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Meg Mangin R.N.
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Posted: Mon Mar 7th, 2005 02:26 |
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Pregnancy and the Marshall Protocol
Both Benicar and minocycline, the two mainstays of the Marshall Protocol, are contraindicated during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Benicar warning
When used in pregnancy during the second and third trimesters, drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and even death to the developing fetus. When pregnancy is detected, Benicar®/Benicar HCTT"' should be discontinued as soon as possible.
Minocycline warning
Minocycline hydrochloride, like other tetracycline-class antibiotics, can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.
The MP may be started after delivery and when the baby is weaned.
Return of fertility on the MP
The Marshall Protocol is a curative therapy. As the MP resolves inflammation, this healing will likely restore sexual capability and fertility. Any or all aspects of the MP, including avoiding Vitamin D and sun/lights, may contribute to hormonal changes which lead to restoration of health and fertility in men or women.
Dr Marshall wrote: One of the MP cohort had been infertile for 15 years, but became pregnant at 45 y/o, 6 months after starting the MP. She stopped to deliver and wean the baby, and is now back on the MP.
Therefore, women of childbearing age who are on the Marshall Protocol, are advised to use adequate birth control measures to avoid an unwanted pregnancy. Please consult your doctor at each phase of the MP about your contraceptive medication and the use of low-dose, pulsed antibiotics. It is important that you prevent pregnancy during the Marshall Protocol.
CWD are transmittable
Dr Marshall wrote: "The bacteria causing sarcoidosis (and other Th1 diseases ) are transmitted during sexual contact, and transmissible to an ovum and/or a fetus."
Adjust to birth control before starting the MP
I would suggest that you take your newly prescribed birth control pills for one menstrual cycle to see how that hormonal change makes you feel. Then start the Benicar blockade when you are not pre-menstrual as per the PHASE ONE GUIDELINE.
Please consult your doctor regarding this suggestion and ask him/her to monitor your hormonal levels as you progress on the MP to make sure that the Birth Control Pills continue to prevent ovulation. Dr may also advise you to use additional contraceptive measures.
See also Birth Control
Pregnancy may cause disease exacerbation
"Women have exposure to high levels of 1,25-D during pregnancy, as it is manufactured in the placenta, apparently in an attempt to protect the foetus. However, these bacteria have subverted that mechanism, over the centuries.
So females will have exposure to high levels of 1,25-D, sufficient to allow CWD to proliferate, during pregnancy.
That is why there is a high rate of diagnosis of Th1 disease post-partum, and also why women with Th1 disease may feel good during their pregnancy (high 1,25-D shuts down their immune system) but have such a hard time post-partum, as their bodies readjust."
Dr. Trevor Marshall, PhD
See Pregnancy increases 1,25-D
Menopause
After being diagnosed as post-menopausal a couple of years ago (extremely high FSH), I am happy to report that I started my period again last month, right before my 39th birthday! ~Laura
Infertility
My early research (1970s) on infertility involved 'curing' infertility in both men and women with pulsatile delivery of LHRH and GnRH.
Yes, the hormonal adjustments are important...
Dr Marshall: When I went back to review the research on infertility that our group had done in the 1980s, the Th1 diagnoses started to pop out at me. Anorexia Nervosa, Diabetes, etc... It is all in our early papers from that era. Some are in the National Library of Medicine at NIH (I got a few last time I was visiting the NLM) but most have disappeared into the mists of time. Still, I did put up a webpage, also gathering dust now, too:
http://TrevorMarshall.com/gnrh.htm
Pregnancy and Sarcoidosis
For Men
Q: While on the MP will I be able to have children?
You may be able to father children with a healthy female, but it might be better to wait a couple of years since you most likely will be feeling ill from the Immunopathology. As you know there is some chance of bacterial transmission from reproductive/sexual activity. (see above) The potential mother should be made aware of the information and situation to come to an informed decision. ~P.Bear, RN
Conception
We have no evidence there any risk to a fetus or the future health of a baby if a women becomes pregnant while her partner is on the MP.
Does the MP affect libido and/or sexual capacity? Last edited on Mon Jul 21st, 2008 04:20 by Aussie Barb
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