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Cases
Here are some cases
involving the use of cetyl myristoleate from the author's practice.
Leona - She is a 64
year old mother of five who has been developing degenerative
changes in her fingers over the last 15 years. She plays the
piano frequently and had to reduce the amount of playing time
as a result of the arthritis pain in her fingers. ANA titers
have been mildly elevated over the years and rheumatoid disease
has been diagnosed in several of her ancestors and one sibling.
Leona's other medical problems are mild hypertension and chronic
sacro-lumbar pain which appears to be attributable both to sciatic
damage sustained in a water skiing accident 24 years ago and
Shunerman's disease as teenager. Demonstrating both rheumatoid
and osteoarthritis changes in her fingers, she has a mild nodular
deformity at the terminal joints of the 3rd and 4th fingers on
the left hand and fusiform swelling in the medial and distal
joints of most of her fingers. Her thumbs were intermittently
painful and swollen. She first took cetyl myristoleate in mid-January,
1997. There is now increased range of motion in all of the finger
joints and visible reduction of the rheumatoid-like swelling.
The nodular deformities have not changed noticeably. Her back
problems demonstrated no improvement. Her sedimentation rate
has run from 15 to 35, and is currently 16, with her ANA <1:360.
Leona is now able to play the piano all she wants to without
pain or swelling of her fingers.
Joyce - She is a 42
year old mother of three and a court reporter in good general
health, suffering only from moderate hay fever in the spring.
Recently Joyce developed a generalized stiffness and soreness
in her fingers, which was worse on her right hand. The condition
became so bad over a couple of weeks that she began making numerous
mistakes in her court reporting and her speed was significantly
reduced. She was diagnosed with tenosynovitis. Joyce shows no
deformities of her hands associated with arthritis. She began
a course of cetyl myristoleate during the last week of February
and finished the last week of March, 1997. She reports complete
restoration of her dexterity with return of her normal accuracy
and speed, along with elimination of the associated pain.
Bob - He is a 67 year-old
retired politician who suffered lumbar and pelvic fractures in
WWII when his jeep struck a land mine. Over the years, these
injuries produced increasing pain, which seriously affected routine
daily activities like getting out of bed in the morning and his
ability to play golf. X-rays demonstrate degenerative arthritic
changes in the lumbar articulations and the right sacroiliac
joint. At 6 feet tall and 185 pounds, he is otherwise in good
health. Bob has been using anti-inflammatory drugs for over 20
years, including Voltaren, ibuprofen, Tylenol, and aspirin. He
took a one-half course of 7.6 grams of cetyl myristoleate in
September, 1996. He experienced moderately severe inflammation
(breakthrough pain) on day two which lasted for three days. On
the 4th day, the pain began to subside and was completely gone
by the 5th day. He has been virtually pain-free since and is
very happy with the increased comfort with which he can begin
each day. He can now comfortably walk the golf course whereas
before he was limited to a golf cart. In February, 1997, he perceived
a slight return of his low back pain and decided to take another
one-half course. He experienced no breakthrough pain this time
and is currently pain-free. He has not taken any other medication
for his back pain since taking cetyl myristoleate initially.
Majesticia - She is
an 85 year-old lady who still works part-time at the family-owned
business and cares for her husband who has cancer. Majesticia
was diagnosed ten years ago with diabetes, and elevated triglycerides
and cholesterol. Overweight all her life, she is now stable at
265 pounds. She suffers from long-standing osteoarthritis in
her knees and ankles, for which she was placed on cetyl myristoleate.
No other agents have been used by her for arthritis except for
non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, both OTC and prescription.
After about 7.6 grams of cetyl myristoleate, she was able to
walk without limping or experiencing significant pain. About
three months following the initial course, some pain returned,
but she has retained what she estimates to be 50% improvement.
She also has gallstones and a recurrent problem with gout, both
of which have been symptom less since her cetyl myristoleate
course. She evidently did not receive enough cetyl myristoleate
for her body weight and will be given another course of 13.25
grams.
Rose - Rose is a 46
year old mother of four who works as a legal secretary. She was
diagnosed five years ago as having an atypical form of multiple
sclerosis. She had MRI exams of the skull and spinal cord, which
demonstrated several areas of non-specific degenerative changes
in the brain with several "bright spots" in the cervical
spinal cord. She had periodic visual aberrations as well as constant
fatigue and fibromyalgia-like pains focused in her trapezius
(bilaterally), and in her upper arms and legs below the knees.
She also complained of burning sensations in her hands and feet.
All of the symptoms worsened with elevated stress. There was
no sign of pernicious anemia or diabetes. She was receiving chiropractic
therapy. Joyce was started on numerous naturopathic therapies
in March, 1996 without significant benefit over an eight month
period. In November, 1996, she started on cetyl myristoleate
and indicated that she felt more fatigued for the first three
days but that the pain in her upper back and extremities was
completely gone. She further reported that the tingling/burning
sensation in her feet and hands was also gone. Rose felt this
was the most striking aspect of the treatment as those areas
were the ones most constantly affected. This improvement lasted
until she had to travel out of state to tend to her mother who
was diagnosed with a rapidly advancing malignancy. Over the next
three weeks, her symptoms began to reappear. After the death
of her mother, she returned home in as bad shape as before first
taking cetyl myristoleate. She decided that she wanted to take
another half course of cetyl myristoleate, which completely duplicated
the relief from the initial dosage with the exception that she
feels slightly less relief from her tendencies to fatigue than
she did after the first course. Rose will be taking another half
course to see if she can improve her stamina.
J.P. - He is a 60
year old male who has been a farmer his entire life. Diagnosed
with rheumatoid arthritis 15 years ago, he has been on various
pharmacologic protocols during that time. The most recent includes
Plaquenil, methotrexate, and prednisone, with daily non-steroid
anti-inflammatory drug dosing. J.P. has fusiform swelling involving
most of the joints of his fingers and moderate ulnar deviation
of both hands. He suffered severe pain most of the time which
limited the labor he could perform. He began cetyl myristoleate
during the last week of February, 1997, at which time he terminated
his methotrexate and Plaquenil (not recommended except in consultation
with a qualified physician). He has also reduced his prednisone
from 15 milligrams per day to 5 mg, but he still maintains his
NSAID dosing on a daily basis. J.P. experienced a mild increase
in pain during the first four days of taking cetyl myristoleate,
but since then he has been pain free and the swelling in his
hands is reducing. J.P. will be monitored over the next month
to determine his stability, with checking of his serum parameters
by an MD. If he continues to remain symptom-free, his steroid
and NSAID therapies will be terminated. J.P. does not smoke,
eat chocolate, nor drink alcohol or caffinated beverages. He
was advised at the onset of his cetyl myristoleate dosage to
avoid sugar. He is also taking Glucosaplex (a mix of glucosamines)
and Lyprinol (fatty acid extract of green lipped mussel) as an
additional natural anti-inflammatory agent.
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