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Interesting Promotion of Steroids for SCI

J.A. Terranson measl at mfn.org
Tue Nov 21 02:17:14 GMT 2006


On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Mathias Kalkum wrote:

> started more than 8 hours after injury.  While methylprednisolone is not
> a cure, every little bit helps.  Complications are minimal.
>
> what is that piece more than opinion and - let's be polite - "moral
> support" to the family? Where is the hint that steroids may add severe
> harm to the victim?

<sarcasm on>
I think you missed it.  After all, it's easy to miss, what with the big
bold letters and all:

	"Complications are minimal"

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J.A. Terranson
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"Surely the larger lesson learned from that day is that other men, all
over the world, took inspiration not from the heroism of the rescuers in
New York or the passengers flying over Pennsylvania, but from the 19
hijackers - the twisted brilliance of their scheme and their willingness
to sacrifice their lives to make a political and, as they saw it,
religious statement."

Richard Corliss/Time Magazine
11 Aug 2006


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