Naturopath Multiple Sclerosis Care in Edmonton

Dr. Muradov has expertise in Alternative Multiple Sclerosis care

We consider a wide range of areas and intermix standard and natural therapies for Multiple Sclerosis.

We focus on inflammation management, dietary augmentation, neuroprotective strategies & symptom relief .

Our strategy is to employ numerous anti-inflammatory dietary strategies and look for environmental MS triggers.

A combination of standard and alternative care gets our patients results.

Our MS approach

We look at Molecular Mimicry, Bystander activation and Toxicants such as heavy metals and organic solvents as well as mold toxicity in the context of autoimmunity.

Dietary changes include: Low Fat (Swank), Gluten and Dairy Free, Ketogenic, Fasting or FMD, Wahls, Low Lectin, and also consider individual dietary triggers as found on Food Sensitivity Testing.

Prescriptions such as LDN (low dose naltrexone), Acyclovir, Doxycycline, and Lithium are often suggested by our Naturopathic Doctors through referrals to collaborative Health Professionals in Edmonton.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that Low Doses Naltrexone not only prevents relapses in MS but also reduces the progression of the disease.

LDN has a low cost and one-pill once daily administration make it an attractive option for long term use in MS patients

LDN has been evaluated in a small trial that indicated improved health perception scores after 17 weeks.

Environmental Triggers

Our Naturopathic Doctors offer infection screening: Viruses, Bacteria & Yeast as potential relapse triggers.

EBV, HHV-6, Candida, and Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Borrelia Burgdorferi are infectious agents our Naturopaths screen for in MS at our Edmonton Clinic.

We also do microbiome analysis in our MS patients. 

With advanced stool PCR testing included  such as the GIEffects Test, our Naturopaths look for common trends found in our Edmonton MS patients such as.

Low Acidophilus, elevated Candida, low Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Clostridia and Bacteroidetes and elevated Methanobrevibacter, Akkermansia and Ruminococcus. 

Genetic analysis, Heavy Metal Testing, Oral Chelation & Detoxification & Intravenous therapies are all considered by our Naturopaths. 

Evidence exists that in some MS patients mercury (or other heavy metal exposures) may make neuronal tissues appear foreign to the immune system (or can worsen existing neurological symptoms)

So we do consider this in Multiple Sclerosis patients with suggestive occupational or dental exposures. 

Advanced Therapies

IV Glutathione can be helpful for acute MS symptom relief (acute relapse) and also helpful preventing long term declination.

Our Naturopaths have begun to dabble with IV NAD+ for MS symptom relief.

Benefit from similar therapies (AMP and NADH) suggested to us that NAD+ might be useful for MS symptoms as well as preventing long term neurodegeneration.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has a long history of use in MS and may be of benefit for regaining or sustaining neurological function. For instance, Fischer (1983) studied 40 patients with advanced MS who were divided into two groups and treated at 2.0 ATA for 90 minutes for twenty treatments.

Objective improvement (mobility, fatigue, balance and bladder function) occurred in 12 of 17 patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen and in 1 of 20 patients treated with placebo.

Improvement was transient in seven and long-lasting in five. 

Nutrients and nutriceuticals 

Nutrients involved in myelination our Naturopaths consider in our Edmonton MS patients: Methyl-B12, Vitamin K, Methyl-Folate, Iodine/T3, Lithium, Pregnenolone and Citicoline. 

Lithium is an interesting option as it has anti-viral activity (see below) and is also a GSK-3B inhibitor that can inhibit Th-17 differentiation and microglia while stimulating Oligodendrocyte differentiation (improved myelination).

Interestingly serum lithium is lower in RRMS patients than controls. 

Green Tea Extract and Curcumin are two great day to day anti-inflammatories we use in our MS patients but their data is mostly based off of benefits in EAE (animal model of MS). 

And of course, Vitamin D is a key nutrient to use in MS patients.

Based off a presentation by Reinhold Vieth (renowned Vitamin D researcher) we have long suggested 10 000 IU of Vitamin D is a reasonable daily dose.

Aggressive Vitamin D dosing is to achieve immunomodulation (via IL-10) but not cause elevations in serum or urinary calcium as this dose approximates levels generated from 15-20 minutes of full body sun exposure. 

More about our approach

MS is a difficult to treat disease however Dr Muradov has a high level of knowledge in all areas of alternative MS care.

We will construct a specific plan to approach your MS in a comprehensive and integrative manner.

Because of our interest in MS, our Naturopaths also deal with other autoimmune diseases at our Edmonton clinic. 

We have experience with Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Psoriasis and Hashimoto's & Graves'. 

Natural Medicine & MS 

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(780) 757 8378