ok i never thought i would be responding to a breast implant thread but.....it is not just with implants that what to some people seems like there should be an obvious definite connection made between cause and effect, but is not yet accepted by the medical and scientific community. It takes years and years, sometimes decades of controlled studies of people thus affected and those not affected and other possible causes ruled out before a cause is accepted by the scientific community. Other suspected causes of PN such as quinolone antibiotics, statins and many others that are discussed here are not yet accepted scientifically as causes of PN. Even with accepted causes there are many in the medical community who will not draw a connection between a cause and a particular person unless it is something medically evident such as diabetes or chemotherapy. Toxins are an accepted cause of PN but not many doctors will make the connection between particular toxins and you the person who has pn, even if you were exposed.

I also have come to believe that you and I could be in the same place at the same time have the same exposure but have significantly different medical outcomes. Just as people respond differently to the same treatments, i think that people are not affected in the same way with exposures.

I also realize that there is a ton of money involved in these suspected causes and that the waters are muddied purposefully to make the connection controversial. Many doctors and scientists who conduct studies are bought and paid for by those whose interests the studies would affect.