| Guaifenesin is the medication in Mucinex, an | | | | with more stretching, relaxing, and massage - all |
| over-the-counter drug that is sold as an | | | | things I had also found very helpful. |
| expectorant to break up mucus. Years ago, a Dr. | | | | My progress continued and I developed my own |
| St. Amand started the Guaifenesin protocol to | | | | treatment plan for fibromyalgia and never |
| reverse fibromyalgia symptoms. | | | | returned to guaifenesin, or even thought about it |
| My interpretation of his theory (from reading his | | | | until I started writing my book. As I researched |
| book and his website) is that fibromyalgia is a | | | | my book I discovered that Guaifenesin has |
| disease caused by a gene that makes | | | | analgesic (pain-relieving) and skeletal muscle |
| fibromyalgia sufferers not have an enzyme that | | | | relaxant properties, and that in large doses these |
| allows phosphates to be secreted out of the | | | | are so great veterinarians sometimes use |
| body via urine. So, the phosphates build up in | | | | guaifenesin during surgery to relax the animals. |
| every cell in the body, eventually stealing the | | | | Wow! Guaifenesin has a skeletal muscle relaxant |
| energy of each cell. | | | | property? Well this explains a lot. This explains |
| Years ago, I read his book, became excited about | | | | why I never cycled (felt worse before I felt |
| his theory, and started on the guaifenesin | | | | better), which is something Dr. St. Amand says |
| protocol. I had fantastic success with it for about | | | | will happen. This also explains why I eventually |
| 9 months, and then my progress stalled. | | | | plateau'd, and this explains why my own efforts |
| Eventually, I stopped taking guaifenesin and | | | | at relaxing and stretching were successful after |
| started treating my remaining fibro symptoms | | | | the guai stopped being successful. |