Dr. Rollins Articles
N1O1 and The Miracle of Nitric Oxide
Nitric oxide (NO) is truly a miraculous compound that you need to know about since it plays a huge role in human health. I routinely recommend a...
The main collagen types (what they do & where they live)
Collagen is a protein, which made up of strings of amino acids called peptides. It’s the body’s main structural rope - triple-helix fibers that...
Tumor Markers, Oncotrace
In cancer biology, certain tumor cells behave much like stem cells - they can self-renew, resist therapy, and drive relapse or metastasis. These...
Fenbendazole Resources Cancer
Fenbendazole Dosing Oct.3, 2023 - FENBENDAZOLE and CANCER - at least 12 Anti-Cancer mechanisms of action. Not approved by FDA. Cheap. Safe. Kills...
Ivermectin Resources Cancer
Ivermectin Dosing for Cancer Treatment June 10, 2024 - "15 minutes with Dr.Makis" - Episode 018: High Dose IVERMECTIN and CANCER 2024 - NEW STUDIES...
Exploring the Parallel Universe of Functional Medicine
There are two worlds of medicine today, the conventional disease-centered model and the patient-centered model that treats each person as a unique...
Healthy Skin Inside and Out
Skin is the largest organ in the body and has considerable influence on our well being both from a medical as well as psychological standpoint. The...
Turn Back the Hands of Time with Fractional Laser
We can’t slow time, but we can turn back the hands a little with laser skin therapy. Take years off your skin age, reduce sun damage, smooth...
A Joyful Heart is Good Medicine
How delightful to learn that laughter really is the best medicine and will perhaps add as many good years to your life as other familiar health...
Adventure Medical Kits
What if your routine cross-country ski jaunt turned emergent and you were stranded - would you be able to spend a night out in the mountains? Or...
Enkiri-Enmusubi, Changing Bad to Good
"Enkiri-enmusubi" (縁切り縁結び) refers to the Japanese cultural concept of cutting off bad ties or connections (enkiri) and forming or strengthening good...
Regenerative Injections
We offer a variety of injection therapies designed to support the body’s natural healing processes. Many patients with arthritis or soft tissue...
Intravenous iron replacement
LMW iron dextran — LMW ID (INFeD, CosmoFer) is the least expensive of the IV iron formulations that can be administered in a single, large dose (total dose infusion). LMW ID can be given as multiple doses of 2 mL (equivalent to 100 mg elemental iron, based on a...
Ozone therapy for cancer
Studies involving the use of Ozone in treating cancer: Possible Therapeutic Effects of Ozone Mixture on Hypoxia in Tumor Development. Treatment with ozone/oxygen-pneumoperitoneum results in complete remission of rabbit squamous cell carcinomas. Ozone selectively...
A Comprehensive Definition for Integrative Oncology
“Integrative oncology is a patient-centered, evidence-informed field of cancer care that utilizes mind and body practices, natural products, and/or lifestyle modifications from different traditions alongside conventional cancer treatments. Integrative oncology aims...
Cancer Treatment Categories
This outline categorizes areas to consider in treating the patient with cancer. It is meant to help make sense of the many treatments that are available and insure that cancer treatment is holistic and thorough in addressing every aspect. Hormone Balance Treat low...
Natural Thyroid Inactive Ingredients
Nature-Throid: colloidal silicon dioxide, dicalcium phosphate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, stearic acid, opadry II 85F19316 clear – tablet coating, *lactose monohydrate Lactose is not added to the formula but it is already...
Functional Medicine focus on the Root Cause of Disease
The healthcare paradigm is shifting. Many physicians are changing the way we practice, analyzing the systems that keep us “healthy” and focusing on the root cause of disease instead of just treating the symptoms. Applying a holistic lens to our patients we are also...
Lower Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) and Raise Free Testosterone
Only 3% of circulating testosterone (T) is not bound to a carrier protein call sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and the unbound "free" portion is the active portion. With aging our SHBG tends to increase resulting in less free T. A common pattern in lab testing...
