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]>
