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Thanks Paul for stating so eloquenly what I have been trying to tell this
list about the "PT BARNUM" cousins, and I have, on 3 separate occasions.
And what is more amazing is that they are taking this guy at face value,
going
only by "testimonials" from the Dr.'s assistant. Go figure.
I was beginning to feel like a very small minority.

Mario


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Lauer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:11 PM
Subject: it gets more unbelievable daily


> Sorry folks, I used the wrong address line in my original post. This
should
> read more clearly:
>
> I've been on the list for almost 4 years now. In the beginning I was a
fairly
> active
> participant but in the last little while, I've basically lurked, watching
the
> cast of characters change from concerned PDers and their caregivers to
> hucksters, baldly pitching their supplements and cures. The Vitaline
pitching
> of CO Q10 wasn't subtle enough to remain opaque but it almost appears as
if
> DR Paneri and his hucksters are making headway...which makes me sad for
> anyone out there who is grasping at this straw. IF THERE WERE EVEN A
REMOTE
> POSSIBILITY THAT HIS IS REAL IT
> WOULD BE SPREAD OVER THE PD COMMUNITY LIKE A TSUNAMI. HOW CAN WE BE PAYING
> ATTENTION TO SOME MUMBO JUMBO WHICH HAS NEVER UNDERGONE A RECOGNIZED
CLINICAL
> TRIAL; A TREATMENT WHICH IS
> ATTESTED TO AS SUCCESSFUL BY ONE THEORETICAL ADHERENT! Scientific
procedure
> is out the window in the name of 'culture' which is the explanation for
why
> the procedure has no norm. As if some of the finest researchers in the
world,
> utilizing all accepted norms in studies, didn't come from the same
culture.
> WE ARE BEING SCAMMED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AND THE WORST PART ISN'T THE
> MONEY. IT'S THE FOSTERING OF FALSE HOPE IN A POPULATION OF PEOPLE WITH
MOST
> OF THEIR HOPES ALREADY SHATTERED BY A PROGRESSIVE DEBILITATING DISEASE. Do
> you not think.....no, do you not know that if this were real it wouldn't
have
> to be peddled in ones and twos by shills but rather that drug companies
would
> be standing in line to pay this guy (and I really think it's these guys)
> millions for his formulas. Or better yet, given today's capability to
analyze
> and parse compounds and mixtures, some enterprising drug company would
just
> sign up and obtain the brew for $180 or whatever, duplicate it and start
> clinical trials to validate it. Use your heads everybody and don't be
taken
> in by people who have established that they are obviously bright but who
must
> have bee pointing toward this scam all the while. It makes me want to
puke,
> and that's not a PD symptom
>
> Paul H. Lauer
>
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