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What's the matter with Peter Kolb? Apparently nothing at all.

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Richard Friedel - 30 Aug 2004 07:45 GMT
The Kolb/Buteyko issue has always been based on dangers of the method.
There were stories of people relying on it, not having any medication
to hand and then suffering serious attacks, and of people not getting
proper medication attention because doctors found the method
irrational.

Now, it seems the tide has turned.  More and more mainstream asthma
websites, particularly down under, are accepting Buteyko.  See,
significantly,

http://www.everybody.co.nz/docsa_c/buteyko.htm

"In summary:

   * there is some limited scientific evidence which suggests that
Buteyko may have benefits for some people with asthma
   * there do not appear to be any obvious safety problems with the
technique and the advice given by Buteyko to use relievers when
required and continue with preventers in accordance with current
medical advice.
   * individuals planning to try the technique should inform and
discuss their intentions with their doctor, especially if they are
contemplating any changes to their treatment
   * the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation has indicated that it
would be willing to consider funding researchers with a scientifically
valid study protocol to examine the Buteyko technique.

More information about Buteyko can be found on their website."

See also http://www.asthmaresearch.org.au/about/ with Asthma Research
Online  presenting the case made out for Buteyko by McGowan.

So if in fact Buteyko is safe and is being accepted by docs. then it
would be uncivilized, pharisaical and cranky to go on attacking it
across the board. The fact that it seems scurrilous  but still works
might be the average guy's  gut reaction to using traditional asthma
drugs as being even more scurrilous.  Why should so much effort be
expended in making basically symptomatic drugs free of side effects?
Why should relaxing breathing muscles  as a long term asthma treatment
be axiomatic? Why should not the inflammation of the airways be due to
dysfunctional breathing etc. etc?

Traditional asthma drug treatment cannot sail on with the status of a
flagship of scientific medicine.  If the success of Buteyko progresses
further, it can only be a parody of scientific medicine and a
super-scam.

I personally found counting to slow down breathing in attacks highly
effective. I got off asthma drugs and have since avoided them like the
devil, but the Buteyko idea of  healing asthma by simply breathing
less was a load of crap for me. The mismatch of air and blood
distribution in my lungs was not improved one little bit despite
really heroic efforts fighting against exercise induced asthma.
However, maybe concentrating on avoiding "deep breathing" (a
mistranslation from the Russian?) might in practice mean concentrating
on diaphragmatic breathing without noticing it and this would cure or
at least take the sting out of asthma. Respectfully submitted,
Richard Friedel
norman - 30 Aug 2004 09:24 GMT
<snip>
> See also http://www.asthmaresearch.org.au/about/ with Asthma Research
> Online  presenting the case made out for Buteyko by McGowan.

Perhaps he meant to post http://www.asthmaresearch.org.au/news/media/71.html
<snip>

Regards
Norman Back
NorthShoreCEO - 30 Aug 2004 11:52 GMT
First of all, the problem for me isn't Buteyko, it's the lies
that Kolb has told.  The fact that he states that asthma is
reversible and no meds are needed don't hold true for the studies
done by those in medical research, which show improved quality of
life and reduction of meds.  That's great, but how does it
translate into asthma being reversible so no meds are needed,  as
Kolb claims?  How does it translate into Buteyko can cure cancer,
as Kolb has claimed in the past?  As for studies done in Russia
and the UK showing meds are no longer needed, it appears those
studies were conducted by The Buteyko Centre - a group that would
have a personal interest in the outcome.  And as for claims that
some have reversed their asthma and are no longer on meds - I'm
guessing that may be true for a small subset, not the majority.
Someone who is on an inhaler 2 to 4 times a day is mildly
asthmatic, and the studies seem to target that group of people.
This is no different than the studies done on respiratory
care/breathing retraining done here in the U.S., which also show
a reduction of meds and improved quality of life, as I've posted
in the past.
norman - 30 Aug 2004 14:11 GMT
> First of all, the problem for me isn't Buteyko, it's the lies
> that Kolb has told.  The fact that he states that asthma is
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> a reduction of meds and improved quality of life, as I've posted
> in the past.

