X-Message-Number: 15464
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 11:14:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: treating enlarged hearts

> Message #15459 From: 
> If anyone has any info about treatments for this sort of condition, please 
> let me know,
>
Current Therapeutic Research 34(4): October 1983
"Double-Blind Randomized Crossover trial of Taurine in Congestive Heart
Failure"

Clin Cardiol 8: 276-282 1985
"Therapeutic Effect of Taurine in Congestive Heart Failure: A Double-Blind
Crossover Trial"

Short version of the above: Taurine 6 gm/day is dramatically effective in
the treatment of heart failure. 

Q: Why is not taurine standard treatment? 
A: It is not a prescription drug.

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