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- The Basics
- What is CCSVI
- CCSVI Introduction Video
- Diagnostic Approaches
- Known Venous Problems
- FAQs
- What is CCSVI?
- How is CCSVI Diagnosed
- What is the “Liberation Treatment?” (and why CCSVI Alliance uses other terms)
- What causes the venous stenoses and abnormalities leading to CCSVI?
- Is CCSVI a New Idea?
- Is treatment for CCSVI a cure for MS?
- Are any doctors or medical centers following up on Dr. Zamboni’s CCSVI Theory?
- Is CCSVI treatment dangerous?
- If I have had CCSVI treatment or if I am considering CCSVI treatment, should I stop taking my disease modifying drugs? (DMDs)
- What can I do today to help myself or a loved one with MS?
- I am a progressive MS patient. Do CCSVI and CCSVI treatment pertain to me?
- How do I talk to my skeptical doctor about CCSVI?
- Where can I make donations to CCSVI research?
- What is the National Multiple Sclerosis Society position on CCSVI?
- History and Timeline
- CCSVI Multimedia
- Glossary
- Advanced Topics
- Articles Database
- The Great Debate: CCSVI and MS
- Treatment and Efficacy
- Treatment Risks
- Addressing the Myths
- CCSVI is the cause of MS and the ‘Liberation Treatment’ is the cure
- MS is an autoimmune disease; it has nothing to do with the vascular system
- Progressive MS patients are not included in the CCSVI theory of MS
- MS patients who claim to have benefited from treatment for CCSVI are only experiencing a placebo effect
- The procedures used to identify CCSVI in MS patients are so subjective that operator bias cannot be eliminated. If a technician wants to find CCSVI, he or she can
- There is a conspiracy between the medical community and the pharmaceutical companies to blackball CCSVI theory
- Dr. Zamboni's studies were unscientific
- CCSVI theory is completely based on the work of one man in Italy
- CCSVI Is Too Dangerous
- Helping Myself
- Patient Perspectives
- Living the Experience
- Patient Q & A
- Is CCSVI Treatment Painful?
- Did your local neurologist, the one who was treating your MS, support your decision to have CCSVI treatment?
- What happens if I need to go to the bathroom during the procedure?
- How long does it take to see results?
- What does it feel like to be awake during the procedure?
- Is it hard not to move since you are awake?
- Can you go through a metal detector with a stent? How about have x-rays? MRIs?
- Can you feel the stents afterwards?
- What happens after the procedure?
- Did the doctor have you on a blood thinning regimen?
- Helping the Cause
