They were discussing the drug that supposedly substitutes for exercise.
The doctor they talked to said he can see where it would be of help to
people in wheelchairs who can't exercise.
http://www.mandjshow.com/videos/exercise-in-a-pill/
The nutritionist and trainer (i.e., no medical training) completely
ignored the part about people who "can't exercise" and insisted that
there's no solution but exercise.
The drug made mice lose weight, run 44% further and for 23% more time.
In short, the doctor thinks this is valid research (from the respected
Salk Institute) and the drug shows promise. It makes more mitochondria
(which Cheney thinks is a problem in CFS) "which is the engine that
drives muscles". The heart is getting stronger. His conclusion: "The
science may actually bear out" when applied to humans.
I agree with the concerns of the trainer and nutritionist that
otherwise healthy people may use this drug as a substitute for diet and
exercise. However, it will be a PRESCRIPTION drug, therefore, they
can't get it without the compliance of a doctor. Their doctors simply
need to stand up to them in the same way that my doctors stood up to me
when I requested the expert-recommended sleeping pills and pain pills,
and tell them "No, I want to prescribe something else instead."
If I'd been able to get any drug just because I wanted it, I wouldn't
be in my 8th year of relapse: I would have been back to work within a
few months.
If the drug is misused, not limited to just those of us who physically
can NOT exercise, don't blame the patients; blame the doctors who wrote
the prescriptions.
1 comment:
I had heard a blurb...somewhere...about a "pill that means you won't have to excercise," but hadn't realized what it was actually doing or the mechanism. Thanks for the info.
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