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March 2008 Newsletter
Pain Research Institute
www.healpain.net
Leading the World in Drug-Free
Pain Treatments that "Do No Harm"
Biotape for Chronic
Pain: Fraud, Scam,
Placebo, or Miracle?
A United States District Court judgment would have people
believe that Biotape is not “supported by reliable medical
evidence” and is therefore a fraud and a scam. My testimony from more
than 18,000 documented treatments for pain and the testimony of the
expert medical witnesses that I could have called were not heard. Such
a one-sided judgment is a mockery of justice.
One hundred percent of the doctors (including neurology
pain specialists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, orthopedic
surgeons, osteopaths, chiropractors, naturopaths, and dentists) that have
allowed us to demonstrate pain relief using Biotape and Auricular
Therapy on a number of chronic pain patients will testify that we can help
even the most difficult intractable pain. All of the above doctors would
sign sworn, notarized affidavits under penalty of perjury that Biotape does
in fact relieve pain and that Biotape is more than a placebo.
Do you know a health care practitioner that would like
to learn our state of the art methods of healing pain? What we offer is
not a more aggressive way of suppressing the pain signal with injurious
drugs but a totally harmless method of correcting the underlying cause
of pain (see Footnote). It is a 180 degree change from the practice of
“pain management” in modern medicine. Thousands of people, without ever
seeing us, would testify that Biotape gave them dramatic relief
from pain. Please send us your story.
A United States District Court fined me $87,982.19 for
making what they say were “unsubstantiated and unproven medical claims”
for Biotape. My fine has now been turned over to the United States
Treasury for collection with a demand that I now pay a sum of $112,617.20.
This is more than seven times what I received from the total gross sales
of Biotape in the infomercial.
The FTC, FDA, and pharmaceutical companies that sell
$50 billion dollars worth of pain medications in the world each year do
not believe
or do not want you to know there is a better way to relieve pain. Even
though the judgment stopped me from selling Biotape, sales by an
independent company (See: www.biotape.net ) have still increased without
any advertising and without even stating what Biotape is for. The
FTC judgment prevents them from doing so. You can help by sending this
news release to people on your mailing list, by telling others about Biotape,
and by telling your doctor or health care professional.
Below is a copy of my letter to the U.S. Treasury:
February 7, 2008
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Debt Management Services
Post Office Box 830794
Birmingham, AL 35283-0794
Re: FedDebt Case Identification 2008015011A , Agency
Debt Identification X040060 (Judgment against Darrell Stoddard for making
unproven and unsubstantiated medical claims for the product Biotape.)
Dear Department of the Treasury,
I respectfully dispute the above debt because:
1. I was denied my constitutional rights and convicted
without being heard by a judge or jury. See: www.healpain.net/articles/DictJudg.html
2. In an arbitration hearing in Los Angeles we were verbally
assured by an FTC attorney (Laura Sullivan?) that there would be no financial
penalty assessed against us.
3. We did everything we could at that time to comply
with FTC law regarding medical claims. We provided copies of all our literature
with appropriate disclaimers and asked the FTC attorneys to tell us where
we were not in compliance. Then in July 2007, we were informed
by FTC attorney Edward Glennon that no matter what we did we would not
be in compliance. I object on the grounds that this decision was arbitrary
and capricious. The right to make such a decision was not granted by any
court.
4. On August 3, 2007 we were served papers stating that
we owed a debt of $87,982.19. I dispute that debt for the following reasons.
I received only one sixth of that amount for the sale of Biotape
(the product in question) from the infomercial which the judgment was based
on.
5. On February 5, 2008, I received a letter dated January
31, 2008 stating that I now owe $112,617.20 that must be paid immediately
(within 10 days from the date of the letter). There is a law against sending
threatening letters to collect debts. Could anything be more threatening
than having a debt go from $87,982.19 to $112,617.20 in 6 months?
That represents a 56% a year annual increase on the unpaid balance. Credit
card companies would not be allowed to charge such interest rates. Should
our government be allowed to do so?
6. I dispute the debt because in the judgment rendered,
not one person claimed they were defrauded, not one person claimed that
Biotape failed to relieve their pain, and not one person
claimed they were harmed. See “The Miracle of Biotape” at www.healpain.net/articles/MiracleofBiotape.html
7. I dispute the debt because not one cent
is going to those who were supposedly defrauded or harmed. The entire
debt is to be paid to the United States Treasury. Did I defraud the Treasury?
Did I in any way harm the government?
8. I dispute the debt because the complaint against
me caused a substantial financial loss. The FTC made false and misleading
charges against me. Everyone (estimated by web hit counters to be more
than 62,000 people) that was searching for pain relief on the internet were
led by the FTC complaint (still on the internet) to believe that Biotape
is nothing but a scam and that there is no evidence that Biotape
can relieve pain. The evidence I give, from more than 18,000 documented
clinical treatments, is that Biotape does relieve pain, estimated
by medical doctors to be effective 80% or more of the time (much higher
than could be attributed to a placebo). See: www.healpain.net/articles/Book%20endorsements.html
After receiving the complaint by the FTC, I went to New
Zealand at considerable expense to do a double-blind placebo controlled
study with Sir Thomas Davis, MD, former Harvard Medical School professor,
NASA Space Surgeon, knighted by the queen of England for his work in medicine,
and known as the “Father of Double-Blind Studies.”
