I ask ,if you were to spend one day as an MS sufferer -would you soon enough change your prospective? Of course you would..
The UK Government’s Official response to the CCSVI procedure being available here in the UK..What did we expect eh?
Read the Government’s response
The Government is aware of Dr Paolo Zamboni’s findings. However, as this is the only piece of research on the link between CCSVI and MS that is currently available, it is important to approach such findings with caution until a further review of the research has been conducted.
A number of medical advisers to the MS Society have read the papers published by Dr Zamboni, and have heard him lecture on the subject. The advisers have provided the following statement about the alleged link between MS and CCSVI:
We are not convinced by the evidence that blockages to draining veins from the brain are specific to people with multiple sclerosis, or that this explains the cause of multiple sclerosis at any stage of the condition.
We are all agreed that people with multiple sclerosis are not likely to benefit by treatments that dilate blood vessels and consider these procedures to carry risks with no evidence for benefit.
The treatment for CCSVI is not available for patients with multiple sclerosis in the United Kingdom because there is no convincing evidence to suggest that it is safe or beneficial to people with MS.
The Government is determined to make the UK the best place in the world for health research, development and innovation and to invest its substantial health research budget in the best possible way.
The Government’s research strategy ‘Best Research for Best Health’ is resulting in an expansion of the Department’s research programmes and in significant new funding opportunities for health research. The National Institute for Health Research programmes support high quality research of relevance and in areas of high priority to patients and the NHS.