NOTICE OF INFORMED DECISION
Not to take or administer AZT to minors
For Parental Use
Dear Dr...............................................,
This letter is to acknowledge your recommendation that we treat our child .......................with AZT.
We have fully heard and understood your position as to why you believe our child could benefit from the administration of this drug. We have also studied the generally accepted views of mainstream medicine concerning HIV and the use of AZT and the other nucleoside analogs known as "anti-virals", protease inhibitors and antibiotic prophylaxis.
In addition, we have studied the views of "The Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis" whose members number over 500 at present, and who represent some of the most highly acknowledged persons
in the fields of virology, microbiology, molecular biology, epidemiology and clinical practice. We have also noted the views of numbers of prize winning investigative journalists, and long term survivors of AIDS. The work,
knowledge and expertise of all these persons directly contradicts your recommendation.
To our knowledge, AZT is an unproven drug that has never saved a life, nor has AZT led to the cure of a single person. There are no long term studies of AZT's effects on children or pregnant mothers. Furthermore, for your
information, in numerous trials including the Concorde Study - the largest (1,749 participants) and longest (3 years in duration) - AZT has been shown repeatedly to be highly toxic and to ultimately correlate positively to the
occurrence of all the symptoms and diseases attributed to AIDS.
The National Institutes of Health children's study was terminated prematurely because of "more rapid rates of disease progression as measured by failure to grow, the appearance of any of the myriad infections attributed to
AIDS, deterioration of neurological development, and death." In fact, the inventor of AZT never sought a patent for this compound as AZT was noted by him to be too toxic for human use, even in those stage 4 terminally ill
from cancer, the disease for which AZT was initially created as a possible chemotherapeutic agent.
After thoroughly investigating and carefully considering the benefits and risks involved in your recommendations, we have decided not to follow your advice and to reject the use of AZT and the other nucleoside analogs known
as "anti-virals", protease inhibitors, and prophylactic antibiotics for our child.
This letter confirms that you have met your responsibilities in this matter by providing us with your medical opinion. We trust that you will respect our constitutional right to make an informed decision concerning the
treatment of our child.
In closing, we have heard horror stories of doctors medicating children without parental consent, attempts to force parent's compliance with threats of legal action, and initiating action to have children removed from their
homes for their parent's refusal to follow doctor's orders. We are hereby putting you on notice that should you or any of your staff employ any of the aforementioned tactics, or in any manner attempt to harass, intimidate,
coerce or cause our family any undue mental or emotional distress, we are fully prepared and willing to pursue legal action to remedy this.
Sincerely,
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