CFS: diagnosis & current treatments:
Most chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients and their doctors are not aware of the oral NADH tablets called Co-E1®. All CFS patients tested (who took the NADH treatment) reported relief from their fatigue, increased strength and endurance, and a boost in energy.

It is time for you to help spread the word about NADH. If you know someone with CFS, tell them about this web site. The person suffering from CFS has everything to gain and nothing to lose taking the NADH vitamin. We sell NADH / Co-E1® here at the web site. Co-E1® is the same substance that is used in the clinical testing.

Many physicians are not aware that there is a "specific set of criteria" to define CFS. The first step towards helping CFS suffers is education. Physicians and patients need to recognize CFS symptoms and exclude all other causes of chronic fatigue. In other words, they need to exclude all other diseases, before CFS is diagnosed. The difficulty in making an accurate CFS diagnosis lies in the fact that there is no specific test to diagnose CFS. Its victims must go through a series of tests which rule out all the possibilities of another disease. After all the testing, the CFS victim can be added to the number of reported diagnosed CFS cases.

Current, CFS treatment techniques vary. Most of them are dietary (a healthy diet.) There isn't any FDA or AMA doctor approved treatments. The CDC and the NIH says:

• Any drugs that are prescribed for CFS are aimed at treating a short term symptom and not the cause of CFS.

Dr. Charles Lapp is the Medical Advisor to the Chronic Fatigue And Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association or C-F-I-D-S. Dr. Lapp says:

• The best therapy we have is 'aggressive rest'. When you feel the disease coming on, you've just got to stop what you're doing and rest.

The #1 symptom:
When a person is reported to have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) their number one complaint is also their number one symptom. It is "their persistent and progressive lack of energy and being tired all the time."

The lack of physical and mental energy, usually correlates with the actual lack of ATP energy in their brain and muscle cells. Every living thing contains the chemical, ATP (also known as adenosine triphosphate). ATP is used to provide energy for thinking, body heat, nerve electricity, and muscle movement. An ATP molecule is held together by strong electrical forces which are set free when the molecule is broken apart in a chemical reaction. Somehow these forces are converted into the kind of mechanical energy that will move our muscles. See the section called 'more about ATP energy' for additional information on this subject.

It is oxygen, glucose (digested food) and the coenzyme NADH that supplies the brain and muscles with energy. NADH is found naturally in all living cells. NADH is as important as oxygen and glucose (digested food) in the production of cellular energy. The more NADH a cell has available, the more energy the cell can produce. If you haven't already, you should take the Guided Tour to learn more about 'NADH in nature'.

Brain and muscle cells contain very high levels of NADH. If the cellular levels of NADH are depleted, brain and muscle cells can no longer function effectively. It is that simple. How NADH is depleted from the body is not known. See the section called frequently asked questions or FAQs for the answers to many questions about NADH.

NADH dosage
Dr. Birkmayer has treated a large number of CFS patients. He recommends two 5mg NADH tablets a day, for a total daily dosage of 10mg of NADH.

CFS: clinical trial:
Dr. Birkmayer's institute in Austria has treated a number of CFS patients with moderate to severe symptoms. They have all realized increased physical and mental energy. No side effects have been observed in these patients even after 2 years of treatment. It is the successful treatment of these CFS patients that lead to the FDA testing of NADH

In a recent, open label trial of 100 patients, NADH was used in treating chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The patients received NADH by oral tablets. You can get the same NADH oral tablet here at this web site. The NADH oral tablet is called Co-E1®.

We do not have the "100 CFS patients treated with NADH clinical study results" in this web site. We are in the process of getting the clinical study from Dr. Birkmayer. They may have to be translated. The study was published in Austria. The results of the FDA study on chronic fatigue syndrome will be posted in this web site when the information becomes available. We expect FDA results in mid 1998.

The clinical studies are very difficult to read, and very technical in nature. The clinical study results are usually read by health care professionals.

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