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DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!!!!!

 

Antibiotics weaken the immune system and eventually

make the chronic condition WORSE!!

 

Scientists have opened up the possibility of a new

treatment for asthma after trials showed that an

antibiotic could shorten the recovery time after a bad

attack from eight days to five.

 

Severe asthma attacks have previously been linked with

viral infections, and therefore thought resistant to

antibiotics. But the discovery suggests bacteria may

also play a part in some attacks.

 

At hospitals around the world 278 people were involved

in a trial within 24 hours of having a severe attack.

Half of the group was given the antibiotic

Telithromycin and the other half a placebo.

 

Those on the drug recovered in five days compared with

the placebo group's eight days. The improvements in

symptoms and lung function were twice as great in

those on the antibiotic.

 

Sebastian Johnston, a professor at Imperial College

London, who led the study, published today in the New

England Journal of Medicine, said they were not sure

what caused the antibiotic to be effective but the

study indicated it was beneficial. There was still

some way to go before treatment might be available for

asthma sufferers; the drug is not yet licensed for use

in the UK for asthma.

 

In the UK 5.2 million people suffer from asthma and

there are 72,000 emergency admissions to hospital a

year following attacks. Most of the acute asthma

attacks are thought to be linked to viral infection.

 

The researchers said the apparent success of the

antibiotic could arise from its impact on the bacteria

Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In

the trial 61% of the patients tested positive for one

of these bacteria. The scientists also believe the

anti-inflammatory properties of Telithromycin may play

a part in shortening recovery time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Friends,

My experience after suffering from asthma for 40 years

or more, is that it can be cured through proper diet,

suitable exercise with rhythmic breathing in a

pollution-free environment keeping away from things

like strong smells of sulphur burning or those fumes

such as lighting a match stick. Of course, freedom

from too much stress is also important.

S. M. Acharya

 

--- james white <kennelled wrote:

 

> DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!!!!!

>

> Antibiotics weaken the immune system and eventually

> make the chronic condition WORSE!!

>

> Scientists have opened up the possibility of a new

> treatment for asthma after trials showed that an

> antibiotic could shorten the recovery time after a

> bad

> attack from eight days to five.

>

> Severe asthma attacks have previously been linked

> with

> viral infections, and therefore thought resistant to

> antibiotics. But the discovery suggests bacteria may

> also play a part in some attacks.

>

> At hospitals around the world 278 people were

> involved

> in a trial within 24 hours of having a severe

> attack.

> Half of the group was given the antibiotic

> Telithromycin and the other half a placebo.

>

> Those on the drug recovered in five days compared

> with

> the placebo group's eight days. The improvements in

> symptoms and lung function were twice as great in

> those on the antibiotic.

>

> Sebastian Johnston, a professor at Imperial College

> London, who led the study, published today in the

> New

> England Journal of Medicine, said they were not sure

> what caused the antibiotic to be effective but the

> study indicated it was beneficial. There was still

> some way to go before treatment might be available

> for

> asthma sufferers; the drug is not yet licensed for

> use

> in the UK for asthma.

>

> In the UK 5.2 million people suffer from asthma and

> there are 72,000 emergency admissions to hospital a

> year following attacks. Most of the acute asthma

> attacks are thought to be linked to viral infection.

>

> The researchers said the apparent success of the

> antibiotic could arise from its impact on the

> bacteria

> Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

> In

> the trial 61% of the patients tested positive for

> one

> of these bacteria. The scientists also believe the

> anti-inflammatory properties of Telithromycin may

> play

> a part in shortening recovery time.

>

>

>

>

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