I was diagnosed as an asthmatic, while in hospital, at the age of 4. I
started school a year late because my asthma was so bad. I was on
continuous medication for asthma from the age of about 22. I am now in
my 50s, started using Buteyko in Aug 98 and have now been free of all
medication for 6 months and asthma symptoms for about a year. (It took
so long to reach this stage because I'd been an asthmatic for so long.
People who have suffered the condition for a shorter period or with less
severity can expect a quicker result).

Should I consider myself cured?
That depends on the definition you use for the word cure. Some sample
definitions are: a restoration to health, successful treatment of
disease, a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain, term
used when no sign of disease is present and a person remains
disease-free for a long period. All of these seem to fit my current
position and so it might be correct to say I am cured. I prefer the last
one and I consider myself to be in remission.

Both you and Peter are right, depending on the definition of cure that
is used and how long a "long period" is.

Regards
Norman Back
NorthShoreCEO - 30 Aug 2004 14:28 GMT
You've practiced Buteyko for six years and have only been med
free for six months?   Wow, what's the experience and timeframe
for the non-experts?

> > First of all, the problem for me isn't Buteyko, it's the lies
> > that Kolb has told.  The fact that he states that asthma is
[quoted text clipped - 39 lines]
> Regards
> Norman Back
NorthShoreCEO - 30 Aug 2004 14:30 GMT
By the way, I had asthma for at least 33 years - probably longer,
but not officially diagnosed - have been symptom free and off all
meds for fifteen months and haven't done any breathing exercises.
Amazing, isn't it?

> You've practiced Buteyko for six years and have only been med
> free for six months?   Wow, what's the experience and timeframe
[quoted text clipped - 69 lines]
> > Regards
> > Norman Back
NorthShoreCEO - 30 Aug 2004 14:39 GMT
One more thing.  I doubt anyone in medicine would be so quick to
connect dots that have a span of six years between them.

> By the way, I had asthma for at least 33 years - probably longer,
> but not officially diagnosed - have been symptom free and off all
[quoted text clipped - 84 lines]
> > > Regards
> > > Norman Back
CBI - 30 Aug 2004 19:55 GMT
> One more thing.  I doubt anyone in medicine would be so quick to
> connect dots that have a span of six years between them.

That is just the joke of it - isn't it? 6 years?

Even if we assume that it was from B* - it still not not a track
record that is likely to attract a lot of converts or be called a
smashing success. I can't imagine getting nay of my patients to do
this for 6 years waiting for the effect to kick in.

Comments about not holding your breath waiting for it to happen come
to mind.

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norman - 30 Aug 2004 20:22 GMT
>>One more thing.  I doubt anyone in medicine would be so quick to
>>connect dots that have a span of six years between them.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> smashing success. I can't imagine getting nay of my patients to do
> this for 6 years waiting for the effect to kick in.

The initial benefits kicked in in 3 days (reduced Ventolin use, asthma
symptoms and an improved feeling of well-being). It was the reversing my
dependency on steroids that took the time. I've already responded to
this more fully in another part of this thread.

Regards
Norman Back
NorthShoreCEO - 30 Aug 2004 21:49 GMT
> > One more thing.  I doubt anyone in medicine would be so quick to
> > connect dots that have a span of six years between them.
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> --
> 00doc

It reminds me of those alternative health nuts who claim that if
you take echinacea when you get a cold you'll be feeling much
better in about six days.  Yeah -just like you will if you don't
take anything at all.  For all we know, his triggers changed or
he was doing a better job of avoiding them, or some of the
antibiotics he's been on may have knocked out bacteria if that
was the cause.  Of course, since he's been in remission before,
that's probably what it is now.
NorthShoreCEO - 30 Aug 2004 21:56 GMT
Kolb apparently brought over Norman because he got tired of being
triple teamed, and in doing so has exposed the other moderator of
the yahoo (what a fitting name) group as being no expert and not
even a long term benefactor of Buteyko.  Six years of practice
and he's only been off of meds for six months, and doesn't feel
he's in his third remission.  And now he's denying he's an
expert.  I'll say!
Joy - 30 Aug 2004 21:58 GMT
> Kolb apparently brought over Norman because he got tired of being
> triple teamed, and in doing so has exposed the other moderator of
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> he's in his third remission.  And now he's denying he's an
> expert.  I'll say!

