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MrSuccess wrote:gordon - everything takes time . CCSVI research and development will take longer than we desire . There is a human safety issue ..... to be answered first . And I believe this stage .... is well underway .
That car that you purchased yesterday ...... was planned and designed .... about 3 years ago. It had to undergo and pass safety tests ..... before being brought to the market place. It didn't happen overnight .
your health .... your well being ...... is unmeasurably more important than any damn car or whatever.
the quotes from MSSC spokesman Stewart Wong ... are not out of line.
CCSVI will advance ..... to treatment ...... in a controlled safe pathway
Yes ...... the time it takes ...... is frustrating .
But what choice do we have ?
Mr. Success
Very well put!
Usually research like this is done to support a "first time in man" study. They should be doing these interesting academic studies in parallel with direct treatment studies. Even if only 10 out of 100 treated MS patients, and their doctors, anecdotally reported some benefit from the treatment, I would think that this would justify a jump-start in the process.
Egos could be checked at the door. Doctors and scientists, the world over, could work in a unified manner to verify what appears to be a common debilitating problem within the MS community.
Healthcare providers could open their doors to compassionate treatment.
Healthcare could allow choices to be made. Open the doors to private clinics. Document the results. There is a large community willing to participate in a self funded clinical trial.
I'm with PCakes. There have been hundreds of angio safety studies done already + Albany's CCSVI-specific safety study. Let clinical trials happen in PARALLEL with ordinary treatment!
safe ? maybe . maybe not . When I read Dr. Simka's report .... which included cases where the catheter[sp] got stuck .... and I also seem to remember Dr. Sclafani also enduring this situation.
This is a concern.
As is damage or injury to the internal walls of the vein being widened.
That said . I wholeheartedly endorse CCSVI medical intervention.
And I support these fine doctors. They are learning as they go.
The second mouse always get's the cheese ...........