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Please help us, we need you to help us fight for a better, pain free life.
Cordially,
LILLIE FORISTER.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
Chairman, House Select Committee on Aging,
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
WENATCHEE, WASH., April 9, 1980.
DEAR SIR: I am writing to you in regards to DMSO. The miracle healing substance
of today. I do not consider DMSO a drug.
It has been my pleasure to see a Down's Syndrome child by the name of Melody
Clark, make exceptional progress from practically a vegetable state of existence. If
you and your Committee could see this child in action, I am certain you would be
impressed and humbled by the experience.
I am also aware of how DMSO can help arthritis, shingles, burns, and severe
traumatic injuries with no noticeable side effects. The program "60 Minutes" was in
fact tremendous. I feel that Dr. Jacob of the University of Oregon's Medical School,
should receive a special commendation for his tremendous service, dedication, and
willingness to buck opposition as he knows the true merit of DMSO.
I hope that your Committee will make it possible to legalize DMSO so that it can
be available to those who need it, benefit from it, and choose to use it. I am also
aware of the pressure the American Medical Association can put on your Commit-
tee. I hope you will listen, search out those who have been helped, and take these
facts into consideration.
If I can be of any help in my area of Washington State, please feel free to call me
(509) 662-6474.
I would like to express my thanks and appreciation for the work your Committee
has done. May you give a favorable recommendation to the Federal Drug Adminis-
tration to release for use-DMSO.
With mutual interest and support,
CHARLOTTE THOMPSON, Ph. D.
PORTLAND, OREG., April 9, 1980.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN PEPPER: I have been employed at the University of Oregon
Health Services Center where Stanley Jacob is a faculty physician for over five
years. I have used DMSO for four out of the five years I have been employed at the
Health Science Center. I have used it for a severe knee sprain, cooking burns, a
severe strepth virus to relieve throat pain and for acute arthritis flare-ups in the
neck and in my knee. In all instances, DMSO has proven to be most effective.
I wish to congratulate you on holding the hearings on DMSO at long last! I
sincerely hope that DMSO will soon be freed for general use particularly for
arthritis since on an experimental basis, it is most effective for a large segment of
the population who have already tried it on an experimental basis.
Yours sincerely,
Miss JACQUELINE H. STAVEN.
PHOENIX, ARIZ., April 10, 1980.
Hon. CLAUDE PEPPER,
Chairman, House Select Committee on Aging,
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
DEAR HON. CLAUDE PEPPER: I am a quadraplegic as a result of a C5-C6 spinal
injury, which happened July 3, 1977. I have no use of my legs and limited use of my
arms and hands.
February, 1980, I went to see Dr. Jacob in Portland for DMSO. I have had no
negative side effects from the drug. I have had some sensation return in the upper
part of my legs. In my situation, any return at all is a gift.
Dr. Jacob's DMSO gives us hope. People have suffered long enough. We can't all
go to Portland. DMSO should be available in all states.