'
Not only that. His remissions all had to do with changes of environment.
Hey, when I had asthma I was better in the hospital too. I suspected it had
to do with the extra great air cleaners they have. Has he again changed
locales?

Joy
norman - 30 Aug 2004 17:13 GMT
> By the way, I had asthma for at least 33 years - probably longer,
> but not officially diagnosed - have been symptom free and off all
> meds for fifteen months and haven't done any breathing exercises.
> Amazing, isn't it?

No. Not really. I had a spontaneous remission when I was sent to a
convalescent home at the age of 14. It happened within a few weeks of my
arrival, for no apparent reason. I still remember the amazing feeling of
being able to run around freely, for the first time, without worrying
about an asthma attack. Unfortunately the remission only lasted a few
months after I was judged asthma free and allowed back home. The asthma
returned worse than before. Again, at the age of 21 I had a sudden short
period of remission, of about 6 months, after a long stay in hospital
following a road accident. Mostly the asthma seemed to be in control,
not me. I truly hope your remission is permanent.

However the remission I have from Buteyko is different, it was not
spontaneous, my asthma improved slowly as I learnt to master the Buteyko
method. In the first year I only needed one anti-biotic intervention for
my asthma instead my usual two. In the following 5 I have not need any
anti-biotic intervention for my asthma at all.

With the help of Buteyko, I have now completed the longest asthma free
period I have ever experienced in my life. Buteyko has given me control
over my asthma.

Regards
Norman Back
norman - 30 Aug 2004 15:07 GMT
> You've practiced Buteyko for six years and have only been med
> free for six months?   Wow, what's the experience and timeframe
> for the non-experts?

I'm a Buteyko therapy user, not a practitioner or an expert and have
never claimed to be one.
Considering the position I was in when I first started Buteyko, asthma
worsening year-on-year, even with increased medication and considering
an increase in Becotide from 800mcg per day (the max for minimal steroid
side effects) to 1200 or even 1600 per day (where I could expect some
steroid side effect) I am very satisfied with my current position. The
initial benefits from Buteyko (reduced Ventolin use and an improved
feeing of well-being) occurred after about 3 days. So initial results
can be quick.
 When I started Buteyko, becoming asthma free was my principle goal,
being medication free as well is a real bonus.
 While it did take some time to become mediation free, I took a very
cautious approach (mediation reduction not being my principle aim). When
I had been completely free from all asthma symptoms for at least a
month, I would reduce my Becotide by a small amount (reducing by not
more than one third. e.g. 800 to 600mcg). Them wait a month to ensure
stabilisation before considering my next reduction. A much slower
reduction rate than is usually recommended by the medical profession.

Regards
Norman Back
Joy - 30 Aug 2004 22:02 GMT
You mean, you weren't cured 3 years ago when I was reading the B group? How
funny I should find out now that you were singing the praises and you
weren't even cured?!!!!! That is just like the guy from Canada who said how
great B worked for him, except he couldn't get out of bed due to his COPD.
With evidence like that, I'm sure you will go far. Common sense minded
people like me can read in between the lines. You must be on some kind of
euphoric high to expect that won't belie your previous statements all these
years.

Joy

> > You've practiced Buteyko for six years and have only been med
> > free for six months?   Wow, what's the experience and timeframe
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> Regards
> Norman Back
norman - 30 Aug 2004 22:17 GMT
> You mean, you weren't cured 3 years ago when I was reading the B group?

This information was available to you at the time at
http://members.westnet.com.au/pkolb/norman.htm .
Whether I was cured or not at that time depends on your definition of cure.

