Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   There are many reasons Date:   5/20/2020 4:44:51 PM

I'm sorry, but I'm not willing to believe that the entire global health care is corrupt.  If it is not a peer reviewed study, with a substantial statistical size, and a control group, it is likely not worth the paper it is written on, and you have to look at who funded it, if it is actually a study and not just a grouping of antedotal events.  As I understand it, the French studies did not have a control group to compare those that got the drug vs. those that didn't, and it was very small.  But we'll see what the medical community has to say when it is published this Fall.  

I glad your wife's Drs. believe that the medication will work for her in potentially preventing an advance in her illness.  But more than likely, they are trying it to see if it works for her.  I have fibro, which they believe is auto-immune related.  I take Cymbalta, which is actually an anti-depressant that seems to help some Fibro patients.  It's not a cure, but believed to help to prevent inflammation.  But they don't really know why it works, because they don't really understand Fibro and what causes it.  IT works somewhat for me, and I occassionally also take Celebrex to help with the inflammation when I am having a bad day.  

My Dr has me take presciption D for a couple of month every year, because I have been known to get low, and they worry that lack of D may also cause the fibro flares.  But he has never once suggested that I take off the shelf D.  Supplements are a mulit-million dollar business in this country, with no oversight and people guessing at what they might need, some of which are dangerous and can cause illness.