Shortly after my previous post I stopped taking beta glucan completely. I'm still taking AHCC twice a day and echinacea, and of course olive leaf extract and the rest of the supplements I've been on for a long time now.
The numbness (neuropathy) improved but unfortunately only a little. I'm currently trying krill oil, B12 (methylcobalamin), choline, inositol, and lecithin which are supposed to help neuropathy and rebuild nerves. I won't be adding any more experimental immune/antiviral type treatments until this improves.
One explanation is that the beta glucan upregulated the wrong type of cytokines. Another is that it boosted my immune system which started killing off pathogens that were present in nerve cells (HIV is known to cause neuropathy too). In either case I'm not going to take it again. If I can get rid of this new symptom I will go back on isoprinosine instead.
I wish you well with the neuropathy. It sounds as though you favor isoprinosine. How do you think it might benefit you to go back on isoprinosine?
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May I please add a link to your blog on cfsandxmrv.blogspot.com?
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Hello CFS,I think the beta glucans Judy Mikovits talked about are Biothera's Imprime PGG, modified to produce no pro inflammatory cytokine responses in cancer patients .I could be wrong but it has just gone into phase 2 trials and they seem to have impressed the NCI.
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