Things that helped me make this decision to take glutathione are as follows:
1. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://members.tripod.com/uvicf/mediainfo/hudsonlong.pdf
">http://members.tripod.com/uvic...iainfo/hudsonlong.pdf
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2. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://members.tripod.com/uvicf/gsh/layman_gsh.htm
">http://members.tripod.com/uvicf/gsh/layman_gsh.htm
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3. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://67.95.204.82/Subsets/tirouv/index.htm
">http://67.95.204.82/Subsets/tirouv/index.htm
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4. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15653998&query_hl=1
">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/en...s=15653998&query_hl=1
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5. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://members.tripod.com/uvicf/gsh/GSHPlusDoc.htm
">http://members.tripod.com/uvicf/gsh/GSHPlusDoc.htm
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6. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://members5.boardhost.com/CFGSH/
">http://members5.boardhost.com/CFGSH/
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7. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://members.tripod.com/uvicf/gsh/gshaugment.htm
">http://members.tripod.com/uvicf/gsh/gshaugment.htm
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8. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/00/slides/3652s1_05/index.htm
">http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/docke...s/3652s1_05/index.htm
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Lou-Lou,
Deciding to take gsh was a huge decision for me. I came across the valerie hudson interview on the Today show and that started my search. I read every single one of these articles....I lost sleep, I was so intrigued it became an obsession to learn more about my illness and the role that gsh played in my overall health. I was at a point were my health was taking a slow dive and I was desperate toturn it around. Call it clinging to a dream or whatever, but these articles offered much hope. After doing weeks of research, I decided to have my glutathione level tested....I mean if glutathione is so important in the body...wonder what mine was. We ordered a kit from Great Smokies Diagnostic laboratory...this company is now Genova Diagnostics. Anyway, my numbers were below critically low. My thought process was as follows. If glutathione is the number 1 antioxidant in the body and I am critically low, what happens if a augment the gsh so that I have a normal range. I mean, vit e, another antioxidant is replenished in cfers by supplementing, so why would glutathione, a more critical antioxidant, be any different. And if mine was so depleted, what was I waiting for?
I currently take 33mg of gsh per pound of body weight. I take roughly 3300 mg a day. It is divided into four doses throughout the day. It was a whip at first, but I quickli became used to a few more pills. I have inhaled it before and I coughed up disgusting crap but then I had a bleed (very little) and decided to stop. I also bleed with TOBI and Colistin and for this reason cannot inhale them either. I got this number from the Utah Valley Site...Dr. Clark Bishop is the doc who helped Valerie come up with a protocol for gsh supplementation. I was in contact with him, while working up to my maintenance dose.
Gsh changed my life. I have a friend on another website who is much healthier than me...her pfts ranged like Sasuka's..in the 90's. She started oral gsh and her pfts (FEV1) shot to 121 in a few weeks...it had never been that high before! I believe we all can benefit from gsh, it is just a matter of who benefits more. The bottom line is we all have gsh in our bodies and ALL CHRONIC ILLNESSES DEPLETE GLUTATHIONE.....is doesn't take a rocket scientist to say maybe we need to level the playing field.
Hope this helps.
mandy