Guaifenesin (pronounced 'gwhy-fen-es-in') is generally used as an expectorant which thins mucus
and helps to loosen phlegm and is found in some cough medicines. But in its original
form, a tree bark extract called guaiacum, it was used to treat
rheumatism as far back as 1530.
Dr St Amand discovered that guaifenesin can be used to
successfully treat fibromyalgia.
Dr St Amand's working hypothesis is that people with fibromyalgia have an
inherited abnormality in phosphate excretion. People with fibromyalgia are
born with the gene(s) for fibromyalgia and over time the phosphates accumulate
in the mitochondria of cells throughout the body. Eventually enough
phosphates are accumulated to produce the symptoms of fibromyalgia.
In simple terms, guaifenesin works in people who have fibromyalgia by withdrawing the phosphates
from the cells of the muscles, tendons, joints, brain, intestinal tissues,
endocrine glands and many other sites and allowing the phosphates to be
excreted via the kidneys.
The
Guaifenesin Protocol:
The UK-FMS-GUAI group strongly recommend that you get a
copy of Dr St Amand's book if you want to
start guaifenesin.
Click here to read
Dr St Amand's guaifenesin treatment protocol
in brief. Do not just
start taking the tablets without understanding the protocol.
Guai Group
NEW! The official guaifenesin protocol
online newsgroup is the online support group sponsored by the Fibromyalgia
Treatment Center, Inc., Dr Paul St Amand and Claudia Marek.
Fibromyalgia
Treatment Center
The Center is a non-profit corporation created in 1998
to fund research on the treatment of fibromyalgia. They are raising funds for a
research project investigating the use of guaifenesin as a treatment for
fibromyalgia.
NEW! There is a new forum on the
Fibromyalgia Treatment Center website, with FAQs on the protocol and HG diet and
a compilation of recipes suitable for the HG diet. See their homepage.
Contribute to the Fibromyalgia Treatment Center:
If you buy books or goods from amazon.co.uk you can
help contribute to the work of Dr St. Amand. If you link to amazon.co.uk from
the Fibromyalgia Treatment Center website, Amazon will make a small donation to
the fund.
In the second quarter of 2003 the centre made $245.44
from purchases from Amazon - it all adds up.
You can also make a tax-deductible donation to the
center or their research fund. Click
here.
