Lipoic Acid for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

[knuckle]

Thought this was interesting...

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01188811

The purpose of the study is to determine if lipoic acid can protect the brain and slow disability in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

1200 mg taken by mouth daily starting on day one of the study and ending on the last day of study participation.

I've been taking 600mg daily now for about four years but am going to bump it up 1200mg. I recommend taking a sustained release tablet so it won't burn your esophogus.

Less than $5.00 a bottle.

[Seasha]

Thanks for this Knuckle! I've been taking 300mg for about 6-7 yrs now, but think I'll bump it up too - maybe not to 1200, but more than Ive been taking! I'll be watching this study and results.

[JerryB]

Cheap Alpha Lipoic Acid

Alpha lipoic acid is one of those products where it matters what product you are taking. Cheaper versions are made from raw material imported from China and almost all brands are made with powdered alpha lipoic acid, which isn't absorbed very well.
My wife has secondary progressive MS (38 yrs), and has been taking 600 mg of a high quality solubilized alpha lipoic acid called ThioGel. It has 200-300% better absorption, so 600 mg is at least equivalent to 1200 mg of the powdered brands.
If you can afford it, it would be money well spent.

[MSer102]

I think that's a good point about the quality. The stuff that gets used in the trial might not be the same stuff we can buy.

And the other thing I think is important is that this study is to find out IF it helps not to encourage people to do the same thing as they're doing in the trial. Some trials get stopped because the thing they're testing actually turns out to be harmful. Just because its being tested doesn't mean that we're supposed to do it too.


**Moderator's Note - edited out paragraph was unnecessary**

[Myoak]

There is a great of scientific research and published studies on alpha lipoic acid which can be accessed at http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocente...efs.html#ref70

Or you can go directly to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?t...0lipoic%20acid and access 3539 abstracts and many full length studies on alpha lipoic acid.

Lipoic acid has tremendous potential to be effective not only in MS but in several other diseases as well. It is worth taking the time to read and digest peer-reviewed studies from the above websites and forming your own opinion and basing treatment decisions based on peer-reviewed science.

[knuckle]

I've posted this here before, so hopefully the moderator will be OK with it. It's a really good lecture on how Lipoic Acid works:

Dr. Burt Berkson Presentation on LDN and Alpha Lipoic Acid Therapy for Cancer & Autoimmune Disease

http://glasgowldn2009.com/2009/04/ld...erence-video3/