Lets be grateful for the extent to which MD/Phil Hammond has got it right. It is remarkable considering that Bath puts so much emphasis on CBT and GET He doesn’t seem to be aware of the abuse of families by child Protection proceedings – maybe we should try to open a dialogue with him
Actually, CBT is not the “only” therapy shown to be supposedly effective in ME. Immunoglobulin has also been shown to be effective in RCTs, and the York review for the CMO’s report highlighted this, only for any mention of IgG to be omitted from the summary. it is even mentioned in the 2004 Paediatric College guidelines, though discounted then on grounds of “risk from blood products” (in fact the UK uses IgG from the USA, free from CJD)
If it were not for the influence of the psychiatric lobby there would have been further trials of IgG. Of course, the fact that it can work (at least on some people) rather undermines the psychogenic theory
I attach a list of references
And of course there is Rituximab
Nigel Speight