Case History: COPD for over 5 years in duration: MM 90Yr F. Summer to November 1011.

Starting conditions:

• AA 3 grams per day, 1g 3x/day
• Taking SimvaStatin 10 mg per day
• Minocycline slightly effective but no remarkable change in COPD symptoms.

September:

• Cold inflammation episode duration 3 weeks to resolve,
• Lingering productive cough
• Bladder status: Frequency ? times per night. Incontinent occasionally.
• Minocycline helped, but bladder symptoms re-occurred.
• Shoulder muscle pain increasing, cannot sleep.
• Gradual mental deterioration, detached, lack of initiative.
• Gradual physical deterioration, peripheral muscle pains,
• Increasing lack of stamina.
• Irregular sleep,

Increased AA to 6 grams 2x3/day.

• Shoulder pain vanished within one day.

October:

• Started Acyclovir for respiratory viruses.
• Started Serapeptase to block phlegm in lungs.
• Mental and muscular deterioration continues.
• Forgetfulness for recent events is increasing.

Based on web research for adverse actions of statins,

• Statins block CoQ10 and Heme (antioxidant) production.
• Statins accelerate the ageing process.
• Statins cause mental loss of faculties
• Statins cause muscle pains and atrophy.
• Statins greatly increase need for antioxidants AA, Vitamin E, Vitamin A and CoQ10 in diet.

Lack of CoQ10 is very heart adverse; CoQ10 and AA are very heart protective.

• Protective heart formula (PHF) is: CoQ10, AA, L-Lysine, L-Proline. +EGCG =green tea antioxidant.
• PHF is also anti cancer.
• CoQ10, AA, and Heme are intracellular antioxidants, protecting against mitochondrial dysfunction.

MM’s adverse symptoms of statins (above) were present in accelerated muscular and mental deterioration & lack of stamina.

• If not taking statin, body makes ~500 milligrams/day of CoQ10
• Must take CoQ10 >/= 300 grams per day with statins to avoid deficiency effects.
• Statins cause cholesterol starvation and no CoQ10 increases oxidation of cholesterol
• Some of oxidized cholesterols are neurotoxins, that are more harmful if either low AA and/or low cholesterol.
• AA in-blood half-lifetime is ~½ hour. You cannot go days without it. You need it with every meal.
• MM was not taking any supplemental CoQ10 while blocking its production with statin.
• Statins’ heart benefit is about 2% decrease in heart attack statistics compared to not taking statins.
• Lipid stats not known but believed borderline to criteria.
• Risk/ benefit ratio was unfavorable: so stop the statins.

Stopped Statins:

• Started CoQ10 160 mg/day
• Continuing AA at 6 g per day.
• Continuing Acyclovir
• Continuing Serapeptase

2 daysafter stop statins and add CoQ10 November

• MM showed remarkable increase in mental interactions,
• more interactive ,
• seems more vivacious.
• Cough seems greatly decreased compared to a week prior.
• Muscle Status?? More stamina
• Pain Status??
• Sleep Status??
• Bladder Status: Still frequent nocturnal frequency.
• Started trial of Vesicare for bladder irritation, very expensive ($200/3 months) and now in donut-hole Med-D so delaying it. Available via Canada at much lower cost.

Started new margarine Euro Formula: butter plus palm and palm kernel oil (PKO)

• PKO contains Lauric acid and Palmitic acid CoQ10, multi forms of vitamin Es, multi forms of vitamin As
• Palmitic acid is molecular precursor of POPG which is the natural surfactant in lungs
• POPG is known to kill RSV, mycoplasmas, and other respiratory tract (RT) bacteria & viruses and
• POPG blocks inflammation cascade trigger ligands, reducing RT inflammation.

Theory: COPD has a nutritional deficiency factor:

• If no intake of POPG molecular precursors,
• Then deficiency of made POPG makes microbe resistance defective by malnutrition.
• Most USA margarines are hydrogenated oils and nutritionally useless or possibly harmful
• Palm and Coconut oils have bad rap, undeserved, they have the nutritional components we need.
• Take palm (PKO) margarine instead of plain butter, to defeat the nutritional deficiency, on morning toast.
• See if further improvement in COPD symptoms.
• See if COPD symptoms worsen if stop the acyclovir.

Mid November Status:

• Too soon to see what is next with the margarine.
• COPD symptoms greatly reduced, after 2 wks acyclovir, some respiratory viral components suppressed.
• Not taking minocycline, it is reserved for COPD bacteria flare.
• Mental and physical condition benefiting noticeably from CoQ10 intake and from statin cessation.

Observations:

• CoQ10 blood half-lifetime is several days. Daily dosage might be more than needed.

• MM should be taking more than 6 grams vitamin C per day, perhaps go to 2gx6/day =12 grams.
• At the level 3g x 12/day AA would be higher than the antibiotic antiviral level that Klenner used.
• This level & frequency of AA would be used if she gets sick.
• Add magnesium and olive leaf formulations.
• 1,500 mg of Acetyl L-carnitine on a daily basis, improves mental functions, acetylcholine helper.