Guest guest Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 If the FDA was really looking out for " the people " why would they be closing or hindering clinics such as this that really are helping people? Wouldn't they instead want to learn everything thing they can about their success to help spread the victory over cancer? Are these the people we really want to have control over our alternative health solutions like supplements, vitamins, etc?? Other comments? Misty L. Trepke http://www..com Florida FDA raids = 8 dead, charges said still pending http://www.thenhf.com/health_freedom_news_07.htm As of mid-February, the outcome of heavy-handed raids at two nutritional clinics in Florida the prior Oct. 11 was: • At least eight deaths from cancer patients unable to receive their supplies of an aloe vera-derived experimental anticancer drug. • No filing of charges (the federal court affidavit explaining the charges had been sealed for 120 days); and • The return by the FDA of some of the confiscated computer files seized in the raids. " So we still don't know what they're up to, " licensed nutritional counselor Joe DiStefano, operator of the Medical Centers for Preventive and Nutritional Medicine in Tampa and St. Petersburg Fl., told the NHF. Last December, DiStefano told the NHF (HFN, XX:1) that even by then " two of our patients have already died, and some others are failing – they've been on Albarin to save their lives. " Albarin is the brand name of an aloe vera product developed by Texas medical researcher Ivan Danhof MD,PhD. On Oct. 11, some 120 federal, state and county agents raided the two DiStefano clinics and the DiStefano residence. The home of Dr. Danhof in Grand Prairie TX, was also raided. DiStefano, who has operated the clinics for 36 years and which were under the medical supervision of Daniel Mayer, DO, said he and his staff believed they were involved in a phase II clinic trial of Albarin under terms of an " institutional review board " (IRB) agreement on the way to securing an IND (investigative new drug) status, and not using an unlicensed drug. As DiStefano told the American Free Press Feb. 4: " (Dr. Danhof) asked if we would help him in his further research. We have a non-profit cancer center providing services for those who can't afford (them) and decided this was something the public could use … " We began our program about three years ago and we were presenting our data to Dr. Danhof so that he could move to his next phase, when some unknown parties complained to the FDA, saying that we were using an unapproved drug. " On Oct. 11, the FDA decided to act and they sent 40 storm troopers into my home and 40 troopers into each of our clinics. They had no arrest warrants, only search warrants. They set everyone down for six to eight hours and went through everything that they could get their hands on. " Said DiStefano of patients who were receiving the drug: " . . . Many of these patients who were taking the aloe vera were taking advantage of their `last chance,' so to speak. " They were at Phase IV, in hospices, suffering severe pain, and had no place else to go. Conventional physicians had given up on them, but the patients had responded very well to our treatment. " In a short time they have been able to come off the morphine painkillers because our treatment does indeed relieve the pain. And to emphasize the fact: we have seen the cancerous tumors shrink from our treatment. " We are not able to get the drug back into our hands right now and we will lose our patients who have been responding in a positive fashion. " One man who came down had less than 30 days to live, according to his doctors, and came into the program in a wheelchair. But he was walking after three months of our treatment and was able to sit up and read books. " However, now that he's off our treatment, thanks to the FDA, he's back in bed and not doing very well. " So we're trying our hardest to get enough people together to lobby Congress to pressure the FDA to get our material back in our hands to at least continue treating those who were getting treatment. " ===== Fidyl Live Simply So That Others May Simply Live Yoga-With-Nancy-SoFla/ SignSoFla/ SoFlaVegans/ SoFlaSchools/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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