Dr Mason Brown never puts any pressure on GPs to prescribe nimodipine on the NHS. it is just not fair if they have a difficult local situation. However GPs, who have seen the improvement in earlier patients, are now increasingly insisting on prescribing it on the NHS. There is no greater advocate than the convert, especially once they realise the dangers of cerebral anoxia and toxicity in CFS / ME.

Answer: You can be allergic to anything. However, in my experience, over the last seven years there has only been one person that was allergic to nimodipine and they had several allergies, including being allergic to all the calcium antagonists. If an individual has a known allergy to calcium antagonists, they should not take nimodipine. There are other brain circulation alternatives that are also being tried, but nimodipine has stood the test of time.

Answer: In the very small dosages used in the nimodipine protocol for ME the side effects are not usually due to the nimodipine, but due to the release of the neurotoxins. Neurotoxins are the waste products produced by brain cells that, in someone with ME, have been trapped in the brain due to the poor circulation. The side effects of the neurotoxins being released are usually tiredness, nausea, a feeling of facial flushing, or temporary increased heart rate.

Answer: It is a very important principal of medical practice to check that there are no interactions between prescribed medicines, or for that matter medicines, herbal products, foods or even minerals. The person to ask is your pharmacist or your GP. Remember however, if your GP looks up nimodipine, he or she is seeing it in the British context of eight tablets a day used for patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage. That dose can lower the blood pressure.

People with serious forms of anxiety demonstrate chronic over-activity in the areas of the brain associated with fear or nervousness. An inhibitory neurotransmitter, gamma aminobutyricacid (GABA) works in these areas to diminish this excessive nerve cell activity. There is evidence that benzodiazepines cause an increase in the activity of GABA, thereby returning the system to a normal level and reducing the associated symptoms of anxiety.

There is usually no problem with the lowering of blood pressure when the ME protocol is followed as the dosage of Nimodipine used is so small. If an individual needed to work up to a larger dose of nimodipine over time, for example, four tablets a day, which is very unusual, then it would be prudent to have your GP check your blood pressure as usual.

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Imbalance in the distribution of Qi can bring on ill health. Poor Qi circulation leads to poor blood circulation. When the blood does not circulate adequately, the cells lose food, water, oxygen, and cellular detoxification of wastes and carbon dioxide. This lack of nourishment to the cells couples with toxic build up, leads to cellular illness, mutation, and death. Acupuncture restores the flow of Qi and blood to these areas of congestion, thus bringing them back to life.

ME is a condition with poor circulation to the brain. This, especially if associated with dehydration can cause chronic headache, that sometimes can be severe. Also there is a varying degree of inflammation due to the toxic substances produced by nerve cells and trapped in the brain, and these can cause headaches. Also any chronic stress or negative emotions, such as frustration, resentment, and especially emotions like anger, can increase headaches and pain.

No. Not in the doses used in the ME protocol. The doses of nimodipine used in treating ME are tiny, starting at a quarter tablet or less, compared to the dose, eight tablets a day, used to treat someone with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. Look at it this way, it is the difference between having a few sips of wine as compared to drinking the whole bottle.

Brain death results from a severe, irreversible injury to the brain. All areas of the brain are damaged and no longer function. In situations of brain death, a person cannot sustain their own life, but vital body functions may be maintained in an intensive care unit for a short period of time. This maintains circulation to the vital organs long enough to facilitate organ donation. People who experience brain death can also donate tissue.

The meaning of the word tumor is a "lump" or a "swelling", and in medical language it is used to indicate an abnormal, uncontrolled growth in any part of the body. You may think of it as a group of cells which rapidly divide and do not recognize any rule or limit. The brain tumors are similar to the tumors of other organs. However, since the brain is the center of many critical functions, tumors arising in this organ have serious outcomes.

In some ways yes, but in most ways it is not at all like a computer. The brain performs many analog operations which cannot be performed by computers and in many cases it achieves hybrid digital-analog computing. The most important feature of the brain that makes it different from computers is that it is constantly changing.

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Since 2003, each issue of Side-Line has a circulation of 6000 copies of which over 90% of the pressing is sold (and 5% are used for promotion)! Thanks to an impressive growing subscribers community and a very focussed distribution network, Side-Line sells more copies now than when it had a worldwide circulation of 25000 copies sold through the traditional press distribution medium.

Though these blood vessels carry blood, the great majority of them, especially spider veins, are not necessary and perform no useful function.