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UK LDN
Petition - http://www.ldnnow.com
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/LowDNaltrexone/
We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to use funds from the NHS budget to undergo trials for Low
Dose Naltroxene. More
details
Submitted by A Barnett – Deadline to sign up by: 23
November 2009 – Signatures: 13,028
It is necessary to commit public money to
this activity because the drug Naltrexone is cheap, out of patent and therefore
unable to attract drug company funding for trials. This drug is effective at
halting the progress of all forms of multiple sclerosis, and even reversing
some or much of the disabling damage. Being cheap, at under a pound a day, it
would save the health service considerable money, with mainstream treatments
currently in excess of 10,000 pounds a year per patient. Further to MS, Low
Dose Naltrexone is also effective at treating other auto immune disorders, such
as HIV/AIDS, Crohns Disease, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes, is known
to be effective in treating Parkinsons disease and can stop 70% or cancers,
even eliminating half of those, or 30% of all cancers. The potential for
savings of NHS money run into many tens of billions of pounds per annum. Please
help us persuade this government to fund the necessary trials. Only a
government sponsored solution is possible.
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page21825
Read the Government’s response
All drugs need to be thoroughly
tested to make sure they are safe enough to be made available to
patients. Most research of this kind is done by the pharmaceutical
industry. The Government is aware that occasionally there will be few or
no commercial incentives for companies to fund clinical trials.
The Department of Health’s
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) supports the research most likely
to bring benefits to patients and to the NHS. High quality proposals for
support into any aspect of human health are always welcome. The NIHR
Health Technology Assessment programme in particular is keen to receive
suggestions for research topics in areas of market failure. These can be
sent through the open access form at: www.hta.ac.uk/suggest/index.shtml.
To date, no application has been
received regarding low dose naltrexone. Any application would be
considered on its merits.
Current Position
Andrew
Barnett sent a proposal to NIHR TA in August 2009.
NIHRTA discussed this proposal at their Panel
Meeting on 19th Jan 2010. Outcome is awaited.
Andrew has
also been in contact with Universities and Medical Professionals to encourage
submission of a research application to NIHR.
He has also
contacted No. 10 to clarify the protocol for responding to No. 10’s response.
I would like
to see No. 10 take a more proactive approach by appointing a suitably qualified
person to initially carry out some desk research into LDN, look at the clinical
experience that already exists, and then we can see where that can lead us.
Dr Chris
Steele, MBE, continues to support LDN Petitions as ambassador for LDNNow.
Andrew
Barnett and Jayne Crocker met with the Prime Minister Gordon Browne on Saturday27th
Feb 2009:
“.............Wednesday night we got a call from
one of our MPs inviting us to meet the Secretary of State for
partner and I had to go through were unbelievable (similar to going to
Well, it wasn't the Secretary of State for
of
MP had done a great job on briefing him about LDN, he was well aware of our LDNNow
campaign and we sat in a room full of leading business people in our
local community. He himself having lost a daughter and a son who suffers from
CFS understands only too well the battles we're facing. In the group
was a breast cancer specialist and was fascinated about LDN and OGF/ALA so we're
going to work keep in touch with him.
However, the best news is Gordon (he insisted we call him Gordon and not Prime
Minister) is going to really look into LDN and personally get back to
us.
We also gained a lot of media exposure - tv, radio as well as press. One reporter's
colleague has MS and because of the difficulties he faces, they
allow him to work from home and she would love to do a documentary on the LDNNow
campaign. Their company is about to buy HTV (ITV TV channel in the
It's been a great day and a wonderful surprise so thank you to our MP for arranging
this. Now we're getting the attention LDN deserves and thanks to
all in this group for helping me on our way. Just hope I'm still alive this time
next week - lol!
Jayne Crocker
www.LDNNow.com “
Photos
Dr Chris Steele hands in Petition to
Dr Chris outside door of No. 10
Dr Chris outside door of No. 10
Dr Chris outside door of No. 10
Dr Chris hands over Petition (1)
Dr Chris hands over Petition (2)
Dr Chris, Jayne & Malcolm with
Policeman at no. 10
Dr Chris, Jayne & Malcolm with
Policeman at no. 10
Dr Chris, Jayne & Malcolm with Policeman at no.
10
Wherever you are in the World,
please support the Australian and Canadian Petitions:-
Committed to saving
lives using LDN
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