In Alaska, a dentist, Dr. Roger Eichman DDS, had a problem: Some dental patients with a tooth ache in remote villages or on a fishing boat might take a week or two to get to the clinic, and he needed a way to reduce their pain. He knew that the nerve pulp in a tooth is similar to brain tissue so after reading the article in Discover magazine he began to experiment with DM and found that with the proper dose he could reduce swollen and inflamed nerves in teeth. He used the treatment to reduce pain in teeth until he retired 8 years later. Dr. Eichman DDS [retired] got word that his frail 87-year old 110-pound mother had a major stroke. One arm and leg on her right side was limp. She could not feel a pin prick on the right half of her body and she could not speak. Dr. Eichman got to her bedside 10 hours later. He put a Hold throat lozenge that contained 5 mg of DM in her mouth and she sucked on it and got it down. He did the same for the next two days so she had a total of 15 mg of DM. Two weeks later, she walked out of the hospital with only minor nerve damage; she lost the feeling in the tips of her fingers and toes. The doctors called her their miracle patient.

We have been using the same stroke protocol for over 20 years. I have contacted numerous doctors with news letters and drug companies but they all say the same thing: the drug DM is inexpensive and readily available, people would go down to the drug store, buy the DM, and they—the doctors and drug companies--would not make any money on their investment. I recently contacted a doctor in the NW that has a clinic who is excited about the treatment and has a newsletter that is widely read. So maybe he will test and publish our research.

Several dozen people have used the stroke treatment we call the “ Eichman Stroke Treatment Protocol.” It has always been effective if started within 48 hours of the first symptoms. There has never been any adverse effect on other treatments or side effects. It works on strokes caused by blood clots and hemorrhages and also alleviates head trauma. We consider the optimum dose to be 10 mg of DM for 4 days for a major stroke. Do not exceed a total of 65 mg of DM over the course of the treatment. DM is approved by both the AMA and the FDA for a wide range of conditions and for long term use up to 120 mg per day. All a doctor has to do to be legal is to put on the patient’s chart, “Throat problems, give the patient 10 mg of DM for 4 days.”

Originally we recommended Hold throat lozenges because its only ingredient was DM, but they went out of business. We now believe that a 15 mg time-release capsule sold by Robitussin is probably the best because it also only has one ingredient--DM. Fifteen mg per day for 4 days still stays under the 65 mg of DM total that we consider optimum. Cold medicine like Dayquil works. One full tablespoon of Dayquil has 10 mg of DM which is what we recommend per day. The cold medicines usually have a vascular constrictor to stop a runny nose and this is not good for a stroke patient to be decreasing blood flow to the neurons. It has been used and it does work.

Case histories of stroke patients:

Lois T.

Lois T was a 75 year old woman in good health and weighing around 145 pounds. She took care of a large garden and several dozen apple trees. She was having friends over one Sunday afternoon when she started to slur her speech and her hand started to go numb. She realized she was having a stroke so she took two Hold throat lozenges and had her friends take her to the hospital in Port Townsend. They did an MRI and found nothing . She was obviously having a stroke so they flew her to the Seattle Swedish hospital. They did a MRI which showed the blood clot but not the stroke area. The DM is neuroprotective and was protecting the tissue so the stroke area would not show on the MRI. The daughter of Lois T. brought cold medicine each day with DM in it and gave Lois one tablespoon of cold medicine with 10 mg of DM in it for 6 days. One arm and one leg was limp. Lois could not speak or turn over. In two weeks Lois was in intensive care and in 3 weeks she was home. In 4 weeks she was out pruning apple trees. Her balance was slightly affected, so she had to use a cane when she went outside and her right hand did not have as strong a grip as it did before. Her balance and intellect was back to normal, however, in 4 weeks.

Three year after the first stroke Lois had a small stroke that affected her balance. Unfortunately, the doctor diagnosed it as vertigo. Two weeks later the doctor told Lois she had had a small stroke; it was too late to use the DM treatment. I said, “Lois why didn’t you take DM treatment, there’s no downside just in case it was a stroke?” She said, ”I really trusted my doctor.” Lois had to eventually go into assisted living because she needed a walker to get around.

Bryn A,

Bryn was a 79 year old man in good health when he had a cerebral hemorrhage. He was unconscious for 19 days. The doctor was a family friend and gave him DM. He woke up after the 19 days and recovered completely. Even his mind and balance were back to normal. It took him a year to get his drivers license back. He died of old age at 91.

Jonnie H.

Jonnie H. was a patent attorney with a masters degree in nuclear engineering. He had open heart surgery. A blood clot developed in one of the heart chambers and over several years he had 7 strokes. The blood clot in the heart chamber was throwing off blood clots that lodged in the brain. The doctors told him that each of the three worst strokes had a 40% chance of death and a 60% chance of spending the rest of his life in a nursing home. Fortunately, Jonnie knew of the DM protocol. He walks without a cane now and talks with a slur but is able to live a relatively normal life, impaired but capable of carrying on a conversation.