Regards
Norman Back
Joy - 30 Aug 2004 22:33 GMT
> > You mean, you weren't cured 3 years ago when I was reading the B group?
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Regards
> Norman Back

Or exaggeration.

Joy
ARoberts - 01 Sep 2004 12:33 GMT
> > > You mean, you weren't cured 3 years ago when I was reading the B group?
> >
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> Joy

Or the meaning of "is"...
Richard Friedel - 31 Aug 2004 06:59 GMT
> > First of all, the problem for me isn't Buteyko, it's the lies
> > that Kolb has told.  The fact that he states that asthma is
> > reversible and no meds are needed don't hold true for the studies
> > done by those in medical research, which show improved quality of
> > life and reduction of meds.
....
Many people who get asthma find the idea of taking muscle relaxing
drugs whenever they are SOB repugnant.  They believe the "science"
("inherent wisdom" would be a better expression) behind Buteyko.  They
have no desire to take a crash course in physiology.  The arguments
against Buteyko seem in the present situation to be pharisaical.

Possibly the success of Buteyko is getting people to steel themselves
(by more or less strenuous breathing exercises) and vowing to take
less muscle relaxing drugs.

For another copnvincing story of a Buteyko recovery, see
http://members.westnet.com.au/pkolb/ian_blan.htm. Regards, Richard
Friedel

[Norman wrote]>
> Both you and Peter are right, depending on the definition of cure that
> is used and how long a "long period" is.
>
> Regards
> Norman Back
NorthShoreCEO - 31 Aug 2004 11:55 GMT
> > > First of all, the problem for me isn't Buteyko, it's the lies
> > > that Kolb has told.  The fact that he states that asthma is
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> > Regards
> > Norman Back
NorthShoreCEO - 31 Aug 2004 12:01 GMT
>\
The arguments
> against Buteyko seem in the present situation to be pharisaical.

Only you would use the word pharisaical instead of hypocritical,
and only you would end the debate there instead of pointing to
WHY you think so.  After all of this debating and goading and so
forth, you've suddenly turned on a dime and feel those against
Buteyko are hypocrites, when just days ago you posted opinions
that were anti-Buteyko.  Who is the hypocrite?  Not to mention
the fact that the real medical research done on Buteyko, which
proves the lies that have been told here, are ignored by you -
yet you point to isolated studies to strengthen your own argument
when you see fit.  Again, utter hypocrisy.  I've come to think
you're nothing more than a troll.....just like Merlin, Norman and
Peter Kolb, and I think I'm going to stop feeding you.
Bob - 31 Aug 2004 15:30 GMT
>The arguments
>> against Buteyko seem in the present situation to be
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>you're nothing more than a troll.....just like Merlin, Norman and
>Peter Kolb, and I think I'm going to stop feeding you.
Bob - 31 Aug 2004 15:36 GMT
>>The arguments
>>> against Buteyko seem in the present situation to be
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>>you're nothing more than a troll.....just like Merlin, Norman and
>>Peter Kolb, and I think I'm going to stop feeding you.

So Mo, you'll be robin' the agape, once and for all?

http://www.northrup.org/Photos/robin/low/robin0242.JPG
CBI - 31 Aug 2004 13:04 GMT
> > > First of all, the problem for me isn't Buteyko, it's the lies
> > > that Kolb has told.  The fact that he states that asthma is
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Many people who get asthma find the idea of taking muscle relaxing
> drugs whenever they are SOB repugnant.  

That is natural and not at all unique to asthma. People, in general,
do not like being told they are sick or that they have to take daily
medication. I see it all the time with diabetics, hypertensives,
hyperlipidemics, etc.

> They believe the "science"
> ("inherent wisdom" would be a better expression) behind Buteyko.  They
> have no desire to take a crash course in physiology.  The arguments
> against Buteyko seem in the present situation to be pharisaical.

Given the above, that people try to deny illness and escape
medication, it is not at all suprising that there are people who will
emotionally invest in a theory that tells them they are not sick and
do not need to take medicine. This is not the same as saying they are
finding B* scientifically valid or inherently wise - it is just that
they are being told what they want to hear.

