L-Methionine

[SmoothJazz]

I have been having trouble with common warts on my hands for the past few years, and today visited a dermatoligist for topical treatment as I have many times.

We've been trying a number of topical treatments with limited success, but incidentally the PA that has been treating me asked me if I had been taking L-Methionine. I replied that I had no idea what he was talking about and he encouraged me to get some at a health food store and start taking two 500 mg capsules a day for "two to three months." In addition we would follow up with him for more topical treatment in ten days.

After having him write down the name of the supplement, which I had never heard of until today, he informed me that the product was an "amino acid that boosts the immune system and helps your body fight off the virus." When I asked him if he had other patients that had used this treatment successfully he replied with the ominus, "Yeah...lots of people."

Naturally I'm a little skeptical of this, and my initial reading of the Wiki article on Methonine provided little informartion on its use in treatment of viruses.

Does anyone have information on the use of this supplement before I spend $6.50 for 30 capsules? I'd also appreciate any help you may be able to offer in the way of suggestions on researching this amino acid and its use in medical treatment.

TIA.

 

[Gate2501]

I had hundreds of plantar warts on my feet (yes literally hundreds) a few years ago. I know it sounds strange but I go into an accident and had some very massive blood loss, and they all went away over a period of a few weeks following the event. I never took any medications at all after the incident and did not take any vitamins or change my diet.

I recommend massive blood loss before you spend the $6.50.

 

[casebro]

I've heard of making a vaccine by using the actual warts from a patient and re-injecting it into the patient. So maybe Gate suffered from some kind of 'accidental injection' of the virus into his blood stream?

But there is NO study that proves that any nutritional supplement "boosts the immune system". None even prove anti-oxidants are any benefit in humans.

 

[Gate2501]

I've heard of making a vaccine by using the actual warts from a patient and re-injecting it into the patient. So maybe Gate suffered from some kind of 'accidental injection' of the virus into his blood stream?

But there is NO study that proves that any nutritional supplement "boosts the immune system". None even prove anti-oxidants are any benefit in humans.

Eh, I have no idea what happened, but frankly I am somewhat glad!

The doc was gonna charge me an arm and a leg to remove them.