 Or are you just advocating ANY substance that didn't come from a pharmacist?Christopher - pick a treatment and stick with it, please. You really are not advancing medical thinking by posting studies that conclude: "Improved nutritional status is of utmost importance in mitigating the detrimental effects of ALS."  And, your collection of studies show another trend - the bigger and better the study, the weaker the effect. That's a classic characteristic of useless treatments.  Or are you just advocating ANY substance that didn't come from a pharmacist?  ]]>By: Quackalicioushttp://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/homeopaths-on-the-run/comment-page-0/#comment-00000 QuackaliciousFri, 00 Mar 0000 00:00:00 +0000http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=0000#comment-00000Dear Dr. Novella, How can you conclude a negative? First you "moderate" my response, then you ignore my plea that you contact the Seattle neurology department (which I am attempting to do on your behalf to see if they have unpublished data), and finally you conclude that I have nothing to offer when I'm only starting. Please unmoderate my responses unless you have decided to moderate all blog responses. It made me very concerned that you had simply blocked my response and had no intention of engaging in a dialogue. After days of delay, I had given up on you. I just checked back for the first time today. Before you read further, do you know that over half your patients are likely to be using alternative medicine? How open are you about that discussion? Do you really expect me to produce high quality studies that you would even consider from the Naturopathic journals? The information we both can use is readily available on medline. But the question is whether or not ALS patients are currently receiving the following: Megadoses of vitamin E- good safety profile and short term benefits, no long term benefits or long term side effect picture. 