> Possibly the success of Buteyko is getting people to steel themselves
> (by more or less strenuous breathing exercises) and vowing to take
> less muscle relaxing drugs.

That certainly seems to be an effect of it. I'm not at all sure they
have shown that this effect represents a success.

<anecdote snipped>
The problem with anecdotes is that they are easily fictionalized or at
least innaccurately presented and that they do not necessarily speak
to the general reality (look at Norman for a good example - he
initially presents as a successfull "cure" but upon further
examination it is fiction). People can post anecdotes for all kinds of
strange occurrences but it doesn't mean those things will happen to
you. Besides, if we play it that way it would not be hard to fill the
group with anecdotes of people who couldn't breath and were saved by
conventional medicine. The stories really prove nothing.

If the theory worked as well as the anecdotalists suggest then there
would be no difficulty at all showing it in studies - yet despite
several attempts they have not been able to do so. When looking at the
studies or watching others bicker about them keep one thing in mind -
the B*-istas don't claim that a small subset or even just a majority
can be helped by their theory. They claim that nearly everyone can be
cured. One can look at the studies and point out flaws and suggest
that some small effect cannot be excluded or even a big effect in a
small number of people. However, it is clear and unarguable that B*
does not produse the magnitude of success that they try to claim.

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CBI - 30 Aug 2004 13:05 GMT
> The Kolb/Buteyko issue has always been based on dangers of the method.

No, the issue shas always been the lies that are told in an attempt to
create a new syndrome and to promote and umproved treatment that
encourages people to stop their meds.

> Now, it seems the tide has turned.  More and more mainstream asthma
> websites, particularly down under, are accepting Buteyko.  See,
> significantly,

A few Aussie websites listing it is hardly a tide turning.


> So if in fact Buteyko is safe and is being accepted by docs.

1) It has not been shown to be safe in a realistic setting. Just
because no one out of a few hundred in controlled studies, monitored
by conventional doctors, died does not make it safe as it is usually
practiced.

2) Nothing you have posted usggests that it is being accepted by docs.

> Why should not the inflammation of the airways be due to
> dysfunctional breathing etc. etc?

That is not the question. The question is, "why should it be," and the
burden of providing an answer lies with the people claiming it is.

> I personally found counting to slow down breathing in attacks highly
> effective.

OK- but that it not the B* method. All that shows is what I have been
saying for years - that many people can relax and muddle through some
attacks. It has nothign to do with chronic hyperventilation, CO2
levels, or B*.

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Richard Friedel - 02 Sep 2004 11:51 GMT
>........

Dear CBI, MD,

We are agreed that the method's theory  is scurrilous. It does not
achieve its aim of changing CO2 levels in clinical testing. But it
does work.  If, as seems likely, it works by discouraging the use of
muscle relaxing drugs, then this challenge should be looked in
research on orthodox treatment as a ethical duty.

Subject to future epidemiological data, it does not seem responsible
to reject Buteyko out of hand any longer.

On the question of scurrilous treatment, the dedication to in vitro
(test tube) research on asthma is understandable to the extent that
most asthmatics are convinced that their condition is due to a bug or
a bad environment so that drugs (the only product of such in vitro
research) would be the logical solution.

On at least one critical point current research for its part
scurrilously  insists on taking the in vitro (molecular or cellular
biological) approach where muscle training would seem more obvious. By
simple "Internet mining" and not purporting to act as an academically
trained asthma expert the following studies are to be found showing
that a healthy person can reverse airway constriction by a deep
inspiration and that an asthmatic cannot, see

Duration of deep inspiration and subsequent airway constriction in
vivo.
J Asthma. 2003 Apr;40(2):119-24.

Reversibility of induced bronchoconstriction by deep inspiration in
asthmatic and normal subjects.
Eur Respir J. 1989 Apr;2(4):331-9.

However such researchers see no reason to  cease their sojourn in
their ivory tower absolving them of the duty to pursue  any muscle
training approach if they are to retain the title of "asthma experts"
rather than pharmaceutical ideologists.

