Tag Archives: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

SF Chronicle Article on the FDA’s Denial of Ampligen

We got an article about the FDA’s denial about Ampligen on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle’s weekend edition. I wish Dr. Montaya had framed his thoughts only positively (works in a sub-group of patients) instead of also … Continue reading

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Sign the Ampligen Petition!

Please sign this urgent Ampligen petition. As many of you know, the FDA is about to make a decision on whether or not to approve Ampligen, the drug that has improved my quality of life dramatically with very little side effects.  … Continue reading

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“I have a plane to catch”

I am still working through all the emotions triggered by the highly anticipated December 20, 2012 FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee meeting about the approval of Ampligen, an immune-modulatory drug that has been very successful in treating a sub-group of myalgic … Continue reading

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My Oral Testimony at the AAC Meeting Regarding Ampligen on December 20, 2012

My name is Jeannette. I am very pleased to have this opportunity to address you and want to express my sincere thanks for your consideration of this critically important decision. I have suffered with CFS for almost 7 years and … Continue reading

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Llewellyn King: The Silent Suffering

Llewellyn King’s latest piece about ME, “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Silent Suffering,” was published today in the Open Salon.  Mr. King, with his signature style of elegant and no-nonsense language, achieves what is so elusive for most writers: to give the … Continue reading

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What Might Cause ME? (Part 1) (From Get Well From ME)

For more of Giles Meehan’s brilliant videos about ME/CFS, please go to his website.

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“Guerilla Theater” Performance About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

July 14, 2011 — For the first time, there is now a play that dramatizes the real-life stories of disabled Americans stricken with the little-understood illness called chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This play can be performed in a “guerilla street … Continue reading

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Petition to Withdraw the PACE Study

Please sign the petition to withdraw the PACE study here. Below is the text of the petition: “The PACE Study: ‘A Travesty of Science and a Tragedy for People with ME’ The published paper of the PACE trial study into … Continue reading

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Ampligen Treatment Study (AMP 511) starting in San Francisco Bay Area

We are a group of ME/CFS patients coordinating contact information for those interested in receiving Ampligen in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Sites administering the drug under the FDA approved open label AMP 511 study protocol have dwindled to Dr. Peterson in … Continue reading

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Llewellyn King Continues to Fight for Us: MECFS Alert Episode 1 (Parts 1 and 2)

Llewellyn King, a Washington columnist and executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS, and his friend, Deborah Waroff, a New York writer and ME/CFS sufferer for 22 years, have started a new web-based TV show about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, … Continue reading

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