A Milk Thistle Study

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A new study of the active ingredient in Maximum Milk Thistle is recruiting

patients in Seattle, Washington. The information can be found at this link:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00055445?order=1

This study is being conducted to determine the safety and effectiveness of IdB

1016 in higher doses than previously tested. It is being directed specifically

toward hepatitis C patients.Please note, the substance name for this study is

IdB 1016. This was the original research name given to this substance by the

patent holder, Indena. It is also known as silipide, siliphos, and silibin

phytosome. All of these refer to the same patented molecular combination of

silibin with phosphatidylcholine, which is also the active ingredient in

Maximum Milk Thistle.

The researchers are recruiting patients who either are non-responders to current

medical treatment for hepatitis C or who are not good candidates for the current

treatment. This means they are looking at this as an alternative to Interferon.

I do not expect them to find the active ingredient in Maximum Milk Thistle to be

an alternative to current therapy (it does not directly address the disease, it

protects and supports the liver and assists in cellular regeneration). I am

encouraged, though, that they are checking the effect on fibrosis and other

liver function markers. They will certainly find a beneficial effect (as has

virtually every previous clinical study of this sort). It will be interesting to

see how much better an effect the higher dosing might have.

You may want to click on the previous study links at the bottom of the study

detail page. Many of these are the studies referenced at LiverSupport.com to

demonstrate the effectiveness of Maximum Milk Thistle. It is because of the

positive results of these studies that the researchers were able to get a

government grant to underwrite the cost of this research. The point is, if there

was not clear proof that this was a dramatically superior form of milk thistle,

neither the university nor the government would be directing resources toward

this research.

I feel very strongly that you, me and every hepatitis c patient should take milk

thistle every day. And I feel even more strongly that the most effective milk

thistle to take, by far, is Maximum Milk Thistle.

This is just another demonstration that I am not the only one who believes this.

Don't hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns.

Be well,

Ralph Napolitano

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P.O. Box 1783

Pine Bush, NY 12566

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