Given the plausibility of the Peper study
(http://www.i-breathe.com/thb12/Incentiv.htm
http://www.bfe.org/protocol/pro10eng.htm) it is a doctor's obvious
moral duty to inform a patient of the two approaches, namely (a) the
test-tube research approach and (b) the Peper approach which shows how
to take an effective relaxing deep breath by training and make drugs
unnecessary.

I can only repeat my plea for a return to the the moral values so well
explained in the Good Samaritan parable. It is often necessary to
endanger one's own cherished beliefs to help others.

Please accept again my respectful feelings for your dedication to this
newsgroup and patience in arguing your alas so obviously misdirected
point of view.  Richard Friedel
CBI - 02 Sep 2004 16:52 GMT
> >........
>
> Dear CBI, MD,
>
> We are agreed that the method's theory  is scurrilous. It does not
> achieve its aim of changing CO2 levels in clinical testing.

Yes - we do agree on that. I would go one step further and point out
that there is no evidence of a CO2 issue that needs correcting.
However, it is clear that B* does not change CO2 levels in any
currently detectable manner.

> But it
> does work.  

We agree that it does have some impact on the use of rescue
medications. I would debate whether this indicates that it "works." It
most certainly does not work in the sense that the claimed cure for
asthma, or even reversal of its underlying pathology, is produced.

> If, as seems likely, it works by discouraging the use of
> muscle relaxing drugs, then this challenge should be looked in
> research on orthodox treatment as a ethical duty.

I'm not sure I follow you here. In order for it to be an ethical duty
there would have to be evidence that the use of the inhalers - as they
are commonly used by the people in the studies - is harmful. I know
you believe that this is so but I have not found your arguments to be
persuasive.

> Subject to future epidemiological data, it does not seem responsible
> to reject Buteyko out of hand any longer.

I disagree completely. It does have some potential to harm as has been
outlined in detail many times before. Briefly, it diverts attention,
effort, and funds - all things that are not in unimited supply - away
from therapies with proven benenfit and often involves questionable
and potentially dangerous advice regarding medications.

I would agree that the research on it suggests that perhaps more
emphasis should be placed on trying to determine and them communicate
when relief inhalers really are needed.

> On the question of scurrilous treatment, the dedication to in vitro
> (test tube) research on asthma is understandable to the extent that
> most asthmatics are convinced that their condition is due to a bug or
> a bad environment so that drugs (the only product of such in vitro
> research) would be the logical solution.

I think the part that you fail to appreciate is that this is only an
incomplete, and hence only partially true, characterization of the
current research and treatment of asthma.

> On at least one critical point current research for its part
> scurrilously  insists on taking the in vitro (molecular or cellular
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> that a healthy person can reverse airway constriction by a deep
> inspiration and that an asthmatic cannot, see

I think all this does is lend supprt to my conclusion above.

> However such researchers see no reason to  cease their sojourn in
> their ivory tower absolving them of the duty to pursue  any muscle
> training approach if they are to retain the title of "asthma experts"
> rather than pharmaceutical ideologists.

I think you are way off base. Different researchers are investigating
different aspects and others are trying to integrate various
components. The system, when seen as a whole has elements that are
both deconstructionist and integrative. Just because one researcher
concentrates his efforts on one area does not mean that he find the
others to be invalid or unworthy. It is just that the days of one
person researching all known aspects are over and we need specialists.

Respiratory treatments are being researched and they are being applied
to clinical settings. This has been pointed out to you many times and
for some reason you simply refuse to accept it, instead preferring to
claim conspiracies, ignorance, and corruption. Your statments of just
being a humble "Internet miner" and not an expert are disengenuous as
you then go on to make some rather shocking accusations against people
who do legitimately claim to be experts.

> I can only repeat my plea for a return to the the moral values so well
> explained in the Good Samaritan parable. It is often necessary to
> endanger one's own cherished beliefs to help others.

You would do well to apply some introspection about this yourself.

