Artikeltje "
An Open Letter to the Authors of CCSVI and MS" van Ashton Embry:
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I recently read your opinion piece on CCSVI which was made available online in Annals of Neurology (Khan et al, 2010) last week. I see it as part of “MS Wars: Part II – The Medical Empire Strikes Back”.
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The only part of the article I found distasteful was your advice for persons with MS to not get tested for CCSVI for at least 5-10 years (while further research is being done).
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The advice in your opinion piece of not to get treated for CCSVI for at least 5 -10 years from now is both irresponsible and dangerous. And this brings us to the topic of the serious lack of objectivity of such advice.
One big problem with you saying not to get treated for CCSVI is that almost all of you are closely aligned with the pharmaceutical industry and thus have a major conflict of interest when you offer such advice.
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In summary, your Point of View is completely out of date and your advice regarding CCSVI testing and treatment is totally compromised and of no value.
It is also potentially very harmful for persons with MS. Five to ten years is a very long time to have to wait for testing and treatment of CCSVI and such a long time represents a huge amount of lost brain (Time is Brain).
I can only suggest you try hard to take a patient-centred, evidence-based approach and do everything you can to make testing and treatment of CCSVI available as soon as possible.
Voor degene die munitie willen voor een dialoog met specialisten is het verstandig het hele artikel te lezen...