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Clinical
Results
Russia
Official
approval from the Ministry of Health. Buteyko's method proved so
successful that it received a special order from the Ministry of
Health (Number 591 on 30 April 1985 by SI Burenkov, Minister for
Health). The Chair of the Childhood Diseases Centre at the First
Moscow Institute, after rigorous clinical approbation, concluded
that, "Buteyko's method proved to be very efficient in the
complex treatment of bronchial asthma and helps to decrease the
number and severity of attacks, at the same time reducing medication
or completely revoking the need to take the mediation", Further
tests were duly carried out. Approximately 100,000 patients with
asthma (being treated with drugs) have completed the course over
6 years. Of the original 100,000 approximately 92,000 do not take
medication at all today.
Australia
Buteyko's
method has reached over 15,000 asthmatics with a claimed success
rate of more than 90%. These results were subsequently validated.
Buteyko featured positively in scores of newspaper articles, current
affair television programs and radio interviews. The trials (one
"open" in Melboume and one "randomised controlled"
in Brisbane) showed Buteyko's method to provide unprecedented positive
results for asthmatics.
Australian
Doctor (7 April 1995), a medical journal, carried on its front page
"DOCTORS GASP AT BUTEYKO SUCCESS" and went on to report
"Buteyko
breathing hypoventilation exercises in patients with asthma reduced
beta agonist use by 90% and improved symptoms, according to preliminary
results of a randomised, controlled trial in Brisbane",
The Medical
Journal of Australia (Volume 162) reported "the open trial
of the Buteyko method clearly showed unprecedented broad spectrum
improvement in the short-term and medium-term, a dynamic breakthrough".
One of
Australia's foremost asthma authorities, Professor Charles Mitchell
of the University of Queensland, was reported to say after the initial
controlled trials, "they feel much better and use much less
bronchodilators - this is terrific ". Initially doctors were
sceptical but in time scores supported Buteyko's method.
"As
a medical doctor and naturopath I am impressed and surprised at
the effectiveness of this natural approach". Dr. Paul Ameisan
MBBS, MO, Dac, NO; Sydney.
"I
have experienced the Buteyko breathing technique both personally
and professionally and found it to be a very effective treatment
for asthma and I'm certain you will be impressed. Give the treatment
a trial". Dr. Kevin Treacy, MBBS; The Gold Coast.
UK
Learning
to breathe properly could ‘significantly improve’ asthma
and quality of life for the 5.1 million people with asthma in the
UK, according to new research presented today at the British Thoracic
Society’s (BTS) Winter Meeting (Thursday 4th December 2003).
Nurse, Jill McGowan, led the world’s
largest clinical trial to measure the effects of the Buteyko method
(breathing retraining exercises in conjunction with conventional
asthma management). 384 of the initial 600 participants (64%) completed
the trial. Those patients who were taught the Buteyko Institute
Method all experienced significant improvement in asthma, with reduced
symptoms, reduced medication and improvement in quality of life.
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Asthma symptoms decreased by an average of 98%
· Use of reliever inhalers decreased by an average of 98%
· Use of preventor inhalers decreased by an average of 92%
· Instance of cold or flu decreased by an average of 20%
The Buteyko
Institute Method is designed to help people with asthma slow their
breathing to normal levels. It is also suggested for a range of
other breathing related conditions such as hay fever, sinusitis,
sleep apnoea, emphysema and anxiety and panic attacks.
Dr John Harvey, chair of the BTS Communications Committee commented:“As
lung specialists, we know from clinical experience that spending
even a small amount of time teaching patients how to manage their
condition and to control their breathing appropriately can reduce
both the number of asthma attacks and improve their quality of life.
“However, I would stress that the Buteyko method should not
be practiced in isolation but as a complementary addition to conventional
asthma treatment.”
Jill McGowan said: “This study clearly demonstrates that teaching
people with asthma to breathe correctly with the Buteyko Institute
Method provides significant improvements. “The Buteyko Institute
Method will be key in reducing patients’ reliance on their
inhalers and helping people manage their asthma with significantly
less medication and feeling more in control of their condition.”
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I recommend anyone with
asthma to enrol on a Buteyko program - I have found that by the
end of the course I can control an attack through Buteyko breathing
without need of my ventolin inhaler and indeed through doing the
exercises each day the symptoms have reduced and almost gone away
- certainly hopeful that they will - every confidence - everything
makes sense - diet - way of life - triggers - excercises - very
enthusiastic - THANK YOU!
Robert, Barnstable
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