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Originally Posted by redforever
My main beef is, why can anyone, except someone suffering from MS, get treatment for a blockage? Shouldn't everyone be eligible for treatment of a blockage in their body, no matter if you have MS or not?
MS patients are treated like second class citizens in this matter.
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blockages are only treated if they cause a significant decrease in the diameter of a vessel leading to symptoms. studies have NOT definitively shown that these blockages cause any significant symptoms and therefore, having the government pay for a treatment that has not proven to work is not only wrong, but potentially dangerous. health canada holds medical care to an extremely high standard and is not in the business of paying for treatments with anecdotal evidence. if it is proven to work, the funding will come right away. there is a potential that they may be doing patients a big favor by not funding the treatment, as the procedure is not a walk in the park. that being said, hopefully it does show to be effective as it would be a major breakthrough in MS management.