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live and work a normal life with this drug available. It's not fair for parts of Europe
and Greece, etc., to have it only. The average person can't take the time or expense
to travel where its legal to get DMSO.
Please help get the FDA to legalize it.
Thank you,
SHIRLEY STOHLEIN.
BEAVERTON, OREG., March 26, 1980.
DEAR MR. PEPPER: My mother has been treated with DMSO for arthritis and is so
much better and able to get around with less pain. Anything you can do to see that
people needing it for any of several medical problems can have it available, would
be doing a great and humane service.
KATHLEEN FORD.
DALLAS, TEX., March 26, 1980.
DEAR SIR: I have used DMSO with beneficial effects and it's a crying shame that
old folks suffering with arthritis are unable to enjoy the relief, obtainable from its
Why can't someone do something to overcome this injustice-Bureaucracy is a
terrible monster to behold.
use.
Sincerely,
JOE MASSIE.
PORTLAND, OREG., March 26, 1980.
DEAR SENATOR: I hope your committee will make DMSO available to the people of
the United States. Speaking as one who suffered severe burns which were treated
immediately with DMSO, relieving pain and hastening healing to an amazing
degree. I believe it is outrageous the large pharmaceuticals have succeeded in
keeping it off the market to protect more expensive drugs. Many intelligent, educat-
ed people believe payoffs in high places in the FDA have kept this drug off the
market in the U.S. even though it is routinely used in other countries with high
standards of health care.
Sincerely,
A. LAYMAN HOFFSTETTER.
MILWAUKIE, OREG., March 26, 1980.
DEAR SIR: I am extremely interested in the outcome of DMSO use in general
medical practice.
It has proven over 20 years of people usage-obtained from veterinarians, etc., to
help senility, mental retardation, burns, sprains, arthritis, skin cancer and other
problems. Low cost is a major factor for the elderly.
I am an R.N., I used it on eye bruises following plastic surgery on my nose and
my surgeon, Dr. Verner Ludgren of Portland will verify with photos. I have used it
on burns-immediate disappearance of any sign of burns and it has helped my
aging mother function normally.
Please do not neglect whatever help you can give to further the availability of
this substance to the elderly and all people. It has been shoved under the table of
red tape, etc.etc. for too long.
I thank you!
Sincerely,
DONNA ANDERSON, R.N.
BOZEMAN, MONT. March 26, 1980.
DEAR MR. PEPPER:
Much of the credit for a pain-free existence is due to
having access to DMSO! And, since I understand this matter of DMSO is to come up
before your above-mentioned Committee, I want to add my personal testimony to
what may be said.
On October 26, 1977, my wife broke her collar bone. The doctors put a "harness"
on her and put her arm in a sling. Despite the doctors assertion that the arm had
"healed perfectly" she was in continual pain, and where the break had taken place
there was a constant "crunch" every time she moved her arm, and anyone could see
