web sites for natural path medicins treating polymyositis disease and
message boards for feed back of other people that have the disease as
well.

Hello honeybear, 

   Here are several sites that suggest naturopathic and alternative
therapies for polymyositis. (Neither Google Answers nor I endorse any
of these sites). This answer is intended for informational purposes
only, and is not intended to replace sound medical advice by a
licensed physician.

  I have listed support groups and forums following the naturopathic
sites, and following that, I have listed some additional sites for
your perusal.


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Naturopathic Sites:

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Polymyositis is often lumped in with scleroderma and other connective
tissue/collagen diseases:
http://www.healthandage.com/html/res/com/ConsConditions/Sclerodermacc.html

NaturDoctor
http://www.naturdoctor.com/Chapters/Diseases/Fibromyalgia.html

Genesis Health
http://www.genesishealth.com/micromedex/altmedgen/amm0010.aspx

?Although further research is needed, the Chinese herbal remedy
Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F shows considerable promise for treating
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis,
systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis,
Behcet's disease, Henoch-Schnlein purpura, IgA nephropathy, chronic
nephrotic syndrome, nephritis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis,
dermatitis, scleroderma, polymyositis, and kidney transplant rejection
(Tao and Lipsky 2000).?
http://www.wellfx.com/InfoBase/ther_ChineseMed_.html

Fasting by Design
http://www.fastingbydesign.com/lab.html

ThreeRivers
http://www.threeriversinc.org/page62.html

One patient?s experience with naturopathic therapy for polymyositis
http://www.lenorsjourney.com/update_2003.htm

Vitamin Research Products
http://www.vrp.com/deardoctor/ShowDoctor?cat=Fibromyalgia&c=1102568978129&k=/deardoctor

Natural Choice
http://www.naturalchoice.net/articles/fibromyalgia.htm

Caring Medical
http://www.caringmedical.com/symptoms/condition.asp?condition_id=769
Natural Health and Longevity Resource Center
http://www.all-natural.com/autoimmune.html

International Institute of Holistic Healing
http://www.doctorajadams.com/MusclesBones.html

Dr. Lee Bylenok
http://www.drbylenok.com/polymyositis.htm



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Message Boards and Forums:

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The Myositis Association
(Click on Community Forum from the menu in light blue)
http://www.myositis.org/community/index.cfm

Myositis Support Groups
http://www.myositissupportgroup.org/

http://www.myositissupportgroup.org/Forums/posts/5234.html

Third Aid
(Select polymyositis from the drop down menu, and sign up to join this
online community!)
http://www.thirdaid.com/

MedicineNet
http://www.medicinenet.com/forum/default.asp?b=2

Myositis Support Group UK
http://members5.boardhost.com/MyositisUK/
Their home page may interest you as well:
http://www.myositis.org.uk/

BrainTalk
http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?s=857a68e7e5543d4f4d1af21e3f021ad4&p=433641#post433641

Johns Hopkins
http://www.hopkins-arthritis.som.jhmi.edu/patients/famis/3.html

MDA
http://www.mdausa.org/disease/pmdm-d.cfm

A Yahoo chat group
(You?ll need to obtain a Yahoo account)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ourmyositis/

A personal web site:
http://www.myositisnw.org/

And another personal page
http://home.att.net/~stanford.white/

USMLE
http://www.prep4usmle.com/community/topic7890.html

MedHelp Forums
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/arthritis/wwwboard.html

This board is now closed, but scroll down the page to read messages
http://www.healthboards.com/myositis/7.html

Drdoc
http://www.arthritis.co.za/common.htm


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Other Resources:

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The Myositis Association
http://www.myositis.org/

NIH
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/polymyositis/polymyositis.htm#Organizations

A personal web site:
http://www.myositisnw.org/

And another personal page
http://home.att.net/~stanford.white/

List of support groups:
http://www.myositisnw.org/Support%20Groups.htm

British Homeopathic Library
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/hom-inform/

American Holistic Medical Association
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/hom-inform/

WebHealth
http://www.webhealth.co.uk/Complementary_Health/Complementary_Therapies/Complementary_Therapy_Overview/complementary_therapy_overview16.html

Newsletter
?My friend Jenny and I organise lunches 3 times a year so that fellow
dermatomyositis and polymyositis sufferers can get together and
compare notes. One of our regulars ? Graham who may have IBM has been
experimenting with alternative treatments and also looking at his
diet. He has found that by taking wheat out of his diet his legs
appear to be stronger and he falls over less frequently. I am also
wondering whether diet is affecting my condition too. In May last year
I went to a talk by Professor Jane Plant who talked about her
experiences with cancer and because of the evidence she has collected
the fact that she feels that dairy produce could be a factor with
breast cancer and prostrate cancer. After the talk I decided that
perhaps it would be healthier if my husband and I started using Soya
Milk and Soya Spread instead of cows milk and butter and we began this
in July/August.?
http://www.myositis.org.uk/newsletter51.htm

Another patient?s experiences
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_2_32/ai_83316362

Healed in Spite of Modern Medicine 
By Al D Squitieri, Sr 
(From Natural Health Magazine March 2002)
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2480&id=6845

MDA
http://www.mdausa.org/experts/question.cfm?id=1348

Road Back
http://www.roadback.org/

A slide show on polymyositis
http://www.smhrheumatology.com/documents/InflammatoryMyositis.pdf#search='polymyositis'


About.com
http://arthritis.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=arthritis&zu=http://www.medicinenet.com/Polymyositis/article.htm
About.com
http://arthritis.about.com/od/alternativetreatments/a/awarenesskeyalt.htm


I hope this helps you out! If any part of my answer is unclear, please
request an Answer Clarification, before rating, and I will be glad to
respond as soon as possible.

Regards,
crabcakes


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polymyositis forums message boards

I am very pleased. Thank you.

Thank you for the 5 star rating, and the nice tip! I hope you find
useful informaion in the answer!
Sincerely,
crabcakes