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travel to get medicine she needs. Appreciate all the help you can give to get the bill
passed.
Sincerely,
AGNES SCHENIDER.
JACKSON, MISS., April 7, 1980.
Congressman CLAUDE PEPPER,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN PEPPER: It has been my privilege to receive DMSO for my
Arthritis. It has stopped the pain. This means everything to me. It is not a cure-
there is no cure at this time.
Since the Council on Aging has ruled favorable on DMSO also the Arthritis
Foundation endorsed it as a pain reliever.
Will you contact Jimmy Carter, Our President and ask him to use his Executive
Power to order the use of DMSO as a pain reliever. It has been used by Dr. Jacob, of
Oregon for many years successful, also in Florida.
It would mean a great deal to Arthritis suffers to have a legal drug for pain.
Very truly,
Miss WARRENE SHAWHAN.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH., April 7, 1980.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
I forward this communication to you as I understand you are discussing the
properties and powers of DMSO (Dimethyl Sulphoxide).
I have used DMSO for all manners of sprains, muscle pulls, etc., and have found
the curative powers of this chemical to be unbelievable. That is to say, relief from
pain and recuperation have been immediate.
Anything that you can do to bring this product to the marketplace for the general
use of the public, it would seem to me, would end untold human suffering.
Sincerely,
CRAIG D. BECKER.
YAKIMA, WASH., April 7, 1980.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
House Office Building,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR REPRESENTATIVE PEPPER: I read with interest an article in today's paper
about your testimony before the House Select Committee on Aging during a con-
gressional hearing in Washington, D.C. last month. Thank God we do have a few
people in Congress with brains enough to stand up for the discomforts of the aging.
Enclosed you will find an article from our local paper which gives the testimony
of a Mr. Irvin Lysle. I happen to know Mr. Lysle personally and can remember
when he was so troubled with the bursitis. I knew the people he worked with and
they still tell of how much pain he was in. He is just fine now and has been ever
since the treatment and has done much good for the Yakima Valley since his cure.
About two weeks ago I had my first treatment with DMSO for interstitial cystitis.
This is a perfectly miserable condition of the bladder with very little that can be
done for it until DMSO came along. It has been considered not curable. I have had
it for several years and had to have the bladder physically stretched under a spinal
block. It is an inflammatory disease and is most painful. I am just amazed at how
fast the DMSO worked. I had no side effects that I could detect. I did not have the
bad taste in my mouth, though my husband said that he could smell it on me for a
few hours. I do not know of any other medicine, drug or anything else that can give
such wonderful relief from real pain with so minor a side effect.
I also suffer from bursitis and would hope that something can be done to wake up
the FDA officials. If you would give me names and address, I would be more than
happy to write them if you think it would do one iota of good. They are so stuped in
so many respects. Every drug on the market has some side effects for some people
that are many times more serious than a bad taste in the mouth for a few hours. I
probably can get some DMSO illegally, but I would much prefer to get it legally and
have it administered by a doctor.
