Hepatitis C Treatment and Cure

Look at Oscar's comments and experience using BHT to drastically reduce or erase viral load for lipid coated viruses, like Hep C. I have seen many posts from people who are having success with his protocol. Best wishes.

Dear Megan from Branchville. There are many people reporting success with the use of BHT [ butylated hydroxytoluene ] as an effective treatment for hepatitis C in all of its variants. The dosages used are between 200mg and 350mg taken once or twice a day with water on an empty stomach.

If interested there is the NEW BHT CURES GROUP here:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/The_New_BHT_Cures_Group/

Our focus is BHT as a treatment for the different hepatitis viruses.

If you choose to try this treatment please do report your results here at the EARTH CLINIC....Oscar

To Megan from Branchville Sc.

Take a look under the remedies tab and click on BHT (Butilated Hydroxy Toluine) and start reading all the wonderful messsages that Oscar has worked so hard with to get out there. This powerful antioxident will give you 20 years back and take away any brainfog, one of the side effects from the convetional therapy. If I would have known about this BHT< I would have taken it as well as the Pegatron which I suspect your Mom is taking.

It is very cheap and has cured some of the harder to treat genome 1a. You can join us over at the http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/The_New_BHT_Cures_Group/

You can read more there as well. Oscar has started this site and since then I have discovered that Milk Thistle and Grapefruit Juice can block it and some other drugs, so it is not a good idea to take that.

Good luck to you.

Art

Thank you all very much for the information and for this site, it gives me a better outlook on this.

Dear Alicia, Based on the feedback available: Do NOT take milk thistle or it`s extracts. Do NOT drink grapefruit juice. Those two things are known to make the BHT treatment NOT work. Also, those reporting the best results are using 2 doses of BHT. One dose in the morning and one at night with water on an empty stomach. I have to keep my messages very simple because you do not understand English. What you say to me gets confused in translation....Oscar

Dear Kate from Lima, Peru. Do NOT use BHT treatment when pregnant!!! Because no human tests have been done regarding it`s effect on a dveloping fetus. So if you are now preganant STOP the BHT treatments.

And if you choose to try the BHT treatment while NOT pregnant STOP using it if you become pregnant. Many commonly used substances including alcoholic beverages and cigarettes have proven to be harmful to developing fetuses. I my opinion and that of many: It is a very good idea to avoid any and all unusual substances and that does include BHT when pregnant.

So, in my opinion it is NOT safe to take BHT while pregnant....Oscar

good news but not great:

after 6 months of bht: ast 32, alt 54, viral load 7858659, genotype 3

Dear Joanne from Albany, NY, You are asking questions I am NOT qualified to answer. I am NOT a medical doctor.

Are you saying you no longer have cirrhosis ? If that is true you have to be doing something right. What treatment did you use to cure this cirrhosis? If you truly no longer have cirrhosis I see no reason why you would be at any greater risk than the others trying the BHT treatment. And I am NOT saying there is NO risk. If you choose to try the BHT treatment do so with care. Start with small dosages. Say 50mg of BHT per day for one week and have that STANDARD LIVER PANEL series of tests done to see if any adverse effects are detected. If no adverse effects are detected proceed by carefully ramping up your dosage to no more than 350mg of BHT per day. I am very interested in how you successfully treated your cirrhosis condition... Oscar

Oscar. What I wanted to know is, have you come across anybody who has had that particular situation I described and what was their outcome if any? You have had much more contact with people with hepatitis c than I. If you were a doctor I wouldn't contact you. Thank you.

Hi Oscar, I just noticed you replied under my response, or it was put up that way. In any event, thank much for the feedback. I will do as you suggested and progress slowly and watch my enzymes. My concern was/is will my neuropathy be bothered as you might have heard or read from other people.

