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From: The MSWatch Team LarryGC Received: 05/12/2003 08:35 AM Priority: High

Subject: Postings deleted Message:Larry, We have deleted your postings again from the discussion boards about naltrexone. You have already been warned about this once before. If we have to delete your postings again, we will also ban you from using MSWatch. I have attached three answers to questions about naltrexone from the Ask an Expert section for you to review. I am sure you know that this is not an FDA approved therapy for any form of MS and has not been scientifically proven to do anything. Again, if you continue to promote naltrexone (LDN) as a proven therapy for MS we will be forced to ban you from using MSWatch. -The MSWatch Team Q1: I saw a web page about the use of low-dose Naltrexone for MS. It seems like a strange theory and I wonder what the rest of the medical establishment thinks of this treatment. A1: In my judgment it’s a scam. There is no scientifically acceptable evidence to support it. Hillel Panitch, MD August 2001 Q2: Do you have any updated information on low-dose naltrexone? What do you think? Any down side to taking it, other than the expense? A2: There is no credible scientific evidence to support the use of Naltrexone, which is approved for use in alcohol abstinence, in multiple sclerosis. ph B. Guarnaccia, MD November 2002 Q3: Is low dose naltrexone a possibility for helping with MS symptoms? I know of a lady who was diagnosed with MS 14 years ago and had to give up her job as a schoolteacher because of fatigue. She has been either in a wheelchair or using a cane to get around the house and after taking 3 days medication of naltrexone (7 ml each) she no longer uses the chair or cane and does not have the constant fatigue. Thanks. A3: There have been no large studies of naltrexone in multiple sclerosis which would give us any definitive information about how this drug may help multiple sclerosis. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society keeps on file information about drugs which have been tested for multiple sclerosis, and it is a good source of information for drugs which have been tested. , MD November 2002

And this was my reply:

Subject: Re: Postings deleted Message:I have never been told about this before! Your Expert is wrong, but that's beside the point. I won't argue the point, it may cause me an exacerbation.