CoolSculpting Stubborn Fat Away
It’s called stubborn fat for a reason. Those areas where fat just seems to accumulate and not budge. You know, the muffin-tops, the love handles, that poochy tummy. Eating right and exercising keeps the weight in check but those bulges hang in there. Now there is an...
Pill Stops
When administering Mucuna Pruriens (L-dopa) with 5-HTP, L-cysteine, and cofactors IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to empirically determine if the Mucuna daily dosing value is too high or too low. It is recommended to do pill stops on Saturday and Sunday, then consider the dosage...
Macuna protocol for Parkinson’s patients
Start Macuna capules and increase the dose on a weekly basis. Start with 6 capsules/day, divided into 3x/day dosing. Each week increase according to this pattern: 6-12-18-24-32-40-48-56-etc. Note the numbers directly above. After the patient is started on six pills...
Digestive Health Protocols
The Digestive Process Just thinking of food starts the automatic process of the gut preparing for eating and digestion. Nerve signals trigger an increase in saliva and stomach acid. The acid surge triggers the release of pancreas enzymes further down in the small...
Pregnenolone Fact Sheet
Pregnenolone is the very first steroid hormone, made directly from cholesterol, and its formation is the first step to a complex process that produces all “steroid” hormones. Common steroid hormones include estrogens, progesterones, androgens (testosterone) and...
DHEA Fact Sheet
DHEA, or Dehydroepiandrosterone, is produced by the adrenal gland and normally decreases with age, with levels starting to decline after the age of 30. DHEA has two types of actions in the body: Conversion: DHEA converts in the body into more potent male and female...
Major Studies Involving HRT, Summary
It is important to give patients the best information possible in regards to your risks and benefits when considering HRT. Most of the studies done on HRT have been done on synthetic drugs that mimic your own natural hormones so it is NOT accurate to translate these...
Liver Support
Infectious, autoimmune and toxic diseases of the liver lead to the generation of free radical reactive oxygen species in the mitochondria of liver cells, an increase in cellular inflammation, steatosis or "fatty liver" which is the abnormal accumulation of lipids...
What is Love?
Love of God, love of a child, love of family, love of friends, love of country. Is romantic love different than the love between close friends, self-love or a love of humanity? Is love really blind, unconditional, and thus beyond our control? The science of love is a...
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Protocol
Naltrexone is a narcotic antagonist. It is normally used in hospitals and emergency room settings as an antidote to narcotic medication or opiate drug overdose. Low doses of Naltrexone gently block opioid receptors and will cause a rebound spike in the production of...
Amino Acid Therapy
Amino acid therapy may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including Parkinson's disease, restless leg syndrome, anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorder, addictions, migraines, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and more. Amino acids are basic building...
Carotid Artery Ultrasound Screening, the CIMT Scan
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurement is a simple 15 minute screening test, using ultrasound, that provides insight into a person's cardiovascular health. It detects the earliest traces of plaque within the layers of the artery wall, years before there is...
Niacin for cholesterol control
Only the “flushing” type of niacin is effective for cholesterol control. Flushing is a harmless, but unpleasant, potential side effect which happens shortly after taking niacin, and may include a prickly warm “flush” sensation. Ways to avoid and minimize flushing...
Cancer Development and Treatment
Cancer Development In order to treat or prevent cancer it is important to understand how and why cancer develops in the first place. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue. Cancer cells exist normally at the cellular...
Sulfur Avoidance Handout
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Glutamate Avoidance Handout
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Cardiometabolic Syndrome
Cardiometabolic syndrome, or metabolic syndrome, is a cluster of conditions — including high blood pressure, high blood sugar levels, high triglyceride levels, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and excess body fat around your waist — which occur...
Ordering from Douglas Labs
Patients may order supplements directly from Douglas Labs using our account. Just follow these directions: Call 1-800-245-4440 Give them Dr Rollin’s Direct Ship Account # 2179876 Place Order You will be given a user name and password to order online for future...
