If the information regarding ribavirin from the LE site is incorrect, that would be good to know; I have read various reports with contradictory information. I have generally found LE an excellent information source, and disagree with the the "propaganda" comment. I hope, given the worldwide concerns, C. Creel will give us some snippets of the most valuable information from the list of SARS doctors she refers to here. I would certainly welcome these, if if ribavirin is not useful, it would be good to know what might be, other than beta glucans.
JBB C Creel wrote: > > Dear Jonathan, > > You said: > > << > Life Extension Foundation provides this link advocating ribavirin > against SARS, with treatment protocol: > > http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/urgent_sars.html?source=eNewsLetterWk17 > &key=Body+Bottom+Sars > > NB LE's claim of FDA suppression of this drug. An old, sad song. . . >> > > ** I don't know where the talk of suppression originated but ribavirin > has been being used in Hong Kong and Toronto. It has little if any effect. > In fact, > I believe Hong Kong is abandoning the treatment. > > This information is not from the media. It is from a mailing list of > physicians treating > SARS. > > The LE site says: > > <<The U.S. Government has released information stating that there is no > effective treatment for SARS, yet the Chinese report excellent results using > the drug ribavirin (sold in the United States under the brand name > Rebetol®). According to Hong Kong health officials, at least 90 percent of > patients treated with ribavirin have recovered.>> > > ** This is propaganda. I'm sitting on this list with these people > treating this virus. They are in an utter panic over the way it is > spreading and the lack of efficacious treatment for it while the are using > ribavirin. > > You may also note that Hong Kong and Toronto have the highest mortality > rates while the U.S. has had no deaths. > > Ribavirin failed in in vitro tests against SARS. > > Regards, > Catherine > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
