Fwd: POST:10 Year Anniversary of Dow's Bankruptcy 'Protection' ...& Editorial

[Guest guest]

FYI . . . Dr. Whalen mentioned wrote a letter to the

FDA last October recommending that they NOT approve

gel implants (as recommended by the FDA panel). Now

employed by Bristol Myers, he has recanted his

position.

Note: forwarded message attached.

Subj: 10 Year Anniversary of Dow's Bankruptcy 'Protection' ...

Date: 5/15/2005 11:38:10 AM Eastern Standard Time

From: ilena03@...

.... but who is protecting the women?

Several of you have been writing beautiful letters to Dr. Whalen ... who appears to have had a lapse in sanity.

I continue to hold the belief that he does still have ethics and can be persuaded to again be a voice of reason and sanity.

Please visit:

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/DrWhalen.htm

if you'd like to write him and have your letter posted ... there are links there. Our Kacey Long wrote a beautiful letter to him you'll see there.

There is a lot of wonderful energy being put into the upcoming Rally in Washington DC this week ... I've been writing various news agencies to get them to cover the women's viewpoints ... you can too!

To connect with those already planning to go ... please visit:

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

With love to all,

Ilena

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Editorials

http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/eimplants9e_20050509.htm

BREAST IMPLANTS: More information needed before any FDA approval

May 9, 2005Companies that want to get silicone breast implants on the market still are not doing a good enough job at working up long-term data that would justify approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration. After an FDA advisory panel split last month -- OK'ing one company's application and nixing another's -- it would be most responsible of the FDA to withhold approval for both and make clear that the companies need to do more and better tracking of implant recipients.

The FDA's own staff report found that roughly three-quarters ofimplants rupture within 10 years,and women who get them need tobe aware that they will probablybe returning for replacement sur-gery at least once a decade. And that's assuming other problems don't cause them to return for corrective surgery even sooner.

Descriptions of some of the problems, along withother information, can be found at www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants.Repeat surgeries aside, the risks associated with leaking silicone remain subject to controversy. Other breast implants use a saltwater solution, which the body can absorb if the implant leaks, but women generally prefer the look and feel of the gel-like silicone products to saline ones.

Several studies have discounted any association between silicone implants and breast cancer or autoimmune diseases of which some women have complained. But at least one study found statistically significant rates of respiratory cancers in implant patients compared with a control group, along with an increased incidence of brain cancerand suicide that was not as con-clusive.These are not minor concerns, and they should prompt further investigations with the longest possible look back at the health of women who've had silicone implants.

Last year, the FDA postponed putting silicone implants back on the market, except for in controlled studies, with a request for better data from the companies that want to market the implants. That seemed like an appropriately cautious approach then, and not enough has changed in the meantime to abandon it.

[Guest guest]

What????? He is now employed by Bristol Myers?????

I didn't know that.

That explains everything then....

I am sure if the money is right, any manufacturer can buy off their

detractors and bring them around to their side of the table.

Slick as silicone, huh?

> FYI . . . Dr. Whalen mentioned wrote a letter to the

> FDA last October recommending that they NOT approve

> gel implants (as recommended by the FDA panel). Now

> employed by Bristol Myers, he has recanted his

> position.

>

>

> Note: forwarded message attached.

>

> Subj: 10 Year Anniversary of Dow's

Bankruptcy 'Protection' ...

> Date: 5/15/2005 11:38:10 AM Eastern Standard Time

> From: ilena03@r...

>

> ... but who is protecting the women?

>

> Several of you have been writing beautiful letters to Dr.

Whalen ... who

> appears to have had a lapse in sanity.

>

> I continue to hold the belief that he does still have ethics and

can be

> persuaded to again be a voice of reason and sanity.

>

> Please visit:

>

> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/DrWhalen.htm

>

> if you'd like to write him and have your letter posted ... there

are links

> there. Our Kacey Long wrote a beautiful letter to him you'll see

there.

>

> There is a lot of wonderful energy being put into the upcoming

Rally in

> Washington DC this week ... I've been writing various news

agencies to get them to

> cover the women's viewpoints ... you can too!

>

> To connect with those already planning to go ... please visit:

>

> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

>

> With love to all,

>

> Ilena

> ==========================================================

> Editorials

> http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/eimplants9e_20050509.htm

>

> BREAST IMPLANTS: More information needed before any FDA approval

>

> May 9, 2005Companies that want to get silicone breast implants on

the market

> still are not doing a good enough job at working up long-term data

that would

> justify approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

After an FDA

> advisory panel split last month -- OK'ing one company's

application and nixing

> another's -- it would be most responsible of the FDA to withhold

approval for

> both and make clear that the companies need to do more and better

tracking of

> implant recipients.

>

> The FDA's own staff report found that roughly three-quarters

ofimplants

> rupture within 10 years,and women who get them need tobe aware

that they will

> probablybe returning for replacement sur-gery at least once a

decade. And that's

> assuming other problems don't cause them to return for corrective

surgery even

> sooner.

>

> Descriptions of some of the problems, along withother information,

can be

> found at www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants.Repeat surgeries aside,

the risks

> associated with leaking silicone remain subject to controversy.

