Re: Re: [StemCellDR] 2months ago...

[Guest guest]

Candy,

I have to differ with you on that one! The reason FDA doesn't approve therapies

or meds has more to do with money and politics than testing. Though they would

like you to believe the latter. I don't know about stem cell but many meds and

therapies are approved in other countries (they do not have lower health

standards, just different healthcare systems). If they were approved in the US,

insurance would have to cover them and they might provide competition for

American pharmaceutical companies (which are becoming rare since many foreign

companies are buying them up)

An example is anti epileptic medicine. Recently, our neurologist at Children's

Memorial prescribed a " new med " for Quentin's intractable seizures. There has

been much success with this drug in treating his type of seizures, he told me,

but since it has not been approved by FDA I would have to go through an online

pharmacy in New York with his prescription BUT insurance will not cover it so I

would have to pay out of pocket. (It turns out this med is not so new, BTW its

been available in Canada and Europe for at least 10 years)

What does this mean? People who cannot afford to pay (prices are tripled for

sale in the US) don't have access to meds that could stop their children's

seizures.

That's just one example but I am sure there are many more.

Thais