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Richard Friedel - 04 Sep 2004 10:52 GMT
Dear CBI, MD,

You fail to answer my point about the integrity of asthma researchers.
Are they perhaps morally insane?

By turning a blind eye to the possibility of remedying muscular
weakness by physiotherapy  to take a deep breath and hence overcome
bronchoconstriction as a key asthma symptom they  seem to be acting as
irresponsibly as Julius Kelp in the Nutty Professor, or is by some
quirk Jerry Lewis only known abroad?  See also E. Murphy's remake
about the  400 pound professor who transforms into a self-centered,
testostoronally-hyped fitness freak.

Who really wants test-tube athletics and test-tube muscular
development, which according to Weiner (Chest 1992, 1357-61) plays a
key role in asthma treatment.  Yours as always,  Richard Friedel
Richard Friedel - 05 Sep 2004 07:40 GMT
> Dear CBI, MD,
>
> You fail to answer my point about the integrity of asthma researchers.
> Are they perhaps morally insane?

For "are they perhaps morally insane?"  please read "why do they have
such odd ideas?" R.F.
Joy - 30 Aug 2004 14:52 GMT
> The Kolb/Buteyko issue has always been based on dangers of the method.
> There were stories of people relying on it, not having any medication
> to hand and then suffering serious attacks, and of people not getting
> proper medication attention because doctors found the method
> irrational.

Did you get that from your days on the B board? I have never heard of people
not getting medication because their doctors thought the method irrational.
What was that? Vendictive behavior? I would have thought they would have
provided medical care even though the patient was undergoing an unapproved
experiement.

> Now, it seems the tide has turned.  More and more mainstream asthma
> websites, particularly down under, are accepting Buteyko.  See,
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>     * there is some limited scientific evidence which suggests that
> Buteyko may have benefits for some people with asthma

But what are those benefits? They can go without albuterol? That wasn't good
enough for me. I had terrible side effects from the steroids - even inhaled,
so I was looking to reduce that medication. Studies have been showing no
reduction in inhaled steroids.

>     * there do not appear to be any obvious safety problems with the
> technique and the advice given by Buteyko to use relievers when
> required and continue with preventers in accordance with current
> medical advice.

That counterdicts what you wrote above. Would you like to explain yourself?

>     * individuals planning to try the technique should inform and
> discuss their intentions with their doctor, especially if they are
> contemplating any changes to their treatment
>     * the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation has indicated that it
> would be willing to consider funding researchers with a scientifically
> valid study protocol to examine the Buteyko technique.

> More information about Buteyko can be found on their website."
>
> See also http://www.asthmaresearch.org.au/about/ with Asthma Research
> Online  presenting the case made out for Buteyko by McGowan.

I believe we have already covered why this paper seems so distorted.

> So if in fact Buteyko is safe and is being accepted by docs. then it
> would be uncivilized, pharisaical and cranky to go on attacking it
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> be axiomatic? Why should not the inflammation of the airways be due to
> dysfunctional breathing etc. etc?

Why should inflammation be due to disfunctional breathing? What is the
evidence of that. Even your own quoted researchers have retracted? Don' t
you remember?

> Traditional asthma drug treatment cannot sail on with the status of a
> flagship of scientific medicine.  If the success of Buteyko progresses
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> at least take the sting out of asthma. Respectfully submitted,
> Richard Friedel

So you are saying you now longer have attacks, but you fight for air during
exercise? That seems to be the opposite of what noman is saying. He thinks
the measure of why B works is the new found capacity to exercise instead of
standard testing. So here we are, right back where we were. No one on this
board can make any certain conclusions. But because they have been such
distorters of the truth, I wouldn't believe it based on the claims of a
couple of people, particularly these people. It particularly bothers me that
they don't realize that the theory makes no sense. But I assume that sooner
or later, medical science will figure it out. I know that it will turn out
that some of us have an infection though and that our asthma was not caused
by overbreathing. Anyone else out there is permitted to draw their own
conclusions. Anything you see on the internet though.................

Joy
 
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