Posted by Deb_s on May 31, 2001, at 14:24:56
In reply to Re: TRUEHOPE/clarification » Deb_s, posted by Sulpicia on May 31, 2001, at 13:42:44
> > > > > The statement by Sulpicia, "I can guarantee you that Truehope stuff is not being tested at Harvard." What's with that????
> >
> > Hi Deb--
> I'm glad you've found some relief.
> I want to clarify my statement and answer your question.
> A poster on this forum claimed that the Truehope supplements were being tested at Harvard University.
> Tho it sounded unlikely, I checked Harvard's Red Book -- it's on-line and details all current research
> at Harvard and the investigators involved. There is no mention of Truehope. Yet to be doubly sure, I sent
> a link to the thread here to the Harvard Office of Public Affairs.
> No such research is on-going at Harvard and they were NOT pleased with the claims to the contrary. As I
> write this, the matter is still in the hands of the Office of Public Affairs.
Thanks for your response! I'm very intrigued by this, but still not entirely convinced, as I know (since this is what I do) that research can be very tricky. "Truehope" is the name of the website, and "Synergy Group" the name of the organization, and E.M. Power the name of the product, but I wouldn't be sure how to find out the name of the research study itself. A key seems to be chelated minerals. It is much easier to prove that something exists than that it does not. Do you know how the Harvard public affairs folks looked for this research?> I *do* object to any group, especially lay-people, who tell psychiatric patients to abruptly stop their meds: it
> puts suffering people at risk of death.I agree; but to be fair, Truehope does not tell psychiatric patients to abruptly stop their meds; in fact, they advise working closely with your physician, etc.
>
> I don't begrudge you your happiness but let's not pretend that there is an evidentiary basis for the Truehope supplements
> at the present time.I never so "pretended" - but i'm really fed up with the "crap shoot" i've been involved with with antidepressant medication - have you ever looked at the information sheets? mechanism of action unknown, dosage unknown, reason it works unknown, cause of depression unknown, side effects ... (every time i got a side effect, my doctor would say, gosh, i never heard of that happening before!).
seems to me that with antidepressants, and everything else, if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, it doesn't. very scientific, yes?
> I also cannot reconcile the dishonesty involved with a group who claims that they only want to help people.
I'm not sure on what you base the "dishonesty" bit - I haven't seen Truehope "claim" anything, nor does it seem to be pushing a product.
We'll all see, I guess.
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