Re: Drug extracted from mushrooms is found to be effective in treatment of cancer



http://cancernewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2007/01/drug-extracted-from-mus...This is years away from actually being used regularly outside of clinical
trials. If it works.

Most treatments that enter the first phase of clinical trials don't get into
general practice because they don't work or because of side effects.

To suggest that this will work for anyone with cancer now is to offer false
hope.

Jeff

Jeff,
There may be another reason that treatments don't get into
practice. It may be that major drug companies see in advance that a
treatment may offer such good results that it has to be stopped in its
tracks before hurting their bottom line with their existing products.
Especially the ones that "you take the rest of your life".

I've researched a few of those treatments, and found in at least 2
cases that a major drug company bought up the smaller company or bought
the rights to the treatment and sat on it.

Remember, publicly owned drug companies cannot survive selling
medicines that cure people quickly, there would be no patients left to
purchase the products.

Chris

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