This should be in the conspiracy section. "He's a snake oil salesman," says pediatric oncologist Peter Adamson, a professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "This has gone on for so many years, it's really unbelievable." For 36 years, critics say, Burzynski has been selling false hope to desperate families at the most vulnerable time of their lives.
Doctor accused of selling false hope to families
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burzynski_Clinic#Efficacy
I can see why the OP asked to watch the first 5 minutes. Touching testimony. That said, I think it is wise to remain skeptical of anyone who has a proprietary treatment for hard to cure diseases. If what Mr Burzynski is selling largely works rather than largely not, he should have a small army of people that can testify to it. There should also be a plethora of studies done by independent researchers testifying that it works and how it works, and that, most or all of the time.
That goes for Burzynski and anyone else who make their living from treating people. Including oncologists like the one mentioned above who will often push chemotherapy on unknowing and unsuspecting people when they should know better. Such is the case with neurological diseases such as brain tumors. Chemo does not penetrate the blood brain barrier, and it is a very sad state of affairs that it will often be suggested as a treatment. Snake oil, indeed.
Did you watch the video?
If you believe that cannabis cures cancer than I cannot help you...I watched some of it, not all of it, then did a little cursory research into the basics of his treatment I could find on the web.
Burzynski specializes in Brain tumors, yes? One must see him at his clinic and pay for his treatment, yes? How good is the efficacy rate and are there scores and scores of studies done by people with relevant degrees publishing their works on pub med and biotechnology sites?
Maybe there are, and I'm not aware of them.
I do know, however, that a ton of studies has been done on Cannabis in relation to cancer and specifically in relation to killing brain cancer cells, while protecting normal cells. In lab. And now people are doing the same thing. Curing seizures too and lots of other things.
By eating it. No smoking - eating it. Concentrates and raw.
So can you tell me if it's worth watching the rest of the video to see a specialized treatment that is isolated from nature (his peptides) rather than from nature itself? The reason I ask is because nearly all the major diseases man has suffered from (that are not man made) are usually solved by something in nature. Scurvy, vitamin C. Pellagra, B3. BeriBeri, B1 etc.
If you believe that cannabis cures cancer than I cannot help you...
Especially since you say there are "tons" of studies...
If you wish to see the evidence you are talking about, you must have not gotten further than 21 minutes into the video...
Also to say that you can cure scurvy with oranges therefore it is reasonable to cure cancer with cannabis... That is a logical fallacy. Because instead of cannabis you can substitute for any word you wish, E.G. poison ivy...
I am sorry that you have been caught in this new belief that cannabis cures everything. I am sorry to break your heart but heavy marijuana users have been dying of cancer for years.
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