Growth Hormone Secretagogues (GHS): A Physiologic Approach to Hormone Support
Growth Hormone Secretagogues (GHS), also referred to as growth hormone-releasing factors, are compounds that may be used to stimulate the body’s natural production of human growth hormone (HGH). These therapies are typically administered as subcutaneous injections...
Reversing Dementia
UCLA professor Dale Bredesen does a study showing nearly complete resolution of dementia symptoms with a functional medicine approach: Optimize diet, increase and improve sleep, reduce stress, exercise regularly, stimulate brain function, analyze and replete...
HCG with Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a hormone normally found in huge amounts during pregnancy. It is made by the placenta and helps maintain pregnancy. During pregnancy women may make up to one million units of HCG daily. It is conventionally used by doctors to...
Making Sense of Different Diets
With titles from A to Z, there are hundreds of diet plans and the media headlines are full of tips on “this diet” or “that diet”. The medical literature banters back and forth about the benefits and risks of “low carb” versus “low fat” versus “high protein” as we...
Weight loss catalysts
There’s no “magic pill” when it comes to weight loss, but there are a few prescriptions that come mighty close. If you do all the right stuff to lose weight yet seem to hit a wall, then you need help. Readily available, highly effective and safe, some weight loss...
A Solution to our Healthcare Crisis
Imagine your car insurance is run like your health insurance, and you take the car in for an oil change. You use a particular service center because they accept your insurance. Before getting started, the service clerk requires a copy of your auto insurance card....
Renew Your Skin with Laser 360
If you want to take years off your skin age, reduce sun damage, smooth wrinkles, and tighten and tone, then the time is now. The “laser 360” protocol involves getting three treatments, three times in 60 days. Remarkable results from the latest generation of lasers...
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
Imagine the world, as we know it, has ended. A bokor sorcerer has brought forth zombies ... lots of mangy, filthy, smelly, hungry, zombies… The ensuing catastrophe has wiped out all the services we rely upon, and you wake to find no electricity, lights, phones, or...
More Studies Support Testosterone CV Safety, Debate Continues
By, Miriam E Tucker / Medscape March 16, 2015 SAN DIEGO — Two new studies attest to the absence of cardiovascular risk from testosterone-replacement therapy, but, like all of the others, neither is the large, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that experts say would...
Sublingual Immunotherapy
Allergy Relief Under Your Tongue Immunotherapy treats the cause of allergies by giving increasing doses of what a person is allergic to, which increases “immunity” or tolerance to those allergens and reduces the allergy symptoms. It is truly functional medicine in...
Reverse T3 Syndrome
Thyroid hormone controls your energy, growth and metabolism. The thyroid gland sits in the front part of the neck and makes thyroid hormone from iodine and an amino-acid called tyrosine. 80% of thyroid output is tyrosine with 4 iodine molecules attached, called T4,...
Garden of Health
We usually have a garden - a really big garden. It’s a lot of work, no doubt, but the rewards bring us back year after year. Somehow the magic of plants sprouting forth from the earth and growing into a bounty of food helps us forget all the sweat that goes into the...
Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Risk of Blood Clots
Many women are denied hormone replacement therapy (HRT) due to a fear of blood clot formation, particularly if they have had a blood clot in the past or already have a known risk factor. The risk of a blood clot in a large vein (thrombosis) is increased with the...
Integrative Cancer Treatment
The Statistics Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US and one of the leading causes around the world. According to the World Health Organization, in 2008 about 13% of deaths worldwide were due to cancer while in the US about 500,000 deaths per year are...
HCG & Weight Loss
Losing up to a pound a day for twenty makes HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) a successful yet controversial method for weight loss. It was first used for weight loss about fifty years ago after being discovered by Italian physician, Dr Simeon. There are numerous...
Heart Screening Tests
How high is your cholesterol and should you care? If it is high, yes, but if it is normal then don’t rest easy… Would you believe only 50% of people who develop heart disease are identified using total cholesterol levels alone? This is true, according to data from the...