Re: "GIRDLING"

Deborah Capuano (damonet(AT)concentric.net)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:56:57 -0400

Deborah Capuano wrote:

> AZMAINIAC wrote:
>
> > I was just talking to my sister who has MS. She said her fingers were a
> > little "tingly" today.
> > She said she read in the book, 'Multiple Sclerosis(updated version") by
> > Louis J. Rosner, M.D. and Shelley Roth, to take niacin for it.
> > She read further and said they recommend niacin for the "tight band feeling
> > around the trunk or limb(girdling)."
> > John
>
> Hi John,
> I take niacin in the form of B-6 (50mg) it does help. Do you know how many mgs
> this book suggest?
> Thank you,
> Deborah

Hi John,
This is a correction, Niacin is B3, not B6 as I stated earlier (sorry) It is in
your multi vitamins usually 50mg, you can add on to that separately per my
nutritionist but only another 100, some people may react to this with a rash or
flushing.

Deborah