There’s nothing to lose, suggests this letter:
In such cases the term “side effect” becomes a hilarious, though cruel, joke. The “side effect” from denial of treatment is further painful decline until death. When victims have reached this hopeless stage of disease or injury, the application of another untried, but potentially powerful, therapy is a golden opportunity to assess possibilities of the therapy.






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