The Origins of Individualized

Vitamin D3 Treatment For MS

I was an acupuncturist (trained in two hospitals in Beijing, China in 1989) and nutritional therapist until 2007
when I closed my practice due to the effects of multiple sclerosis which I had since 1991.

In 2015, I self -administered the Coimbra Protocol for my MS at a dose of 2.5mg or 100,000 iu of Vitamin D3.
The approach was very successful and in September 2016 I was trained in San Paulo, Brazil by Cicero Coimbra
MD, PhD in the Coimbra Protocol.

Within two months of starting the protocol with Irish patients, I noticed that a small number of MS and auto
immune patients responded adversely to doses of Vitamin D3 above 20,000 iu. The reactions ranged from
losing feeling in an arm or leg to disabling weakness to the point where patients were confined to bed. I also
noted that MS patients whose symptoms became worse on 50,000 iu would often notice great improvements
on 30,000 iu of Vitamin D3 per day instead.

Many patients were also experiencing adverse reactions to riboflavin and magnesium, the other two main
parts of the Coimbra protocol. These adverse events ranged from almost total loss of urinary control after one
day on riboflavin to intense spasms or palpitations been caused after one day on magnesium.

The experiences of patients were the motivation for devising an approach that attempts to never add to the
considerable burden of people with MS and auto immune diseases. In future, patients would no longer be
placed on 1,000 iu per kg of body weight of Vitamin D3 (The Coimbra Protocol) without introducing test doses
first to ensure their body had no problems benefiting from it. The dose of Vitamin D3 would be gradually
increased and the dose would always be reduced if it caused MS or auto immune symptoms to become worse.

I have clients with high Para Thyroid Hormone levels who enjoyed life changing benefits from Vitamin D3 and
clients with below normal PTH who never improved at all. For this reason I do not use Para Thyroid Hormone
levels to determine Vitamin D3 dose adjustments. Instead, I adjust doses based on the level of symptomatic
improvement that a patient experiences . It has been my observation that patients can still enjoy the
disappearance of lesions verified by MRI scans on doses of Vitamin D3 from 500 iu per kg of body weight .

Vitamin B2 and Magnesium are potentially critical partners of vitamin D3. However in my clinical work I have
observed both riboflavin and magnesium causing a worsening of symptoms in MS and auto immune patients.
So I advocate their introduction on a phased basis to avoid unnecessary problems. I clinically tested several
dozen brands of Vitamin B2 over a two year period in order to discover three brands that have provided life
changing benefits to MS patients.

I also specialize in the use of powerful heavy metal decontamination products (Biofilam, Pectaclear and
Pectasol) for those patients whose MS symptoms are made significantly worse by magnesium, Vitamin B2 or
Vitamin D3 supplementation.

I do not have a ‘Protocol’ for MS patients. I work with each client to help them discover what dose and forms
of Vitamin D3, Magnesium and Vitamin B2 work best to reverse their symptoms.