Black ointment , also known as the Cansema brand name, is a dangerous and controversial alternative cancer treatment. This product is generally classified as escharotic - a topical paste that burns and destroys skin tissue and leaves a thick black scar called eschar. Escharotics were widely used to treat skin lesions in the early 1900s, but have since been replaced by safer and more effective treatments. Escharotics, like black ointments, are currently advertised by some alternative medicine marketers as a treatment for skin cancer, often with unproven testimony and unproven effectiveness claims.
The US Food and Drug Administration has listed Cansema as a "fake cancer drug" and warned consumers to avoid it.
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Usage and danger
The cancer ointment was first documented as a form of shamanism in the 1955 article Time :
"A 37-year-old housewife has a skin condition that later (at Duke) proved not to be cancer, convinced that she had gone to a healer, using an ointment, and immediately a quarter of the size of the damaged nose, opening the nasal cavity. Duke's plastic should build his new nose. "
Although more recent reports documented that some alternative medicine practitioners use the Internet to market escharotics as a recognized "drug" for skin cancer, they are not recommended as a treatment for skin lesions or skin cancer by medical authorities. The effectiveness of escharotics is not proven, while safer and more effective conventional treatments are available for skin cancers, such as: cryotherapy; topical agents such as imiquimod, fluorouracil and ingenol mebutate; radiation therapy; and surgical excision, including Mohs surgery (microscopically controlled surgery used to remove and test cancer tissue).
Escharotics can cause serious scarring and damage to normal skin. Their manufacture is largely unregulated, so the strength and purity of marketed products is unknown and unverified. Numerous reports in the medical literature illustrate the serious consequences of using escharotics as a substitute for standard treatments for skin cancer, ranging from vandalism to preventable cancer relapse. The Quackwatch website posted a warning against the use of escharotics in 2008, with a collection of sourced documents that make up the patient's injury problem from its use. A more recent study reveals that many individuals who have used black ointment are unaware of the potential dangers. In a 2016 news release titled "Beware of black ointment," the American Academy of Dermatology urges patients to consult a dermatologist before using home remedies for skin cancer.
By 2018 in Australia, black ointment is strongly linked to the death of Helen Lawson who decided to use "natural remedies" under the direction of Dennis Wayne Jensen. Jensen advocated covering Lawson's stomach with a black ointment that claimed to attract ovarian cancer, leaving Lawson with multiple cuts in his stomach:
"You've never seen anything like what happened to Helen, that's very challenging," he said. "Literally above his cock bone, all over his stomach almost to his ribs, he is raw meat, mutilated meat." Belinda says that within a few weeks Helen applied the black ointment, the wound was so great that the surgeon could not operate even if they wanted to.
Lawson died in April 2018.
Furthermore Jensen issued a temporary ban order, by the Health Complaints Commissioner, prohibiting practicing health services while Lawson's death was under investigation. This is in accordance with section 90 of the Health Complaints Act 2016 (Victoria, Australia)
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Materials
Common ingredients of black ointment include zinc chloride, chaparral (also known as creosote bush), and often bloodroot, a plant often used in herbal medicine. Blood root extract is called sanguinarine, an ammonium salt that attacks and destroys living tissue and is also classified as escharotic.
Rule
Australia
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Australia advises consumers not to buy or use black ointments, red ointments or cansema products. TGA has discovered the Australian Vaccination-Skeptics Network (AVN) in violation of advertising regulations, and in separate findings, former AVN President Meryl Dorey along with Leon Pittard of Fair Dinkum Radio was found to be in violation.
United States
Cansema is registered by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as one of 187 fake cancer drugs. Cansema continues to be marketed by many, as evidenced by the recent FDA Warning Letters. The FDA has taken law enforcement action against Cansema's illegal marketing as a cure for cancer, as in the arrest and confidence of 2004 over Greg Caton.
The FDA has taken an active role in the prohibition of these chemicals for use as a cure for cancer. A typical warning letter details the hazards of these products while also reprimanding suppliers of their obligations to comply with federal law. A summary of recent letters is cataloged on the FDA website.
See also
- Ineffective list of cancer treatments
References
Further reading
- Hurley D. Natural Causes: Death, Lies, and Politics in the American Vitamin and Herbal Supplements Industry . New York: Broadway Books, 2006. ISBNÃ, 0-7679-2042-2
External links
- Cancer ointment: American Cancer Society
- Escharotics Information: New Zealand Dermatology Society
- Bloodroot: Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Herbal Database. Web. Retrieved 10 Jun 10
- Escharotics Information: Therapeutic Goods Administration
- Series of photos illustrating the harmful effects of black ointment treatment.
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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