By Zack on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 05:18 pm:

If different solutions produce different effects or promote different types of healing i.e. osmotic wouldn't it be better to mix the solutions together so you got the best of all worlds rather than just one ?

Park said in one of his posts that his wife's prolotherapist mixed other substances into the solution so I don't see why this wouldn't be possible , I mean sugar ( dextrose ) and fish oils ( morruhate ) or calcium are hardly going to cause a violent reaction , are they ?

thanks

Zack

By Silvia on Monday, February 04, 2002 - 07:33 am:

Hi Zack,

I'm getting prolo right now and I really don't know much about mixed solutions. My doctor initially started with a dextrose solution and now he's doing the sodium morrhuate. However, I don't really know if he's mixing this one with something else. I intend to ask him this next time I see him. I really don't know if any of these would cause any type of adverse reactions.

Silvia

By Park Griffin on Monday, February 04, 2002 - 09:06 am:

Zack, Prolo solutions aren't drugs persay. So they don't go through extensive FDA testing before they are injected into the body. Prolotherapy is quite safe, but there has been three deaths; all decades ago, attributed to unsafe preparations. Doctor's now carefully pick what they feel comfortable with using for a given effect. For example: In Sacroiliac Joint dysfunction for an anterior innominate, the goal is to tighten and shorten the long posterior SI ligament (taking slack out of a rope). In contrast for spinal instability, the tightening and shortening of a rope scenario doesn't apply. For spinal stability AND function you want a pliable mass of soft tissue. The kind that cushions where needed and creates a pliable wrap around the spine where needed. Also, the ability to exercise is key during prolo.

The bottom line is this: Potency is not everything. The important things a doctor must consider are these: What do I have to do to try and reproduce as close as possible the normal soft tissue structure in the dysfunctional area. Secondly, how do I accomplish this with limited morbitity to the patient.

Park