FDA Attacks Alternative Clinics Part 3

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The " war against cancer " is a massive failure

 

Since 1950, an enormous amount of money has been spent on cancer research.

Within the next 12 months, however, more than 554,000 Americans will die from

cancer. (Greenlee RT, et al. 2001)

 

The sad fact is that despite aggressive use of chemotherapy and other

conventional treatments, there was little in the way of improvement in long-term

survival against most forms of cancer from years 1950 to 1995.

 

This dismal statistic was revealed in a study published in the Journal of the

American Medical Association (Welch HG., et al. 2000). The title of this article

is, " Are Increasing 5-Year Survival Rates Evidence of Success Against Cancer? "

The doctors who authored this study reviewed cancer mortality data from year

1950 to 1995. The purpose of this review was to determine if progress is being

made in extending survival time of cancer patients. The results showed that for

the most common cancers, the odds of dying in 1995 were about the same as in

1950. The reason more people are now living over five years is because of

improved methods of screening and diagnosis, i.e. the cancer is found earlier

when it is easier to treat.

 

This grim survival data, published in the American Medical Association's own

journal, indicate that more innovative approaches are needed if we are to

discover effective methods of treating this dreaded disease.

 

Even after cancer patients are declared terminal, the FDA does everything in its

power to deny access to alternative approaches. The FDA's hostile actions

directly suppress the kind of creative thinking that is so desperately needed to

eradicate this insidious disease. Scientists who have discovered innovative

therapies face financial ruin and incarceration if they dare offer them before

gaining the FDA's official seal of approval.

 

The regulatory system must be changed

 

Scientists have identified many ways of controlling cancer cell propagation, but

little of this new technology is being used in the clinical practice of

medicine. When a scientific discovery is made, drug companies spend years

seeking a patent and then more years carrying it through the bureaucratic

approval process. The reason why so many cancer patients continue to die is an

antiquated regulatory system that causes potential therapies to be delayed or

suppressed altogether.

 

The system needs to be changed if we are to make a realistic attempt

to save the 1500 American cancer patients who perish each day. Our long-standing

proposal has been to change the law so that anyone can " opt-out " of the FDA's

so-called umbrella of " protection. " The way this approach would work is that

companies could sell novel products with a label clearly stating that they were

" Not Approved By The FDA. " Consumers who trusted the government could stay with

FDA-approved drugs only, while those willing to take a risk would be allowed to

try whatever they choose. Companies that made fraudulent claims for products

could be prosecuted under the laws that exist today.

 

We believe that this free market initiative would result in a renaissance in the

practice of medicine, analogous to the computer technology revolution that has

occurred over the past two decades. In this free market environment, many

inexpensive cures would be found for lethal diseases. Greater competition would

help eliminate the health care cost crisis that exists today. In this

libertarian utopia, when you heard about a medical breakthrough on the news, you

would not have to wait years before the therapy might become available.

 

Today's over-regulated system results in terminally ill people hearing of

scientific discoveries that could cure their disease, but are quickly advised by

the newscaster that the therapy is years away from FDA approval. We think that

terminally ill people should be able to make up their own minds about what drugs

they are willing to try.

 

What cancer patients and their families must do

 

There are millions of cancer patients alive right now who face possible or

probable death in the next 12 months. If you add up family members and friends,

there are tens of millions of Americans who should be outraged by an outdated

regulatory system that blocks access to potentially life-saving therapies.

 

The reason the FDA can continue to suppress innovative therapies is that cancer

patients have failed to organize for the purpose of abolishing the FDA's

arbitrary authority.

 

The first step to changing today's outmoded system is to organize those who

understand the magnitude of this problem into a group that will make an impact

on Congressional leaders.

 

We ask those who are concerned about cancer to register their names and

addresses at the website, www.cancervictor.com. If you don't have a computer,

send your name and address to:

 

Cancer Patient Advocates

PO Box 1067

Hollywood, FL 33022

 

You will be kept informed on legislation actions to break down the bureaucratic

barriers that deny effective therapies to cancer patients.

