT2
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Prazosin
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REM sleep time as a marker for AD severity
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C-reactive protein (CRP)
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NMS (Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome)
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Haldol
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Nitrates
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Memantine
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Ferulic Acid
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YGS/YKS Yi-Gan San (YGS), Yokukansan (YKS)
The contents of this section have been moved to the YGS/YKS Yi-Gan San (YGS) page.

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Diabetes and Dementia
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Periodontal (gum) disease
The contents of this section has been moved to the Periodontal Disease page.

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Bexarotene
The contents of this section have been moved to the Bexarotene page.

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Trehalose a.k.a mycose or tremalose

The contents of this section have been moved to the Trehalose page.

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Fisetin
The contents of this section have been moved to the Fisetin page.

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Autophagy
The contents of this section have been moved to the Autophagy page.

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Clinical Trials
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Coffee
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Myricetin
The contents of this section have been moved to the Myricetin page.

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Updated: December 25, 2010
Inception: June 5, 2006