714-X

714-X or 714X, also called "trimethylbicyclonitramineoheptane chloride", is a substance manufactured by CERBE Distribution Inc. and sold as an alternative medical treatment which is claimed to cure cancer, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and other "degenerative diseases". It was developed by Gaston Naessens, a native of France who has lived and worked in Quebec since the early 1970s. The American Cancer Society has stated that " [t] here is no scientific evidence that 714-X is effective in treating any type of cancer or any other illness." No studies of its safety or efficacy in animals or humans have been published. The marketers claim it works by counteracting the harm done by "somatids", a conjectured form of life which is alleged not to be bacterial, viral or fungal, but which instead form a distinct category unknown to mainstream science and medicine.cite web
title = 714-X (PDQ)
publisher = National Cancer Institute
date =11/01/2006
url = http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/714-X/healthprofessional
accessdate = 01/09/2007 ]

714-X is typically injected into the groin. Alternately, it may be inhaled via nebulizer. 714X has no reported harmful side effects, other than burning sensations at or around the site of injection. [cite web| title=Gaston Naessens (714X) : BC Cancer Agency | url=http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/HPI/UnconventionalTherapies/GastonNaessens714X.htm | accessdate=01/10/2008] cite journal | last=Kaegi | first=Elizabeth | title=Unconventional therapies for cancer: 6. 714-X. Task Force on Alternative Therapeutic of the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative. | journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal | volume=158 | issue=12 | pages=1621–4 | date=1998 | url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1229414&blobtype=pdf| accessdate=01/10/2008 | pmid=9645177] No comprehensive human safety studies have been performed, although " [a] nimal studies have shown that 714-X is well tolerated, with minimal side effects". 714-X is being increasingly used in breast and prostate cancer cases. The major ingredient of 714-X is camphor.The FDA has banned both importation and sale of 714-X as a form of health fraud, and at least one prison sentence has been handed down for importing it into America. [cite news | last=Kurtzweil | first=Paula | title=Promoter of 714X Cure-All Faces Prison For Selling Unapproved Drug. | publisher=FDA Consum 30 (9) | date=1996 | url=http://www.fda.gov/fdac/departs/996_irs.html | accessdate=01/09/2007]

714-X is manufactured in Canada, where it is legal to purchase for personal use through a physician under the Special Access Programme of Health Canada, a "compassionate use" law which provides access to unproven treatments for terminal illnesses when no recognized alternative exists.

References

External links

* [http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/714x.html Quackwatch article on 714X]
* [http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_714-X.asp?sitearea=ETO American Cancer Society profile on 714-X]