October 16, 2010
MS new treatment?
Photo: Mike SzymanskiDr. Paolo Zamboni, who came up with a seemingly simple solution to stopping Multiple Sclerosis, is now urging caution until more clinical trials are done.
This procedure, which he developed in Italy at the University of Ferrera, showed that the improper drainage of blood from the brain may play a part in causing MS. That means treatment of the disease could be by simply opening up the blood vessels to the brain – a procedure called “liberation therapy.”
Dr. Zamboni told an MS conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, that patients shouldn’t go ahead with such surgery, except in the case of clinical trials.
“Surgery is not recommended at this stage,” he said, during a presentation this week to the Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS, according to the Globe & Mail. He also said he does not support “medical tourism” – the practice of some patients who travel overseas to clinics that will perform the surgery. Thousands of people are believed to have done this.
The story created strong reactions both pro and con to Zamboni and his treatments: Read comments here.
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1 comments:
I can't be sure, with the wording of this article, if Dr. Zamboni is trying to cover his tail or stem the tide of patients coming across the water for liberation therapy.
The purpose of this article seems to me to be a generation of interest in and support of the liberation therapy being clinically trialed in Canada. There is really no new information here.
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