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National Health Funding for Low Dose Naltrexone in Australia

This petition was published by Trevor George Stephens on Jun 06, 2009
Closed on Mar 17, 2012
Result:
Thank you to those who signed my petition and thank you also for taking the time to respond to those who emailed me. However, the response was poor to say the least overall while I have changed my mind about the actual efficacy of LDN in my own case.
Trevor

We petition the Australian government to make funds available for trials and research for LDN to achieve a licence and public availability. This medication must be added to the pharmaceuticals benefits listings.

We petition the Australian government to make funding available, either directly through taxes or indirectly by directing research bodies to provide funding, to undergo trials for the generic drug, Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN).

Primarily this is to be done for Cancer since there lies the biggest savings of life and economy, but then also for the many other diseases, such as MS, Crohns disease, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, HIV/Aids and many more.

Alternatively, the drug should be made available on the basis of it's widespread use and the widespread positive reports of the many doctors around the world who are currently using it. The evidence about this drug has overtaken the trials process already and as such, we ask also that this drug be made available as front line treatment, now. The research should then be performed to confirm the drug and resolve the many unanswered questions surrounding it.

To sumarise, we ask for the funding to be provided and the drug to be made freely available to those who request it. The drug has been proven safe at high dose usage so the safety trials are done, and we know of no drugs which become unsafe at low dose when safe at high ones. In 25 years, the drug industry has ignored this drug due to lack of return on investment, so we believe that only government led intervention can break this scandalous apathy. LDN now, save our sick, save our economy.

Please fund LDN Now!

This petition is now closed.

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