Progressive muscular dystrophy; a preliminary report on treatment with amino acids, folic acid and vitamins.

Ten patients with progressive muscular dystrophy were given daily oral doses of amino acids, folic acid and selected vitamins. At the time of this report they had been treated by this means for periods varying from two months to one year. Only one had other therapy concurrently. Definite and progressive improvement, objective and subjective, occurred in all cases. Among objective changes noted-not all of them in all cases-were return of strength, increase in size and tonus of atrophic muscles, restoration of normal respiratory action and relief of depression. Patients reported a sense of well-being, increase in strength and a feeling of bodily warmth.