Re: spoke to Dr. Blais today

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Dawn

This is incredible! . . . I hope the FDA hears from

you tomorrow!

Rogene

--- Dawn A <daldre@...> wrote:

> I spoke to Dr. Blais today. What he said was that it

> is not illegal

> for a doctor to implant with old implants and he has

> seen people

> implanted with 10 yr old implants or more. He said

> that the implants

> that are made today are even WORSE than the ones

> made 10 yrs ago as

> far as the faulty valve goes.

>

> He also told me that I am not alone (I kinda knew

> that) and that he

> continues to see thousands upon thousands of these

> cases and a class

> action suit is sure to come in the future.

>

> I asked him if Mentor was the only one with the

> faulty valve ... he

> said no absolutely not... MCGHAN now known as Inamed

> have the same

> problem.

>

> Further, he stated that in 1997 Mentor was

> sanctioned 10k per day

> thereafter if they were found to continue to make

> the faulty

> implant. To this day they are still making the

> faulty implant, yet,

> I do not know of them ever being fined.

>

> And Finally, Dr. Blais said that the implants of

> today are no longer

> made in the U.S., they are made in Ireland and

> somewhere else

> (forgot where) thereby releasing them from any

> obligation to follow

> the FDA's rules and regs.

>

> All I can say is..... UNBELIEVABLE.

>

> Dawn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, they certainly will.

Rogene S & lt;saxony01@... & gt; wrote: DawnThis is incredible! . . . I hope the FDA hears fromyou tomorrow!Rogene--- Dawn A <daldre@...> wrote:> I spoke to Dr. Blais today. What he said was that it> is not illegal > for a doctor to implant with old implants and he has> seen people > implanted with 10 yr old implants or more. He said> that the implants > that are made today are even WORSE than the ones> made 10 yrs ago as > far as the faulty valve goes.> > He also told me that I am not alone (I kinda knew> that) and that he > continues to see thousands upon thousands of these> cases and a class > action suit is sure to come in the future.> > I asked him if Mentor was the only one with the> faulty valve ... he > said no absolutely not... MCGHAN now known

as Inamed> have the same > problem.> > Further, he stated that in 1997 Mentor was> sanctioned 10k per day > thereafter if they were found to continue to make> the faulty > implant. To this day they are still making the> faulty implant, yet, > I do not know of them ever being fined.> > And Finally, Dr. Blais said that the implants of> today are no longer > made in the U.S., they are made in Ireland and> somewhere else > (forgot where) thereby releasing them from any> obligation to follow > the FDA's rules and regs. > > All I can say is..... UNBELIEVABLE.> > Dawn> > > __________________________________________________