Multiple Sclerosis and (lots of) Vitamin D - book by patient on Coimbra protocol

Created March 2016

Multiple Sclerosis and (lots of) Vitamin D: My Eight-Year Treatment with The Coimbra Protocol for Autoimmune Diseases

Update Book by another author High-Dose Vitamin D Therapy – book July 2018

Update Feb 2017 short YouTube video of her 9 years on the Coimbra protocol

Update May 2018 her book appears to be now also be inPortuguese and German

Update May 2019 Spanish Kindle $0.00

Amazon prices for 132 page book


$4	ebook
$0	Kindle Unlimited
$ 9.27	paperback

Description on Amazon

"The Coimbra Protocol relies on doses of vitamin D that range from 40,000 IU to 200,000 IU per day."

Mounting scientific evidence clearly shows that vitamin D has a powerful effect on autoimmune diseases, yet most doctors continue to prescribe no more than 1,000 IU or 2,000 IU a day to patients that suffer from such conditions. In this book, Ana Claudia Domene describes her experience with multiple sclerosis and the treatment that has radically eased her symptoms, allowed her to discontinue all conventional medications, and restored her health. Developed by Dr. Cicero Galli Coimbra, a neurologist practicing in São Paulo, Brazil, the Coimbra Protocol is a therapeutic approach that relies on high doses of vitamin D to halt the misguided attacks of the immune system, and it has enabled thousands of patients around the world to keep their autoimmune diseases in permanent remission.

I purchased the book - very nice

Includes her history and a chapter of many others on the protocol

A few paragraphs from her book

The Coimbra Protocol requires doses of vitamin D that range from 40,000 IU to 200,000 IU per day. Usually, the dose stays around 1,000 IU per kilogram (2.2 lbs.) of the patient’s weight per day.
During the treatment, vitamin D levels can range from 300 – 4,000 ng/ ml. This is well above the normal range listed by the laboratories, which is 30 – 100 ng/ ml.
Only the doctor can determine if a patient is a good candidate to follow the Coimbra Protocol. Certain conditions might need to be addressed before the patient can take high doses of vitamin D, such as kidney or thyroid problems, among others. There are a few diseases, like sarcoidosis, that might make the patient abnormally sensitive to vitamin D. In general, the great majority of patients will be able to follow the Coimbra Protocol, but only the doctor can evaluate your health issues before you start the treatment.
Doctors will request different tests depending on the specific needs of each patient. According to Dr. Coimbra, the most important measurements in the protocol are the PTH and 24-hour urinary calcium. Other measurements usually requested are total and ionized calcium, 25( OH) D3, vitamin B12, urea and creatinine, albumin, ferritin, chrome serum, serum phosphate, and phosphaturia 24 hrs, among others.
According to Dr. Coimbra, vitamin D is responsible for 95 percent of the treatment success. With that said, doctors do prescribe other supplements. The list of supplements and their respective doses vary from patient to patient, but the most common ones are complex B, riboflavin, B12, omega-3, magnesium , choline, chromium picolinate.
Year after year, the imaging tests confirm that I have made the best possible decision. Many lesions simply disappeared, others are still there, like scars, but there’s been no progression of the disease. Absolutely no progression at all! This fact in itself is already cause for celebration, and my most profound gratitude to this doctor who has dedicated his life to his patients.
We are a group of people, from all over the world, who simply feel a moral duty to pass on information about what we have received.

Doctors using Coimbra Protocol

Shown on Google Maps with details on each doctor Map as of July 2021

Europe - June 2018

S Europe Jan 2019

US Jan 2019

Comments by Henry Lahore, admin of Vitamin D Life

Some doctors just prescribe 2,000 IU of vitamin D to reduce MS symptoms.
- Dr. Coimbra protocol gives 40,000 to 200,000 daily to CURE MS
- (actually eliminate all symptoms, but must continue taking vitamin D for life)
He has claimed that the very high dose Vitamin D should work with most/all auto-immune diseases.
- I have wondered, for 4+ years now, if very high dose Vitamin D will also work for many other diseases.
- Not just work, but perhaps fully treat if the disease has not progressed too far.
I have wondered how many people who are able to achieve 40-60 nanograms of vitamin D in their blood are still not able to get a good level in their cells due to gene problems. That is, their vitamin D levels test as being good, but their cells are not getting the benefit.
I wonder how much his succes rate (80%?) would be improved if he were to add Omega-3 and Magnesium to his protocol

Coimbra Protocol

Very detailed description of Coimbra Protocol

Coimbra’s Protocol Summary

At ThisIsMS Dec 2015

Before/after Images of patients and brains followed by many many details

1 - Exams

The exams need to be done each 6 months (the doctor's visit occur each 6 months on this treatment):

Exams related with Vitamin D3

1 - 25(OH)D3 to measure the levels of vitamin D3;

2 - 1,25(OH)D3 also measure vitamin D3;

3 - Parathyroid Hormone (PTH);

4 - Calcium in urine in 24 hours;

5 - Total calcium and ionized calcium;

6 - Phosphaturia (to measure the excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine);

7 - Serum Phosphorous;

8 - Creatinine;

9 - Urea;

Exams related with MS conditions

10 - Albumin;

11 - Ferritin;

12 - Serum Chromium;

13 - TSH and T4;

2 - Levels of Vitamin D3;

3 - Supplementation to empower Vitamin D3;

4 - Diet;

5 – Calcium, Exercises and Vitamin K2;

Video by a Coimbra Patient

March 2015, 6 minutes

In Portuguese with English Captions

Coimbra Protocol in Spanish

http://www.tengoesclerosismultiple.com/

Short URL = is.gd/domene