My neuropathy is caused by the virus and to get rid of it I have to obviously get rid of the virus. The Catch 22 is will the remedy cause an increase in my neuropathy. Thank you again for your time. Dr "O". (:)

Hello, this is my first post in Earthclinic. I keep reading in this thread that vitamin E helps the Hepatitis C virus to replicate. While I have not researched this in particular, I do know that vitamin E has been studied in other capacities and found to be harmful in large amounts. The problem is that the vitamin E that was studied was a synthetic laboratory created version of vitamin E and not real vitamin E that occurs in nature. Real vitamin E in nature occurs in balance with the other fat soluble vitamins and is a necessary, essential nutrient that is not only not harmful in large amounts, but is most likely rarely ever consumed in the necessary amounts for optimal health, since we generally don't consume the foods that naturally conatain it in enough quantities. In other words, I believe it is safe and beneficial to consume foods that are high in vitamin E and that it is better to avoid taking commercial supplements that contain vitamin E. I guess what I am saying is research the reason why it is claimed that vitamin E increases the replication of Hepatitis C before accepting that Vitamin E is bad. Where does this info come from, who did the study, and what form of vitamin E was studied? I have examined many studies that do not even remotely truly indicate the conclusion that was drawn by the researchers, for various reasons. It is extremely important, when it comes to health information to scrutinize the information you are receiving and question the sources.

Dear JP from Pasadena Ca.

I have been taking BHT since Mid January 2012. I have had neuropathy slowly gaining over the past 6 years. As far as I am concerned the BHT is not ramping it up or making it worse. I am only using 350mg once a day of BHT. For my hep-c. I have had great success with the BHT and my Liver tests indicate that with decreasing numbers. I have also discovered that Chanca Piedra seems to be helping me and has taken away the slight pain I had in my upper right quadrant. As for my neuropathy, I control it with ALA and B12. In my opinion I think the BHT is a wonderful simple solution for me.

Art.

Thanks Art for the feedback. My neuropathy has been getting better with 6-9 grams of flax seed oil a day with lecethin. Flax seed is the dry weight of the myelin sheath. I also have been doing the water cure with great results. Salt and water. watercure2.org

I don't think neuropathy is a big problem as it is just a matter of rebuilding the myelin sheath. Most people don't drink enough water and the salt will hold the water in the sheath and also help other organs. Read the MS testimonials on the site. Impressive stuff. MS is the big brother of neuropathy.

I will try the BHT sloooowly...

I don't understand this blood count as the VL is 31 ml and the enzymes are almost at norm...??? can this be or is there a mistake somewhere...

Dear Anne from Tucson, It is unusual for a person with such a high viral load to still have normal AST and ALT numbers.

April
viral load 31, 461, 000 iu/ml
7.498 log 10 (not sure what this number means).
AST 25 ALT 32.

June
I stated taking BHT 350mg twice a day

Sept
AST 27 ALT 30

November
Viral load 4, 372, 770
6.641 log 10

His viral load WAS 31, 461, 000 and is NOW 4, 372, 770 and is now in the " medium " range of this viral load chart:

http://www.hepatitiscentral.com/hcv/hepatitis/loadchart.html

So at the time of this report his hepatitis C infection was well under control after about 6 months of the BHT treatment. Keep in mind this person did start the treatment with very high viral load count. The only explanation I can think of for the normal AST and ALT numbers is that the infection came on fast as opposed to many years and did not have time to cause much damage to his liver.

Thank goodness the BHT treatment is working as well as it is and that the viral load is coming down as fast as it is....Oscar

I was treated by an alternative clinic in Boston for chirrosis stage 4... They cleared me of it in 10 weeks according to a test at Beth Israel Hospital, which is supposed to be one of the best in the world... The doctor at the alternative clinic is from Russia and is in his early 70's and has been in alternative therapy all his profssional career. He said when they test for viral count is also includes DEAD viruses...So you're getting a count of both alive and dead viruses.

Dear Mr. Ree, Is or was BHT a part of the treatment you referred to in your posting ? Any details you can provide would be of interest to the EARTH CLINIC forum members, myself included. Are you now taking BHT ? If so, how much per day ? ...Oscar

Oscar, I was treated with U.V.B.I Ultra Violet blood irradation or photolumenessence.. Not sure of the spelling of the latter...It's a procedure where they draw about a pint of blood and slowly put it through an ultra violet light in a machine that kills the virus. Then they reinfuse the blood going back through the machine to get a second shot of the ultra violet light...I'm currently not on BHT but intend to after I get my next blood test to see where I'm at. Do it yourself guys...Regular doctors won't get it done...They are either ignorant of the facts or don't want to tell you an alternative way....I also have plybotomies to lowr my ferritin and liver enzymes.. I asked a doctor why they don't tell people aboput phlebotomies to lower enzymes and he said with a sly smile, "Isn't that obvious?" They want you on interferron! Don't do it! Keep up the good work Oscar...

