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Definition of IPT
IPT at a glance -- the
most important points about IPT...
IPT History -- how
IPT was discovered in 1926, demonstrated in the US many times, has been
ignored but preserved and developed for 75 years, and now is undergoing
a phenomenal scientific and clinical rebirth...
IPT Method -- how IPT is
practiced, how it was different in the past and will probably change in the
future. Also pages about IPT safety and training, different styles of IPT,
other non-diabetic uses of insulin, and an interesting diagnostic technique
developed by Drs. Perez Garcia 1 and 2...
How IPT Works -- some theories of how IPT
does what it's reported to do...
IPT Experience -- what it's like to have an
IPT treatment, from the personal experience of the IPTQ webhost...
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Definition of IPT: IPT (Insulin
Potentiation Therapy) is a simple medical procedure that uses the hormone
insulin, followed by glucose, to deliver drugs better, and to make them work
more effectively, in smaller doses, with reduced or no side effects.
Other insulin-related mechanisms (such as detoxification, immune
stimulation, and angiogenesis) may also be involved.
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IPT at a glance:
 | IPT is a simple, safe, and inexpensive low-tech medical procedure,
suitable for use by doctors worldwide.
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| IPT is low tech medicine with high tech results.
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| IPT is a multi-purpose method which
reportedly makes many
standard drugs work better for treatment of many
diseases.
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Routine reported uses of IPT include successful treatment of breast
cancer, prostate cancer, lung
cancer, and other cancers without surgery,
radiation, or side effects.
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| IPT appears to be a medical tool with many applications. Besides
cancer, it has also been used to successfully treat arthritis
(relief from pain for five years or more after just two or three
treatments), infectious diseases (herpes,
hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, and
others), cardiovascular, respiratory,
and neurological diseases, and other
diseases.
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| Widespread use of IPT is likely to happen first for cancer, because IPT
would involve only minor modifications to current chemotherapy practice: no
surgery or radiation, better results, and no side effects.
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| Insulin's use in IPT could become even more important than its use for
diabetes. That is why I call it "The second discovery of
insulin".
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IPT appears to work, in part, as an efficient drug delivery system across
cell membranes and the blood-brain barrier. The page on How
it works describes this and many other possible mechanisms at work in
IPT.
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| IPT uses approved drugs, so any doctor anywhere could ethically practice
it, right now. IPT is new "software" for standard medical
"hardware". An IPT Training
program is now available for MDs.
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| IPT is an "orphan procedure", meaning that IPT research and
education is unlikely to be funded by pharmaceutical companies, so other
sources of funding are needed.
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| IPT could significantly lower healthcare costs and improve treatment
results for patients, providers, and governments. Especially promising
for developing regions.
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| Greatest potential benefits of IPT are for billions
of patients—for lower cost, improved outcomes,
and better quality of life. Potential actual value could be in the trillions
of dollars.
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IPT was discovered in 1926-28. Despite efforts to
publicize IPT, it has never yet been widely known, researched, or practiced.
This may be because it does not fit into standard pharmaceutical business
models.
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| Excellent results with IPT have been reported by thirteen doctors for more
than 135 doctor-years of experience during seven decades in five countries.
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The four pioneering IPT doctors have all reported
unprecedented effectiveness and safety of the procedure. Not one
patient out of thousands has died due to complications from IPT, a record
that other methods cannot match.
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IPT is currently practiced and taught by 21 doctors
in the US, three doctors in Mexico, chiefly Donato
Perez Garcia MD (grandson of the discoverer), one doctor in Ecuador, and one doctor in
Argentina. More doctors are becoming
interested.
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| There is scientific plausibility for IPT claims,
although what actually happens during IPT has not yet been thoroughly
studied.
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| Substantial clinical trials and laboratory research
are needed to conclusively show that IPT does work, and to understand how it
works. However, any doctor persuaded by anecdotes of its effectiveness
and safety could ethically try IPT today, since it uses approved drugs in a
controlled clinical setting, with just a slight modification of procedure.
Training is important.
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| Officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH -- NCCAM & OAM)
have expressed strong interest in IPT. Three IPT doctors presented to
the NIH a best cases report on IPT and cancer on September 18, 2000, and
were encouraged to begin a prospective study.
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| The only thing alternative about IPT is that most doctors do not know
about it yet. IPT is well suited for adoption by mainstream medicine,
since it uses standard drugs and supplies that doctors already have, and is
found to make many drugs safer and more effective.
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| IPT is not a new drug or device, so it does not fit into standard business
models. However, it could bring some large and new business
opportunities to those who seek them.
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| IPT research and training is a great philanthropic
opportunity for maximum benefit/minimum cost. A few million
dollars invested could literally result in trillions
of dollars in value for society, a multiplier of a million or more.
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With publicity, a rapidly growing constituency, and
worldwide public demand, IPT can be verified and widely adopted very
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