Donald Hoglund,

Donald Hoglund is a registered pharmacist and owner of Don’s Pharmacy in Port Townsend, Washington. He got a call from his sister, “ Mom’s having a stroke; she’s speaking giberish.” She responded, “ Take her to the ER,” Don did and told them to give her 20 mg of DM. The ER did and the next day Don’s mother was back to normal. This is typical of smaller strokes.

Dr. Roger Eichman,

Dr. Eichman DDS developed the Eichman Stroke Treatment when he had a dental practice in Juneau, Alaska. On January 24 of 2020 at a mining convention in Vancouver BC he woke up at midnight and realized he was having a stroke. He could sit up but not stand up. His balance was gone. The left side of his face and half of his tongue had no feeling. He could move his fingers but he had no feeling in his left hand. His left leg was jello. He had no feeling in his leg and could not tell if it was on the floor or not. He crawled over to his briefcase and got the dextromethorphan and then crawled over to the bathroom and got some water. He was able to swallow the DM. He crawled back in bed and decided that in the morning if he was better he would call his wife to come get him. If he was worse he’d call 911. When morning came he was better, so he called his wife. She got there late in the day so they stayed the night. In the morning Dr. Eichman felt better so he drove the car back to Port Townsend. They went directly to the hospital. The hospital did an MRI and found two blood clots. Dr. Eichman declined treatment and chose to use vitamin E to thin the blood and nattokinase to dissolve the two blood clots. Four days later he was back to normal with no damage from the stroke. This is a pretty typical outcome if DM is used properly and the treatment is started within 48 hours of the first stroke symptoms. Dr. Eichman used The Eichman Stroke Treatment Protocol twice on his mother and three times with friends and neighbors in addition to using DM on his own stroke in Vancouver BC.

Every day over 2000 people have strokes that require medical care, so we are publishing the information to try to get it out as soon as possible. DM is approved by the AMA and FDA for long term use up to 120 mg per day. Attempts to use DM to prevent stroke damage have tried 60 to 300 mg of DM per day for up to two weeks, so we know what larger doses do. There is only a small window where it works. We know of at least five areas not related to strokes that we believe could be patented, but we have not discussed them because publishing them would destroy the ability to patent them.

Here are some areas that our technology could be used on: 1. Obviously DM should be available in various forms to give to stroke patients. Keep in mind that if the treatment is started as soon as the first symptoms occur an MRI will probably not show the stroke area.

2. DM is neuroprotective and should prevent brain and organ damage from covid-19. It might be advisable to add nattokinase to dissolve blood clots.

3. There needs to be a capsule to give to pro football payers an hour before the game to prevent brain damage, and another for the military.

4. DM does not prevent strokes but only prevents brain damage from strokes. A small dose of 5 or 10 mg of DM could be given daily to older people having a series of small strokes. DM is approved for long term use.

There are many uses for DM and we recommend every one should keep a bottle of 15 mg time-release DM with them when they travel. Keep DM in your car and briefcase. Dr. Eichman would be in a nursing home if he didn’t have the DM with him when he had the stroke in Vancouver. I will advise and work with research groups that want to continue the research on using DM to prevent stroke damage. Please contact me by Email at jfritz@olypen.com. Read my web site, www.porttownsendthinktank.org for the latest information and comments. Most of my research has been on cancer. But there is information on alzheimer’'s and covid-19 on my web site in addition to strokes. If we could charge 40,000 dollars a treatment this would be considered a major breakthrough. The medical profession is not interested in inexpensive treatments. The only way we can introduce this is if everyone forwards the study to at least ten people, preferably more. Based on 20 years experience, we can cut stroke disability by at least 90% .

Disclaimer:

I am a biomedical engineer, medical researcher, and a journalist, but I am not a doctor. The research discussed above is for serious research groups. Anyone may reproduce, quote or use all or part of our research but at their own risk. We will work with interested parties and we request feedback on research. There are several areas of research, not related to strokes, not discussed because that would compromise possible future patent applications. Every day over 2000 people have strokes that require medical care, so we need to get the information out. We do want recognition for our over 20 years of research on strokes. We formed TBI Bioscience LLC to promote the Eichman Stroke Treatment Protocol. Please forward to interested parties. Thanks, Best Wishes

Attachments

“Cheating Brain Death” by Billy Allstetter 1991 Discover Magazine

Researchers in Laboratories had used Destromethorphan, a common drug in cold medicine, to prevent brain cells in a laboratory from dying when oxygen was interrupted so they could be brought back with little or no damage. See the attachment.

Treatment Breakthrough, ‘THE GLUTAMATE CONNECTION’ by Stephen Heinemann PhD Professor of Neuroscience a the Salk Institute for Biological Studies at San Diego. Published in 1993 by Prevention Magazine. See the attachment. He predicted by the year 2000 cold medicine with dextromethorphan would be used to prevent stroke damage.