What is your opinion?
If it’s too good to be true...
Hmmmmmmmm.
I would need some highly technical medical details before giving an opinion on the likely validity of this treatment. The excerpt here contains none.
Sorry, I read a little. but they are not revealing any details, just want you to make an appointment.
That makes me a bit suspicious.
But it could still have value.
They do say it doesn’t work in all cases.
But, considering the seriousness of a stroke, ome might try it, just in case it may actually work. But wouldn’t spend your last dime on this.
Hoax.
Even if there were a way to repair dead nerves (and there’s not currently) it wouldn’t restore the memories of Alzheimer’s patients. The damage mechanism between Alzheimer’s and stroke patients is radically different (stroke kills the neurons and Alzheimer’s essentially clogs the pipes) one magical treatment won’t cure both types of damage.
That they’re claiming a cure for both AND a cure for Sciatica (which is a third time of neurological damage) is the tell.
I would love it to be true. Strokes suck. My dad had a big one that took him five months to die from, almost completely incapacitated. He told me that the one way he didn’t want to die was from a stroke, and he got a bad one.
I would love this to be true. Don’t know if it is. Don’t know enough. Let’s put it this way, if I had a stroke, I would try it, no question. Don’t know if that is right or wrong, but I think I would.
I work with stroke patients routinely, and believe me I would love for this to be the miracle it promises to be in the infomercial. But I’ll wait and see. If it is what it says it is, the mainstream of medicine will embrace it soon enough.
They do link to a PubMed abstract
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23100196
They claim that TNF is a factor in damaged neuro pathways and that embrel can reverse it. They seem to have clinical evidence to support their claim. Can’t speak for bias, etc of the research.
if it were true- every stroke victim would be given the treatment- and noone would suffer the consequences of a stroke- stroke damage would be a thing of the past
Their Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/InstituteOfNeurologicalRecovery/
Looks like this "Institue" is nest of scamsters.
Check out the Ripoff Report website for a lengthy commentary on one poor soul's experience.
More victims are found on Yelp--a place where people can report these kinds of operations that target people in desperate health conditions.
Here's a couple of examples:
Yelp recently removed my old review about my experience dealing with this group because I was writing on behalf of 2 people who were stroke survivors (and couldn't type themselves). Nevertheless, I personally experienced the bad reputation of this place through their fake "free consultations". Don't believe it. They should just advertise upfront, it will be several hundred to see a doc for evaluation. The shot itself is an off-label use of etanercept (Enbrel) . See above complaint about the reprimand these guys agreed to under their bad business (medical) practices.
And this one:
Dad suffered a stroke leaving the left side of his body paralyzed and with double vision. He had an injection "procedure" done a week ago. Nothing...and I mean no effect. I knew it was a scam but after repeated attempts I didn't have the heart to keep trying to convince my dad that the injection wouldn't work. He had his hopes hung on this procedure. I did my research prior and everything I read explained why wouldn't work but they had my pops hooked. $700 for an "evaluation" that a school nurse could've performed and $6800 for a fake treatment...and from people who are not neurologists. Shameful.
Plenty more horror stories at the Yelp link below.
.Run--do not walk--from this Venus flytrap.
Looks like this "Institue" is nest of scamsters.
Check out the Ripoff Report website for a lengthy commentary on one poor soul's experience.
More victims are found on Yelp--a place where people can report these kinds of operations that target people in desperate health conditions.
Here's a couple of examples:
Yelp recently removed my old review about my experience dealing with this group because I was writing on behalf of 2 people who were stroke survivors (and couldn't type themselves). Nevertheless, I personally experienced the bad reputation of this place through their fake "free consultations". Don't believe it. They should just advertise upfront, it will be several hundred to see a doc for evaluation. The shot itself is an off-label use of etanercept (Enbrel) . See above complaint about the reprimand these guys agreed to under their bad business (medical) practices.
And this one:
Dad suffered a stroke leaving the left side of his body paralyzed and with double vision. He had an injection "procedure" done a week ago. Nothing...and I mean no effect. I knew it was a scam but after repeated attempts I didn't have the heart to keep trying to convince my dad that the injection wouldn't work. He had his hopes hung on this procedure. I did my research prior and everything I read explained why wouldn't work but they had my pops hooked. $700 for an "evaluation" that a school nurse could've performed and $6800 for a fake treatment...and from people who are not neurologists. Shameful.
Plenty more horror stories at the Yelp link below.
.Run--do not walk--from this Venus flytrap.
This institute is about a 1/2 mile from my home I walk past it everyday on my walk. Who Knew!
Later
I have been practicing medicine for 44 years, and have been involved in many exciting and dramatic advances, as well as innumerable frauds preying on the sick and disabled.
A good guide to follow: If it’s published on YouTube, it’s a fraud.