Of course, my rant above is largely just me venting my frustration at the medical treatment, or lack of it, afforded to alcoholics and there are many good and well trained doctors in the UK.
I will say about Phill Thomas, that I drove to his village and met with him in his local pub a few years ago. He was not what I expected. He looked nothing like his Youtube videos. He looks like a middle aged respectable doctor. He was completely straight with us, there was no joking about or nonsense. I was quite surprised because he actually seems very conservative and ordinary. We had a pleasant chat with him for an hour or so. I had thought he was going to be a bit odd or loopy but, in fact, he comes across as very genuine, intelligent and concerned about patient welfare.
On the other hand, I have been in hospitals and doctors practices in connection with this illness, alcoholism, and effectively been told to leave, that no medication would be given, or treatment...
I would like people to think about what they are posting here. It's all very well to go on and on about PT and what you think might be some kind of con on people. The UK does, however, have consumer protection legislation, police, courts, etc etc who deal with these kinds of issues and it's very unlikely that someone could get away with duping people out of money, giving "medical advice" under the pretense of being something they are not and get away with it. Any one of the people who he has helped will have redress against improper activities they feel he is engaging in.
What there is not, is any redress for the vast majority of people whose doctors can't and won't engage in alcoholism treatment of any kind, whether it is baclofen, nalmafene or anything else, until it is supported by big pharma and licensed.
Who are the real villains in this? I think we are again missing the message by posting very inflammatory remarks made by a regulatory body who were, rightly, annoyed, that PT didn't bother to answer their letters and explain what was going on. I am sure they did know he had an alcohol problem, but then, hey, it goes with the territory that they were not going to give him any breaks over that, for all the reasons we all know too well about.
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