Here’s a list of commonly used vocabulary for the Guaifenesin protocol with a short explanation and link to the posts that explain them more fully. There is alot of new stuff to learn, but keep going and don’t give up! It’s SO worth it and you will get used to all the lingo, I promise! <3
There are 3 kinds of Guaifenesin (Guai) for this protocol:
LA/ER: Long Acting (LA) and Extended/Slow Release (ER) are the same thing. This is the Guaifenesin you need to use for the protocol.
MA/ Medium acting: only Guai Aid has this kind, you dose every 8 hours. This works for the protocol as well. (not an official name, just one we use 😉
SA/FA/IR: Short Acting (SA) and Fast Acting (FA) and Immediate Release (IR) are the same thing. This is the Guaifenesin you can add too the LA or the MA guai to make you clear faster, after being on the protocol for many months.
Check out the many Types of Guaifenesin and what to take
Bid: dosing twice a day. Once in morning, once 12 hours later. TID: Dosing twice a day, every 8 hours.
Blocking: your guaifenesin can be blocked from working by using salicylates.
Clearing: what happens when the lumps and deposits leave your body.
Cycling: cycling happens when you are clearing on the protocol so that your symptoms cycle through good and bad moments/ days/ weeks/ months.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions.
Flares: are when you are not clearing and have a flare of bad symptoms.
HG: Hypoglycemia, the need for low carb and low sugar diet. 40% of folks with fibro also have Hypoglycemia and need the HG diet.
HRT: Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Low Dose Fast Responder (Low Doser): A person who starts cycling at only 300mg bid. Very intense without relief for quite some time. 20% of fibro folks clear at this dose.
Phosphates accumulate in a fibro persons body, causing the myriad of symptoms.
Reversing your fibro symptoms is what happens when you are clearing on the protocol.
Sals: short for Salicylates. Sals are what block the guai from working.
Any other things we should clear up here? I can add them 🙂