Leucovorin now approved by FDA--will providers prescribe to ASD kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s wild to ignore treatment developments for your child because you don’t like that someone you hate talked about it. Didn’t you take prenatal vitamins when pregnant? Folate has long been known to be important for brain development.

There is no research supporting the use of this to the degree necessary to make a blanket recommendation. Plus the side effects are aggression and tantrums!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this coming from the one who said drink bleach

And who got your precious COVID vaccine made, you forget that

He was surrounded by physicians back then. Now look at his team. They have no medical background.

That’s not true. Dr. Oz, who has a financial stake in a supplement company that sells folinic acid, was right there with the dotard who can’t pronounce acetaminophen and the guy whose brain has been addled by heroin addiction, a parasitic worm, mercury poisoning from eating tuna daily, and likely steroid abuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m going to wait until it’s approved in Canada or Europe. I’d be happy for my child to take it is it’s safe and IF my child is shown to have the sub-type of autism that is improved by the medication.

This is a sensible approach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s wild to ignore treatment developments for your child because you don’t like that someone you hate talked about it. Didn’t you take prenatal vitamins when pregnant? Folate has long been known to be important for brain development.

It's understandable given the source. But just ignore RFK and Trump and look at the existing information and studies.

Which are not at all enough to say anything. The main trial was 40 kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:this coming from the one who said drink bleach

And who got your precious COVID vaccine made, you forget that

lol well MAHA wants us to forget that!

Btw being skeptical about the COVID vaccine does not exactly prove your bona fides here. The testing of this med is nowhere near the testing of the covid vaccine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s wild to ignore treatment developments for your child because you don’t like that someone you hate talked about it. Didn’t you take prenatal vitamins when pregnant? Folate has long been known to be important for brain development.

It's understandable given the source. But just ignore RFK and Trump and look at the existing information and studies.

Which are not at all enough to say anything. The main trial was 40 kids.

Wow, approving a drug with a 40 person trial is nuts.

[Anonymous]

I hate that I'm bringing this up after a Trump/RFK press event, but has anyone been able to get the test for the folate abnormality? My understanding is that autoimmune disorders in the family are a risk factor, which are common in our family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:this coming from the one who said drink bleach

And who got your precious COVID vaccine made, you forget that

Yesterday he said the reason why the current recommended childhood vaccine schedule is bad is because it’s too much liquid going into the baby. His personal recommendation was one vaccine per year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you wait for evidence based trials.

lol for a vitamin? Also there have been multiple trials

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate that I'm bringing this up after a Trump/RFK press event, but has anyone been able to get the test for the folate abnormality? My understanding is that autoimmune disorders in the family are a risk factor, which are common in our family.

Which test? The FRAT test or the spinal one? We did the former and my kid did not have the antibodies. It was a couple of hundred dollars and out of pocket.

[Anonymous]

I do not agree with the Tylenol/Autism association!

But to answer a previous question:

MTHFR gene test.

Was looking into it for an autoimmune condition where some with the genetic variation are helped (not cured) by 5-MTHF supplement.

This is not the supplement used for autism as it does not cross the brain barrier.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think you wait for evidence based trials.

lol for a vitamin? Also there have been multiple trials

It’s not “a vitamin”. It is a medication. And no there have not been anywhere close to the necessary trials. Those that have been done also show the side effects that for many of our kids are the most severe autism symptoms - aggression and tamtrums. Our kids deserve better than this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m more worried this administration will force people on the spectrum to take it. This is why they wanted the list.

I doubt this. We will be lucky if the list is used for something that innocuous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s wild to ignore treatment developments for your child because you don’t like that someone you hate talked about it. Didn’t you take prenatal vitamins when pregnant? Folate has long been known to be important for brain development.

It's understandable given the source. But just ignore RFK and Trump and look at the existing information and studies.

Which are not at all enough to say anything. The main trial was 40 kids.

Wow, approving a drug with a 40 person trial is nuts.

Just to clarify this drug has been around for decades for other uses and there have been larger trials (for other uses). But yes, an FDA approval for autism is clearly a political move. There is promising evidence that it can help some children and it is a water soluble vitamin that is generally well tolerated. However, it probably won't help most kids with autism and will waste a lot of time and money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you wait for evidence based trials.

lol for a vitamin? Also there have been multiple trials

It’s not “a vitamin”. It is a medication. And no there have not been anywhere close to the necessary trials. Those that have been done also show the side effects that for many of our kids are the most severe autism symptoms - aggression and tamtrums. Our kids deserve better than this.

And there's a rich history of harm done to kids being prescribed poorly studied medications. They pushed Risperdal off label to kids with ASD and the effects were devastating.