I believe this to be BOGUS
"WANTED - MS Patients Have you used Procarin patches? Major researcher on MS treatments needs to hear from Canadian patients who have used or are using Procarin patches for multiple sclerosis. In Canada only compounding pharmacists are allowed to make it. Some of them have to pay large royalties to the inventors. Ever since the announcement that Procarin was available there have been some speculation that this is just a flim-flam. The company's representatives were in Toronto in April, 2000 and promised a double-blind university study to show how Procarin works. The trouble is, even though the company's principle investigator revealed to me that the protocol was accepted by Bastyr University in Washington State, Bastyr did not do the study because of inadequate funding. At one meeeting comments were made that indicated that the Procarin study would be the first drug study financed by Mastercard. I don't think that made anyone in the room feel comfortable. In fact, not one peer reviewed research study has been completed. This has those in the media and in MS organizations very comfortable with the conclusion that this is indeed an unsound treatment at best. Recently, it has been reported that some doctors in the Toronto area have demanded an extremely large sum of money to write a prescription for it, even though a prescription is not necessary." WE NEED YOUR HELP! CONTACT HEALTHWATCHER.NET IMMEDIATELY IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU TELL YOUR STORY. If you feel your doctor is trying to rip you off, e-mail me at - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
