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By Ted Twietmeyer
tedtw@frontiernet.net
2-16-5
A member in my family has MS (Multiple Sclerosis.) Few people who don't have a
family member with the disease can actually understand it. Contrary to common belief,
people DO have PAIN with the disease. There are two common treatments, for this
disease which has its roots in biowarfare research.
Don Scott, a microbiology professor (ret.) in Canada has researched this for
years, and traced it to the US Army at Ft. Dietrich, MD. The disease is worthless on
the battlefield. It was really designed for population control. Don Scott found
that all those researchers involved in developing the disease died of micoplasma
infections. By their own hand, since this it was the very pathogen they were
developing that took their own lives.
Using glove boxes while wearing environmental
suits did not stop it- it's that virulent. In less concentrated form, one develops
fibromyalgia, MS and other neuro-immune diseases. In a more concentrated form,
one develops AIDS. Don Scott found conclusively that HIV is an opportunistic
infection, and is NOT the cause of AIDS.
Some estimates put the number of people with MS at upwards of 10 MILLION. It is
an incurable affliction, but considered 'manageable' using injectable drugs. The
drug is shipped via FedEx overnight in an insulated container. It contains 30
preloaded syringes surrounded by several frozen gel packs. The packs keep the
temperature of the medicine just above freezing.
One of the common injectable
drugs for treating MS is Copaxone (calcium glatimer acetate.) Once a prescription
is written by a neurologist after pronouncing an MS diagnosis, a patient can
purchase it on-line from suppliers such as Chronimed or locally from a drugstore.
We learned that most drugstores don't even stock it. Some drugstores have said that
too few patients buy it, and it has a short shelf life measured in weeks.
Those individuals with MS on social services such as Medicaid, often cannot get
this drug because of the high cost of treatment at $1030/month or more.
We learned it is denied to patients in the UK (by socialized medicine doctors)
because of cost. In fact, a patient can easily pay $1200/month through some
drugstores. This monthly total cost doesn't include other medications that co-treat
MS, and deal with some side effects of Copaxone. This can easily bring the total
to more than $2000 a month, an expense which goes on FOREVER until the end comes.
Let's also focus on just Copaxone sales, a real gold mine. Out of curiosity,
I looked at one account statement. One month's sequential number is subtracted
from a previous month's shipment serial number to obtain the number of shipments.
Some of the resulting Chronimed totals of monthly Copaxone shipments are as
follows. (Remember that the figures below do not include numerous other Copaxone
sales outlets, such as from drugstores.) January 2005 to February 2005: 18,146
shipments December 2004 to January 2005: 30,063 shipments November to December
2004: 22,023 shipments We can average these to obtain a 3 month average of 23,
411 shipments per month. We then multiply that figure by $1030.00 for a current
patient's cost.
This result is a staggering monthly sales figure for Copaxone
through Chronimed: $24,113,330.00. Yes, you read that correctly. $24
MILLION /MONTH for Chronimed's Copaxone sales. This is a total of $289,359,960
in sales PER YEAR. How many businesses you can think of that have sales figures
like this? And just from selling a product that might cost Teva Pharmaceutical
about $30 (or less) to manufacture, then selling it for more than $1,000?
Add all this expense burden onto an already ill MS patient, for a drug that IS
NOT VERY EFFECTIVE. The proverbial rubbing salt in the wound, new millenium style.
According to the drug's efficacy fact sheet chart packed with the injections,
Copaxone only slows MS progression (brain and/or spinal column lesion growth)
by an average of JUST SEVEN PERCENT. And it has side effects for a patient to
deal with. A physician once said that "A patient cured is a customer lost."
It must also be the credo of the pharmaceutical industry.
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