One answer is simple, because to stop would be tantamount to admitting that these procedures are simply not dangerous as the medical profession would have us believe; but they are, so dangerous that each patient treated by using them is actually taking part in a lottery where iatrogenic arachnoiditis is, far too often, the first prize.
Doing so would open them up to the main disincentive that halts honest reporting of such adverse events and effects - litigation, and the secondary disincentive - loss of earnings and profits. Our system is not simply broken it has never been effective and could never be effective unless and until it rewards humble truth without seeking to punish.
Only our politicians can change the law and create a system that does the opposite, initiating a legal requirement to report all adverse events and effects of medical drugs and procedures and, finally, halt the "off label use" of drugs. Only you can demand new laws that will ensure patient safety in the future and disempower the vested interests who currently ensure that profits drive treatment options.
Please read through the contents of the site and educate yourself about the existing risks and the tradgedies they have created. If you want to support the work of Arachnoiditis.co.uk there are "Donate" buttons available and even the smallest sums will help to finance the website and the work I do behind the scenes.
Whatever you do contact your own political representative, wherever you live, to get the ball moving and demand answers in order to ensure that it keeps moving and building. It won't happen overnight but persistence will make sure that it does - one voice today can become a roaring crowd that cannot be ignored tomorrow. In the meantime I hope and trust that what you learn today will arm you and your family against becoming an iatrogenic Arachnoiditis victim.
The symptoms of Arachnoiditis
