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Functional medicines contribution is in identifying and correcting the systemic conditions that may be driving cochlear dysfunction, amplifying neural hyperexcitability, or making the auditory cortex more sensitive to aberrant signals
Acetaldehyde, a byproduct of alcohol, disrupts the conversion of homocysteine to methionine, lowering cysteine and glutathione production and increasing homocysteine levels
This finding is consistent with a study that found low-dose lithium to stabilize patients with Alzheimer's disease
So I think it's just, it's just in general hard to get through insurance
Other authors have questioned the value of non-curative chemotherapy, suggesting it only modestly prolongs life and has a limited impact on quality of life for most patients (Slater 2001