<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>MyNewfy</b></i><br>I have a couple of questions about the oil of oregano. I was reading last night about it (finally) and some places stated that it is not good for long term use, there can be liver damage associated with this oil after a prolonged time. Other places said that it is fine to use with chronic illnesses as long it's not over use and given more than the recommended dosage.
Sean, what is your take on OO for long term use? I know you're doing it but any thoughts about what they say? It scares me a little (for myself), long term that is. I wonder if you use it for short term when you really need it. I also wonder if just oil dops under the tongue would be more of a long term use routine, since it's not so direct to the lungs. Also, I know your PFTs dropped to around 47% and then you took OO and they're up to like 90% now. What was your base line before they dropped to 47%? What did you drop from, 90%? Or have you surpassed even what you expected, PFT wise?
Any thoughts on this?<hr></blockquote>
In my 20's, unless I was sick, i was almost always around 100%, but I was still always very chunky. Before I got sick and dropped down to 47% I was (If I remember correctly) about 87% when not sick. After one of my PFT's I noticed my smalls had gone down quite a ways, and my overall % was down a good deal as well. I wasn't "bouncing back" baseline wise, like I used to in my 20's. After I did the OO, when I was down to 47% (to me that is a HUGE drop), I went up to 99%, which was the area I was used to being in, when not sick, in my 20's. The only thing I did different was the oregano oil. They pumped me full with antibiotics for 24 days, and I developed an "unknown organism" in my lungs afterwards. The best they could get me to was like 83%, and I STILL had that real nasty crap in my chest. And thats when I started taking the OO.
As far as long term use, I have read the same things. I've been doing the OO straight, in several forms at the same time, for 6 months now (coming up on 7 months). I have had complete blood work done twice and a full exam twice, and both times all my readings were fine. I think the recommendations about not doing them long term were made for normal people, and not someone battling multi nasty bacteria infestations in their body. I also drink occasionally, so i'm sure if it was having any effect on my liver, I would surely know about it. To me, any potential risk (VERY potential in this case) are far outweighed by the benefits i'm receiving. If I would have never started the OO, who knows where I would be now, because the docs and medicine couldn't help me anymore and I wasn't flourishing anymore.
For anyone with concerns like this, I recommend they try the oil for a month, if no negative side effects present themselves and the patient feels much better, continue the treatment for say 3 months, and then go to one of your doctors and get a full blood work done, and look to see what a before and after reading of your liver function is.
