Re: Alternatives............

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Many if not most list members have used "alternative" treatments with success - BioAlcamid for facial wasting, and supplements such as acetyl l-carnitine, fish oil, and niacin, to name a few, with a proven track record of success to treat side effects of HIV treatments. It's a slippery slope - where do we draw the line, and who can we trust to recommend "alternative" therapies? I'm thankful for this list for helping point the way to therapies that are likely to be helpful, and unlikely to cause harm. Others fall victim to the scam artists. Even Coretta King, a bright, sophisticated woman, ended her life at a Mexican clinic run by a disreputable American quack. The clinic has since been shut down by the Mexican government. I know I'm part of the "alternative" medicine phenomenon, and have even gone as far as smuggling NewFill into the US before it was approved. I realized how much I had in common with desperate

cancer patients seeking alternative treatments in Mexico when I learned that the van I took from the San Diego airport to the Clinic Estetica was also used to transport American cancer patients to a nearby Tijuana clinic providing "alternative" cancer treatments not available in the US. Barrow wrote: Life and Death on Fringes of Medicine a and Clive McLean turned to alternative therapy to beat his cancer, but he died. Still, it’s a practice gaining widespread

acceptance. By Shari Roan Times Staff Writer