Bone Marrow Stem Cells and Muscular Dystrophy

Bone Marrow Stem Cells and Muscular Dystrophy. Since Dr. Steenblock is merely transferring stem cells from a person’s bones into their blood stream there is never an allergic or rejection type of reaction since these are the patient’s own cells. The results have at times been phenomenal especially for those under 40 and for those who are really physically fit and walk or run a lot every day.

The stronger an individual’s bones are the better the bone marrow stem cells are. Even children that are paralyzed and who do not put weight on their legs are generally not going to have good results unless add another facet is added to their treatment. For those people who do not walk much, are not physically fit and who are older than 40,  Dr. Steenblock generally recommends that they undergo five successive daily injections of a natural bone marrow mobilizer called Neupogen® (Filgrastim) beginning 19 days before they come to his office for their bone marrow treatment(s).

The ideal treatment for anyone with a complicated health issue is to first have certain tests done to determine if they have any problems that could interfere with the treatment’s success.  These tests include standard blood tests for anemia, hormones, metabolism, infections, autoimmunity, inflammation and special tests for heavy metal poisons and intestinal infections and infestations. If problems are discovered with these tests then the underlying problem should be corrected before beginning the process of using the Neupogen® and the scheduling of the bone marrow treatment(s). 

The word “marrows” is pleural intentionally because a person in general has a better result if more stem cells are given. By having two bone marrow procedures on successive days an individual will double the number of stem cells they receive. For example, if a 60 year old sedentary person comes in and does only one bone marrow treatment Dr. Steenblock will generally extract about 400 milliliters of stem cell-rich bone marrow (buffy coat after centrifugation) which is put directly back into the blood stream by intravenous means. The number of active, healthy stem cells in this simple procedure may only be 100 million and these in general will not be as healthy or as active as they will be if the patient first has any known or potential impediments to their post-infusion activity eliminated and they are given the 5 daily injections of Neupogen®. 

When a person comes to the clinic 14 days after their last Neupogen® injection, that same 400 ml of bone marrow will have somewhere between 500 and 1000 million stem cells and then if they repeat the process the next day they will get another 500-1000 million stem cells.  By this combination of eradicating infections, correcting other problems discovered using our testing, and then using Neupogen® followed by two bone marrow treatments patients will be receiving well over a billion stem cells.

http://www.stemcellmd.org/treatments/stem-cell-treatments/bmsct/