Thank you for your response Mr. Ree, I follow your postings with interest. I agree with you about BHT being an excellent follow up treatment to the treatment you discussed. It seems to me the BHT treatment would be there to insure against a relapse should any liver cells still remain infected after the treatment you are now undergoing. The BHT treatment does take years to insure that no infected liver cells remain....Oscar

Dear Rachael from Albany, In my opinion: Buy and use the straight BHT. That is to say a product that is BHT and BHT only. The reason I say that is because I have no way of knowing the effect of mixing BHT with these different compounds. The BHT seems to work best when taken by itself and not mixed with some other compound or compounds.

BHT is a reactive compound and will combine in unpredictable ways with other compounds in the human body when mixed at the time it is ingested. It is well known that BHT readily combines with the amino acid glycine and an acid of glucuse. You can read about that here:

Biological Data Biochemical aspects BHT is readily absorbed. Some deposition in adipose tissue bee been described following high dosage in the rat, and this may cause increased stability of the extracted perineal fat. The metabolism of BHT is complicated by the presence of the butyl groups on each side of the hydroxyl. Preliminary modification is necessary before conjugation can occur. This takes the form of either oxidation of one of the butyl groups to a 2-hydroxy-2:2-dimethyl-2-ethyl group, or oxidation of the methyl group to a carboxy acid. The former yields glucuronide conjugates, while the latter becomes conjugated with glucuronic acid or glycine. Some of the oxidized material is also excreted unconjugated.

That statement is a portion of a World Health Organization toxicology report on BHT and is in agreement with other such reports.

So keep it simple. Use pure BHT taken with a gulp of water on an empty stomach. I buy the BHT I use from Vitamin Research Products. There are other companies selling good quality BHT. Start with small doses. These capsules are easy to open up for getting a smaller dose. Find a dose you are comfortable with. For people first starting out I recommend no more than 350mg per day or less. You have to find a dose you are comfortable with. I recommend no more than 350mg of BHT taken twice a day. And less for many people. Very good results are being reported with these smaller doasages. Anywhere from 200mg per day to 700mg of BHT per day. If you wish to you can join the BHT CURES GROUP here: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/BHTcures/

But please do report your experience with BHT as a treatment for hepatitis C here at the EARTH CLINIC. I hope that information helps you. Sincerely, ...Oscar

Oscar, Thank you very much for the quick reply. It seeems to apear that this info will save me time and of course money...

Hi Oscar; How do you feel about food with hep c, other than the obvious junk food. I was told coffee increases the viral load. I also take R-lipoic Acid 2x's a day at a different time from the bht. Getting bloodwork done in January, hoping for good results. I am genotype 3. Thanks for all of your help.

Dear Lana from Raleigh NC, Good to hear from you. Well, I very much hope your blood tests show excellent results. But do let the forum know what the results are whatever they are. Thanks for reporting in. Sincerely, ...Oscar

Hi Oscar; my blood test a few weeks ago were good: the ast is in the normal range for the first time since 2008, it is 32 the alt is 54 and the viral load is still up there around 8 million but it was 15 million. I am hopeful. I do take r-lipoic acid 300mg 2x a day and the bht 350mg by itself in the morning. I couldn't take it 2 times a day because it made my mind race. Thank you, I am genotype 3 and have been on the bht for about a year... Thanks so much for helping all of us! with hope, Lana

Dear Chris from Guam, I was great hearing from you. Thank you very much for reporting back in with the EARTH CLINIC with your test results with the use of BHT to treat hepatitis C. It does seem that the BHT is working.

By the way: Do you have any liver function test results available? I so very much hope you have this infection under control and will continue to show significant improvement. Sincerely, ...Oscar

Update on my BHT Treatment:

I have had another viral load count this past week and it was went up significantly.

• March 2012 21 million
• Started taking BHT 2- 350mg caps/day.
• September 2012 11.4 million
• December 2012 28.8 million

I can't understand why it has increased so much. My VL's have never fluctuated since I started testing back in 2002. I have not changed any of the dosage or program. I almost think that the lab made a mistake reading the information. I continue to feel better and that is why I question the results. If I didn't feel good I could see that it may not be working. Well I plan to continue to use the BHT and my next test will be at a different clinic.