 

See and hear the dying cancer patients

 

Joe Di Stefano and the others have run out of money to pay attorneys. The FDA

has economically devastated their business and they are now facing criminal

charges. Joe Di Stefano, NC and Daniel Mayer, DO do not have deep pockets, but

now have some large legal expenses. They unselfishly devoted themselves to their

patients, and were charging next to nothing for the Albarin treatments.

 

For a donation of $25.00 you will be sent a videotape with footage of a protest

held by the Albarin patients in front of the Federal Courthouse in Tampa.

Included on the tape are numerous interviews with Albarin patients, pleading for

your help so that they might live.

 

To help battle FDA tyranny, please send your tax-deductible donation to:

 

Freedom of Choice Fund / FLA

4811 Cypress Ridge PL

Tampa, FL 33624-6308

 

The video tape will shock you, as you hear multiple testimonials from cancer

patients who believe they owe their lives to the pioneers who developed Albarin.

 

My personal comments. . .

 

As soon as I heard about these outrageous FDA raids, I flew to Tampa and spent

two weeks helping Joe Di Stefano organize his legal defense. I spoke with

numerous cancer patients and reviewed the results of studies indicating that

Albarin was working exceedingly well.

 

Dr. Danhof stated that Albarin is almost identical to Acemannon, an aloe drug

patented by Carrington Labs, where Danhof used to work. He explained that the

difference is Acemannon uses only the middle part of the leaf, the filet as its

called, which has a high water content, so it's more diluted than the extract

used in Albarin, which utilizes the whole leaf. This is the only way to get the

large molecule constituents that work well in the treatment of cancer. Danhof

stated that Acemannon's safety had been verified by numerous animal studies and

had been approved by the Department of Agriculture for use in the treatment of

feline leukemia and in the treatment of sarcomas, for which it worked very well.

 

Dr. Danhoff stated that Albarin had a history of being used successfully since

1996 in humans in over 600 patients in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Holland,

Belgium, Germany and China. He emphasizes that he goes to great lengths in his

lab using spectral chromatography and other analytic methods to produce a safe,

pure substance, and that he has tested every batch on himself or his colleague

first before giving it to any patients. All aloe utilized was certified organic.

He emphasizes that it took him over 20 years to perfect the process of producing

Albarin, which is extracted through a freeze-drying process.

 

Dr. Danhof states that the chill that patients notice from Albarin is " not a

side effect, its just a sign that the immune system is responding favorably, and

when you contrast this with the side effects of chemotherapy drugs such as

severe nausea, vomiting and other problems stemming from toxicity, which Albarin

doesn't have, it's a vast improvement, and a big reason why patients like it so

much. "

 

Dr. Danhof provided a statement to me detailing his extensive experience as a

medical researcher and professor of medicine at Southwestern Medical School, the

University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas between 1953 and 1983 where

he first started studying aloe.

 

You can find out more about Albarin, including several key studies cited by Dr.

Danhof, by accessing the International Advocates For Health Freedom website,

www.iahf.com-go to the Albarin Raid section.

Please send at least a minimum $25.00 donation (more if you possibly can) to the

legal defense fund. You will receive the videotape of the patient interviews so

you can help save the lives of the cancer victims who appear to have derived

significant benefit from this natural therapy.

 

LEGAL DEFENSE

DONATIONS NEEDED

All donations are tax deductible.

Please make check payabe to:

" NISLPP " (National Institute for Science Law and Public Policy " )

Freedom of Choice Fund/FLA

4811 Cypress Ridge PL,

Tampa, FL 33624-6308

 

John C. Hammell, President, International Advocates for Health Freedom

http://www.iahf.com POB 625 Floyd, VA 24091 USA 1-800-333-2553.

 

 

 

References

 

Greenlee RT, et al. Cancer statistics, 2001. CA Cancer J Clin 2001

Jan-Feb;51(1):15-36.

 

Welch HG, et al. Are increasing 5-year survival rates evidence of success

against cancer? JAMA 2000 Jun 14;283(22):2975-8.

 

 

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