MYER'S COCKTAIL
 
The Myer's Cocktail is named for a Maryland physician who used intravenous injections
of particular nutrients to treat a wide array of health problems among his patients. The original premise of the cocktail was to override a poorly functioning digestive system: you could simply go directly to the bloodstream. When nutrients are injected intravenously digestion is bypassed. The Myer's Cocktail is often used when other treatments fail or fall short. It is especially useful in the following conditions:

There are very likely additional uses that have yet to be discovered.  Many elderly people find a new resurgence of well-being and improvement in a number of areas where they are chronically weakened.


GLUTATHIONE

Glutathione is an antioxidant found in every cell in your body.  It is extremely important in all detoxification pathways.  Glutathione scavenges free radicals, detoxifies poisons and heavy metals, helps deliver amino acids into the cells, helps in bile production and much, much more.  Above all glutathione is extremely important in maintaining a healthy immune system.  If our bodies cannot keep up with the demand for glutathione due to either increased toxic load from infections or poisons, we can end up with a severely compromised immune system.  And since increased adrenalin (stress hormone) suppresses glutathione production, stress can greatly deplete the glutathione reserves of your body.

Glutathione has been shown to protect against liver cancer in animal studies.  In humans it has been used to protect from kidney damage during chemotherapy and also in patients undergoing bypass surgery.

This incredible substance can even increase insulin synthesis in people with impaired glucose metabolism. It can also help to reduce viral load and normalize liver enzymes in hepatitis C patients.

Probably the most widely known use of intravenous glutathione is in the treatment for Parkinson's disease.  It was used for the first time in a landmark study from the Department of Neurology at the University of Sassari in Italy. The researchers gave Parkinson's patients intravenous glutathione twice a day for 30 days.  The patients were evaluated at one month intervals for six months.  The results were extremely impressive:  all patients improved significantly after intravenous glutathione therapy with a 42% decline in disability.  The therapeutic effect lasted up to 4 months after the treatment was stopped.  That important research indicated that glutathione has great symptomatic efficacy and possibly can slow down the progression of the disease.

Glutathione is a critically important brain chemical, one of the most important brain antioxidants.  By preventing damage to brain tissue (quenching dangerous free radicals and recycling vitamins C and E) glutathione is of utmost importance.  It appears that this protection is lacking in the brains of Parkinson's patients because of the glutathione deficiency present in virtually all of them.

Glutathione also increases sensitivity to dopamine which is also depleted in Parkinson's disease patients. 

Intravenous infusion of glutathione helps relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease patients and allows them to greatly reduce the amount of their drugs. 

Another area where glutathione proved indispensable is liver problems.  Interestingly, Parkinson's patients as well as others with neurological illnesses have been shown to manifest great flaws in their liver's ability to detoxify various chemicals to which they
are exposed.

Another interesting and quite effective approach in using intravenous glutathione with special lipids has been developed by Dr. Patricia Kane and Dr. Neil Speight that helps to remarkably unload the body burden of heavy metals and neurotoxins in patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme's disease and other neurological illnesses.

We are very aware how highly controversial Dr. Batmanghelidj's book is in conventional medical circles.  Nevertheless we have found physiological normal saline intravenous drips especially when followed by Myer's Cocktail amazingly effective in our treatment of Adrenal Exhaustion. Some patients call it "simply miraculous".  It is incredibly satisfying to witness the changes in our patients with the most severe Adrenal Exhaustion after just a few saline drips plus Myer's Cocktail push, sometimes even after the first infusion.  The pink color comes back to their pale faces; they feel the lost vitality returning to their weakened bodies, warmth to their limbs, and joy replaces depression.