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Originally Posted by weegot5kiz
about the docs, I am not sure I agree, copaxone has a 30 percent chance of slowing MS, I not sure I would call that proven evidence of it working one out of three are not good odds, and am pretty sure most of the crabs are 30-40 % chance of helping, look at the side effects,
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Well, the CRABs actually only have about a 30% chance, on average, of reducing
relapses . . . BUT an even LESS chance of influencing disease progression in any way. So, even if our in the lucky % that experiences a reduction in relapse,
it doesn't mean that we aren't going to progress with the disease
just as quickly as we would have without the CRABs.
Yeah, not great odds, I agree.
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Originally Posted by weegot5kiz
I still think too many of them are uneducated about LDN and have a predisposed idea of it at 50 mg helping junkies and sometimes they cant see beyond that fact
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Many of our neuros don't know anything about Naltrexone. Our doctors are more inclined to rx it though, because often they do have at least some limitel experience with it.
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Originally Posted by weegot5kiz
now the payola angle and $$$ interest the docs may hold seems to be a more logical explanation...
I mean would you want a piece of the action at 29 bucks a month or 1500 a month, I know what I might choose financially, but after my experiences I would choose LDN for my patients
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Our neuros and doctors (in Canada) don't get any piece of the action. There is no benefit to them to rx or not rx any particular drug. Kick-backs, pay-offs, and/or any kind of "drugs with benefits" (trips, lunches, etc.) are ILLEGAL.
Having said that, I'm betting a lot more people here than in the US, do not use the CRABs. I wasn't rx'd them as my neuro said they will not help the "type" of MS I have (mostly spinal lesions). We are also only very seldom rx'd steroids.
I agree that doctors in the US are probably more influenced.
Cherie
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