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Please use your influence as Chairman of this Committee, to help the many
thousands who really need help.
Yours truly,
DOROTHY S. LUDWIG.
TIGARD, OREGON, March 25, 1980
DEAR MR. PEPPER: I have been under DMSO use for arthritis for several months
and have no more neck or shoulder pain. Also, pain in hands and wrists cut
considerably. I consider the FDA withholding of the use of this drug for anyone
needing it a terrible injustice.
Please do all you can to help correct this.
Sincerely,
EVELYN FORD.
BOTHELL, WASH., March 25, 1980.
DEAR SIR: After recovering from a crushed spinal disk-due to an accident-I was
in intense pain 24 hours a day.
While in Canada one weekend, I was given a bottle of DMSO and used it. I
painted my entire back and both hips twice with "Miracle 65" (as it was known
then) and have had no trouble since. The doctors I went to just gave me prescription
drugs to take and I just didn't want to become hooked!
Thanks for wanting to help people.
Sincerely,
ROBERT L. RUSSELL.
BOTHELL, WASH., March 25, 1980.
DEAR SIR: I was introduced to DMSO in 1965. I used it on my right leg and foot. I
still have my leg. I had it marked for amputation by three specialists in Seattle but
I just couldn't go through with it. Then I found out about DMSO, went up to
Canada and got it-used it just once. I had had a repaired bone block of the right
ankle in 1926 (polio) and it was poorly done. I don't understand why DMSO can't be
legal in our country!
Very sincerely,
LAURA J. RANDALL.
MEMPHIS, TENN., March 25, 1980.
DEAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Fifteen long years ago I happened to be one of the
persons allowed to use DMSO. It was wonderful and gave me the first real relief I
had from arthritis of the large joints and the spine. We just couldn't understand
why it was discontinued! Now we know! Politics as usual! I have suffered and spent
money and time needlessly just trying to be comfortable. No one who has not had
this terrible disease can conceive of the pain and soreness it causes.
I had really forgotten about this wonderful drug until I saw "60 Minutes". Now
I'm writing you, it really worked. I know. They did test it, as I received it at the
University of Tennessee under the care of Dr. Glenn Clark in the Rheumatology
Department. At the time, we were also used to test other drugs, but nothing worked
for me like DMSO.
Gentlemen, let's get behind this drug and get it on the market. We really need it.
Mrs. REVA GAGGIO.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
LAKE OSWEGO, OREG., March 26, 1980.
Chairman, House Select Commmittee on Aging,
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
HONORABLE SIR: Regarding use of D.M.S.O., from my own personal experience it's
most wonderful effect is the alleviation of pain. Secondly, with that effect, it
appears to me and my husband, that our own bodies have a renewal feeling and
that our own defenses naturally made within the body have a better chance to
combat the trouble that is ailing us. We need this product.