Other breast

> implants use a saltwater solution, which the body can absorb if

the implant leaks,

> but women generally prefer the look and feel of the gel-like

silicone products

> to saline ones.

>

> Several studies have discounted any association between silicone

implants and

> breast cancer or autoimmune diseases of which some women have

complained. But

> at least one study found statistically significant rates of

respiratory

> cancers in implant patients compared with a control group, along

with an increased

> incidence of brain cancerand suicide that was not as con-

clusive.These are not

> minor concerns, and they should prompt further investigations with

the

> longest possible look back at the health of women who've had

silicone implants.

>

> Last year, the FDA postponed putting silicone implants back on the

market,

> except for in controlled studies, with a request for better data

from the

> companies that want to market the implants. That seemed like an

appropriately

> cautious approach then, and not enough has changed in the meantime

to abandon it.

[Guest guest]

Dearest Patty:

Bristol-Myers Squibb are so corrupt, and they have destroyed so many lives.

They want to look like the best drug company in the world, but we know

different. When Lance Armstrong claims that they are such a wonderful

company, I just want to scream because if he knew what crimes against women

that they have committed he would not be kissing their money. Do you think

that Mentor and Inamed are woking under Dow Chemical's umbrella...Ido??

How could Dr. Whalen allow his once good name to be destroyed by a company

like this?....Wonders me....money has so much power and to think that it is

only paper.

Love always....Lea

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Re: Fwd: POST:10 Year Anniversary of Dow's

Bankruptcy 'Protection' ... & Editorial

> What????? He is now employed by Bristol Myers?????

>

> I didn't know that.

>

> That explains everything then....

> I am sure if the money is right, any manufacturer can buy off their

> detractors and bring them around to their side of the table.

>

> Slick as silicone, huh?

>

>

>> FYI . . . Dr. Whalen mentioned wrote a letter to the

>> FDA last October recommending that they NOT approve

>> gel implants (as recommended by the FDA panel). Now

>> employed by Bristol Myers, he has recanted his

>> position.

>>

>>

>> Note: forwarded message attached.

>>

>> Subj: 10 Year Anniversary of Dow's

> Bankruptcy 'Protection' ...

>> Date: 5/15/2005 11:38:10 AM Eastern Standard Time

>> From: ilena03@r...

>>

>> ... but who is protecting the women?

>>

>> Several of you have been writing beautiful letters to Dr.

> Whalen ... who

>> appears to have had a lapse in sanity.

>>

>> I continue to hold the belief that he does still have ethics and

> can be

>> persuaded to again be a voice of reason and sanity.

>>

>> Please visit:

>>

>> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/DrWhalen.htm

>>

>> if you'd like to write him and have your letter posted ... there

> are links

>> there. Our Kacey Long wrote a beautiful letter to him you'll see

> there.

>>

>> There is a lot of wonderful energy being put into the upcoming

> Rally in

>> Washington DC this week ... I've been writing various news

> agencies to get them to

>> cover the women's viewpoints ... you can too!

>>

>> To connect with those already planning to go ... please visit:

>>

>> www.BreastImplantAwareness.org

>>

>> With love to all,

>>

>> Ilena

>> ==========================================================

>> Editorials

>> http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/eimplants9e_20050509.htm

>>

>> BREAST IMPLANTS: More information needed before any FDA approval

>>

>> May 9, 2005Companies that want to get silicone breast implants on

> the market

>> still are not doing a good enough job at working up long-term data

> that would

>> justify approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

> After an FDA

>> advisory panel split last month -- OK'ing one company's

> application and nixing

>> another's -- it would be most responsible of the FDA to withhold

> approval for

>> both and make clear that the companies need to do more and better

> tracking of

>> implant recipients.

>>

>> The FDA's own staff report found that roughly three-quarters

> ofimplants

>> rupture within 10 years,and women who get them need tobe aware

> that they will

>> probablybe returning for replacement sur-gery at least once a

> decade. And that's

>> assuming other problems don't cause them to return for corrective

> surgery even

>> sooner.

>>

>> Descriptions of some of the problems, along withother information,

> can be

>> found at www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants.Repeat surgeries aside,

> the risks

>> associated with leaking silicone remain subject to controversy.

> Other breast

>> implants use a saltwater solution, which the body can absorb if

> the implant leaks,

>> but women generally prefer the look and feel of the gel-like

> silicone products

>> to saline ones.

>>

>> Several studies have discounted any association between silicone

> implants and

>> breast cancer or autoimmune diseases of which some women have

> complained. But

>> at least one study found statistically significant rates of

> respiratory

>> cancers in implant patients compared with a control group, along

> with an increased

>> incidence of brain cancerand suicide that was not as con-

> clusive.These are not

>> minor concerns, and they should prompt further investigations with

> the

>> longest possible look back at the health of women who've had

> silicone implants.

>>

>> Last year, the FDA postponed putting silicone implants back on the

> market,

>> except for in controlled studies, with a request for better data

> from the

>> companies that want to market the implants. That seemed like an

> appropriately

>> cautious approach then, and not enough has changed in the meantime

> to abandon it.

>

>

>

>

>

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