My liver function tests all fall within the "normal range" another reason I believe that it may be a mistake.

I'll update when I get the next test result.

To Guam, I had the same thing happen to me and was also feeling better... I was being treated by a Russian Dr. who is in his 60's and has been studying natural remedies his whole career... He said, "some of the virus's being measured are also the dead ones..."

Don't worry about it... Merry Christmas...

I am following up on my BHT treatment for my hepatitis C. Below you can find the thread over the past year. Here is my viral load count.

• March 2012: 21 million
• May 2012: Started taking BHT 2 - 350mg caps/day.
• September 2012: 11. 4 million
• December 2012: 28. 8 million (Read below you can see what was the possible cause of this increase)
• April 2013: 2. 7 million

I am now about 87% lower than when I started the treatment. I try to take 2 - 350mg caps per day, but if I cant get them on an empty stomach twice per day, then I will only take 1. Other than this I carry on with my normal diet and life. I do not drink alcohol and do drink alkaline water to lower my overall body pH and on occasion take ascorbic acid (Vit C) powder mixed with baking soda if I feel an illness coming on. I am hoping that within a few more months my next result will be non detectable, but if it's not, no worries, as I have nothing but time and trust that this will eventually cure me of my Hepatitis C.

All my other blood work test are "normal".

Thank you so very much Chris for this important update. You have stuck with the BHT treatment for over one year now. It does seem you now have this HCV infection under control and hopefully you will get to NO VIRUS DETECTED soon.

Here is a link to an important University of Naples study about vitamins and hepatits C. Some help: most notably vitamin B12 in daily doses of 1,000mcg [ micrograms ] and one [ vitamin E ] enhances the hepatitis C viruses` ability to replicate and therefore vitamin E supplents should be avoided, NOT taken. Yes you NEED some vitamin E but get plenty in a normal diet. Just do NOT take vitamin E supplements if treating hepatitis C. Here is a link to this important study: http://www.epocrates.com/dacc/1207/VitaminB12hcvBMJ1207.pdf

So, adding that 1,000mcg [ micrograms ] of vitamin B 12 a day should help a lot... Oscar

Answering Chris from Yigo, Guam

Hello Chris, I have been told and read in the past that the viral loads will always go WAY UP before they go way down when doing alternative therapies. What is happening is the virus is being pulled from the tissue, bone and muscles and circulates it in the blood before it's all taken out of the blood. This is a good thing. Once you see this happen your loads will drop dramatically. Congrats and good luck. Debi, Irvine Ca

Thank you for the info on the elevated count of virus... I came from 7 mil to 1 mil and the last test and first time elevation in 5 years of 3 mil.... Thought it was the change of clinic.... Hope, hope, hope

Dear Alicia, It is always a joy to hear from you. I am happy to learn that the problem you were having with your legs is gone. I want you and everyone else to know: Do NOT drink grapefruit juice if using the BHT treatment. Grapefruit juice interacts with a very many drugs or supplents in a bad way. You or anyone else can learn about that here at wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit_drug_interactions

Wishing you the very best, ...Oscar

Dear Alicia, I am so very happy the BHT treatment is working so very well for you. Thank you very much for your informative and detailed report. You are helping many people with the information you have given. You are doing the treatment correctly and it is working very well for you. The treatment does work if you do NOT screw it up with a bunch of other supplements. Thank you so very much for posting your results here at the EARTH CLINIC. Sincerely, ...Oscar

Dear Alicia, You are doing everything right with the BHT treatment and it is working. That one 250mg of BHT per day may very well be all that you need to cure yourself of this hepatitis C infection. You do not weigh very much compared to many of the people using the BHT treatment. I am amazed at the amount of exercise you do. This exercise helps a lot. Please do not overdo it. You must be a very strong person.

Dear Alicia, please listen to me. You will still need to take the BHT on a daily basis for at least 2 years to be truly cured. The BHT is actually good for you as long as you do not take too much of it. The reason you need to keep taking the BHT is because: Even when no virus is detected in the blood tests very many liver cells are still infected. You are responding so very well to the BHT treatment and that makes me very happy. Please keep posting any and all test results here at the EARTH CLINIC. I wish more people would do that. Your friend, ...Oscar