Hello, I wish to convey to you fellow sufferers about my experiences & concerns with Microdose Therapy from the Helens Foundation that claims to reduce pain for RA, CFS, Fibro back pain & migraine… sufferers using Hydrocortisone (Cortisol). You name the illness…they claim to “reduce it or eliminate it.” Against the wishes from my RA & PC docs, who thought it was one of many ways to take advantage of chronic pain sufferers, I bit the hook of the promises to “arrest Fibromyalgia in 21 days” with a program where “patients averaged 77% relief.” Desperate people in pain tend to do desperate things. Of course the people over the phone were very nice. They were also very happy to “get my check” of $7495.00 rather than my medical information.
During the “Shower” dose, of 100 mgs of Hydrocortisone (Cortisol), I experienced adverse reactions such as swelling/feeling of fullness of the face, jaw, neck and armpits. I also had a sore throat & minor chest pain. The head face & jaw pain was elevated above the usual level which made it unbearable to be around anyone or do anything. What really concerned me the most was an overwhelming, dark crushing depression and an extreme level of fatigue to the point that I could barely get out of bed. I haven’t experienced anything like that before. I barely had the strength do complete basis daily activities and take care of my mom. These reactions were far worse than I experienced with Prednisone. I was told Hydrocortisone was a more “natural” drug than Prednisone but my body could not tolerate it and the side effects were unbearable even when I tapered the dosage down 20mgs. So I discontinued the drug and went back on the Prednisone at a lower dosage (1/2 of 5mg). I should have listened to my doctors who discouraged me from entering the program. The docs told me that Hydrocortisone is really NO different from taking Prednisone. They are both Corticosteroids but Hydrocortisone has lower dosing levels than Prednisone. However, Prednisone is longer acting.
In essence, it was a very expensive lesson for me to which the program cost me out of pocket $5545.00 out of $7495.00. I paid $900 for Food Allergy Testing through the program which came from a Lab that caters to horses, dogs and cats. You can find a similar test for $400-500. I also had to pay $995 for a digital tracking system (a computer graphing program) that charted my daily fluctuating symptoms from 4 pages of pain diaries as “improvements” rather than recoveries from flare-ups due to activities, storms & recovering from overdosing of Hydrocortisone. So there is how they get the “percentage of improvements!” I didn’t take a statistics class but I know there are false positive errors which factors can be misinterpreted. I lost a lot of money and I regret entering the program. So be warned! You are either a predator or you are prey! I was a fool! Hydrocortisone (pill cortisol) in lower doses may work for you but please be very cautious about this program! You don’t need to spend $7495. I hope this helps others from being preyed upon.
Helens Foundation Reviews
Hello, I wish to convey to you fellow sufferers about my experiences & concerns with Microdose Therapy from the Helens Foundation that claims to reduce pain for RA, CFS, Fibro back pain & migraine… sufferers using Hydrocortisone (Cortisol). You name the illness…they claim to “reduce it or eliminate it.” Against the wishes from my RA & PC docs, who thought it was one of many ways to take advantage of chronic pain sufferers, I bit the hook of the promises to “arrest Fibromyalgia in 21 days” with a program where “patients averaged 77% relief.” Desperate people in pain tend to do desperate things. Of course the people over the phone were very nice. They were also very happy to “get my check” of $7495.00 rather than my medical information.
During the “Shower” dose, of 100 mgs of Hydrocortisone (Cortisol), I experienced adverse reactions such as swelling/feeling of fullness of the face, jaw, neck and armpits. I also had a sore throat & minor chest pain. The head face & jaw pain was elevated above the usual level which made it unbearable to be around anyone or do anything. What really concerned me the most was an overwhelming, dark crushing depression and an extreme level of fatigue to the point that I could barely get out of bed. I haven’t experienced anything like that before. I barely had the strength do complete basis daily activities and take care of my mom. These reactions were far worse than I experienced with Prednisone. I was told Hydrocortisone was a more “natural” drug than Prednisone but my body could not tolerate it and the side effects were unbearable even when I tapered the dosage down 20mgs. So I discontinued the drug and went back on the Prednisone at a lower dosage (1/2 of 5mg). I should have listened to my doctors who discouraged me from entering the program. The docs told me that Hydrocortisone is really NO different from taking Prednisone. They are both Corticosteroids but Hydrocortisone has lower dosing levels than Prednisone. However, Prednisone is longer acting.
In essence, it was a very expensive lesson for me to which the program cost me out of pocket $5545.00 out of $7495.00. I paid $900 for Food Allergy Testing through the program which came from a Lab that caters to horses, dogs and cats. You can find a similar test for $400-500. I also had to pay $995 for a digital tracking system (a computer graphing program) that charted my daily fluctuating symptoms from 4 pages of pain diaries as “improvements” rather than recoveries from flare-ups due to activities, storms & recovering from overdosing of Hydrocortisone. So there is how they get the “percentage of improvements!” I didn’t take a statistics class but I know there are false positive errors which factors can be misinterpreted. I lost a lot of money and I regret entering the program. So be warned! You are either a predator or you are prey! I was a fool! Hydrocortisone (pill cortisol) in lower doses may work for you but please be very cautious about this program! You don’t need to spend $7495. I hope this helps others from being preyed upon.