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- | The Marshall Protocol (MP) is a curative medical treatment, which allows patients to make progress by activating the innate immune response. In the process, this generates immunopathology. | + | The Marshall Protocol (MP) is a curative medical treatment, which allows patients to make progress by activating the innate immune response |
- | The length of time it takes for antibiotics to no longer have an effect is variable. Determining factors include how long the antibiotics stay in one's system (often a month or more) as well as how self-sufficient the immune system is. Patients in later stages of treatment may find their immune response is relatively self-sustaining, | + | For those who have added antibiotics, |
Patients are advised not to discontinue olmesartan (Benicar), as the drug is palliative and protects organs. | Patients are advised not to discontinue olmesartan (Benicar), as the drug is palliative and protects organs. | ||
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===== Posting about your break ===== | ===== Posting about your break ===== | ||
- | Those considering or on a break from the Marshall Protocol are encouraged to post information about their plans as part of their regular updates in their own [[home: | + | Those considering or on a break from the Marshall Protocol are encouraged to post information about their plans as part of their regular updates in their own [[home: |
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We are very interested in following the long term outcomes for all our members, including those that choose to discontinue the MP as we feel we are able to learn more this way. | We are very interested in following the long term outcomes for all our members, including those that choose to discontinue the MP as we feel we are able to learn more this way. | ||
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===== How to take a break ===== | ===== How to take a break ===== | ||
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For patients who take a break over more than a month, it may be best to start over with minocycline alone and only add a second antibiotic once the immunopathology indicates they are ready for additional immune stimulation. | For patients who take a break over more than a month, it may be best to start over with minocycline alone and only add a second antibiotic once the immunopathology indicates they are ready for additional immune stimulation. | ||
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==== Stopping olmesartan (Benicar) not recommended ==== | ==== Stopping olmesartan (Benicar) not recommended ==== | ||
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==== Using valsartan for organ protection during weaning olmesartan ==== | ==== Using valsartan for organ protection during weaning olmesartan ==== | ||
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==== Vitamin D consumption ==== | ==== Vitamin D consumption ==== | ||
- | MP patients taking a break from treatment should continue to avoid all forms of ingested vitamin D during the break. | + | MP patients taking a break from treatment should continue to avoid all forms of ingested vitamin D during the break as symptom instability often results. |
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===== If immunopathology continues unabated ===== | ===== If immunopathology continues unabated ===== | ||
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- | ===== Does disease become worse while on break? ===== | + | ===== Does disease become worse on olmesartan only? ===== |
- | Latent bacterial forms, except maybe the kind one sees in the rapidly degenerative disease ALS, are very slow-growing. | + | Latent bacterial forms, except maybe the kind one sees in the rapidly degenerative disease ALS, are very slow-growing. |
+ | ===== Resuming olmesartan after a break ===== | ||
+ | MP patients who have discontinued olmesartan (Benicar) during a break from the MP will want to restart regular dose olmesartan without additional antibiotics. Once symptoms have stabilized on olmesartan along, it will be easier to determine how strong their own immune response can be with the added support of olmesartan' | ||
- | ===== To resume the MP ===== | ||
- | MP patients who have discontinued olmesartan (Benicar) during | + | ===== Resuming |
- | Patients taking a break from antibiotics for just a few days or so can resume the antibiotics at the previous dose. | + | Patients taking a break from antibiotics for just a few days or so usually find they can resume the antibiotics at the previous dose. However, patients |
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===== Patients experiences ===== | ===== Patients experiences ===== | ||
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//**John McDonald**, MarshallProtocol.com// | //**John McDonald**, MarshallProtocol.com// | ||
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===== Notes and comments ===== | ===== Notes and comments ===== | ||
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