The New Zealand Trade Commission read the FTC complaint
against me on the internet and went on national television and in newspapers
warning people not to take part in the study. The complaint made it impossible
to do the study which the FTC claims I must do. We were served papers stating
that if we sold Biotape in New Zealand, we could be fined as much
as $250,000. See: http://www.comcom.govt.nz/FairTrading/commissionwarnspubl1.aspx
(Is there an attorney that would
file a case in our behalf against the Federal Trade Commission?
Note: This paragraph was not in this letter to the treasury which they ignored.
We were informed in a letter dated 2-18-08 that the debt with increasing
interest has now been turned over to a private collection agency. On 3-26-08
we were informed that they would take the debt out of my Social Security.)
9. I dispute the debt because the evidence I present
for Biotape is the same as the evidence for many medical practices
by medical doctors that are also only anecdotal. See: www.healpain.net/articles/MedPrac.html
A government agency reported that, “Only 10 to 20 percent of all procedures
currently used in medical practice have been shown to be efficacious by
controlled trial. Therefore, 80% to 90% of medical procedures routinely
performed are unproven.” I have harmed no one. Can spinal surgeons or doctors
who prescribe drugs say the same thing? It seems a lot safer for doctors
to prescribe pain medications, all of which can lead to death, than to eliminate
pain with a harmless treatment that challenges tradition. Tradition tells
us that it takes drugs to manage pain and that no one, including doctors,
can heal pain. See: http://www.healpain.net/articles/NoClaim.html
10. I dispute the debt because it was my first
offense. Even though every word I spoke was totally true (to the best
of my knowledge), I unknowingly broke the law regarding medical claims.
As soon as I learned this, I immediately stopped making such claims and
made appropriate changes on all literature and advertising. If I committed
a crime, it was not a crime of moral turpitude such as theft, forgery,
fraud, or perjury, wherein someone knowingly commits a criminal act.
11. My motivation came from a desire to help people
who are suffering. Because not one person claimed to be defrauded, it would
be difficult to show any other motive.
12. and 13. (These two points were financial disclosures
that I made to the Treasury Department.)
14. I dispute the debt because I have as much and exactly
the same kind of evidence to support what I do for pain as spinal surgeons
have to support decompression back surgery. Imagine if spinal surgeons
were forced to stop doing surgery, fined six times as much as their gross
earnings from doing surgery, had the fine increased 4.75% a month (56%
a year) for not paying the fine, then given 5 days to pay the fine “immediately
to avoid further collection action and penalties” (because their surgery
is also supported only by anecdotal evidence). See: www.healpain.net/articles/Unproven.html
Let me come to Alabama and relieve the pain of any number
of people you know or love, to show that I am not a fraud, to show that
without drugs or surgery I can eliminate pain medical doctors cannot help,
to show that I have not been operating a scam just to make money, and to
demonstrate that I have truly made a history changing discovery about the
underlying cause of pain.
I swear under penalty of perjury that everything I have
said is true to the best of my knowledge.
Darrell Stoddard, (Defendant) Founder – Pain Research
Institute http://www.healpain.net Author Pain Free for Life
Phone: 801-377-3891
Footnote: It
is difficult to believe, but the underlying cause
and physiology of pain is unknown to western medicine. When no one
knows what pain is, then no one can legally claim to “heal” pain, but only
“manage” it. The underlying cause
of pain is broken, cut, or suppressed endogenous electrical signals between
cells. Pain is healed when the body reconnects
the broken circuits. This is the way the body heals pain and the only way
we can heal pain; by helping the body to reconnect the broken circuits that
are the cause of pain. Doing this, is a 180 degree, total, paradigm change,
from blocking, masking, or shutting off the pain signal with drugs; all
of which are harmful. Using pain medication for pain is treating the symptom
not the cause. See: www.healpain.net/articles/pain-hld.htm and www.healpain.net/articles/helpain.html
You can prove for yourself that the underlying cause
of pain is broken connections between cells. You don't need to be a medical
doctor or a scientist. You don't need a college degree, or even a grade
school education. You don't need double-blind, placebo controlled, crossover
studies, and you don’t need to buy a book. It is all yours for
the cost of a banana. Go to www.healpain.net and click on Number 3
“Stop Pain for Ten Cents.” Do this and you can learn
more about how to heal pain than you could learn in any medical school or
by reading all of the books that have been written about pain.
Do this and you can know if
Biotape is a Fraud, a Scam, or a Miracle.
Addendum
I made two preposterous, unbelievable claims in the above newsletter:
1. The underlying cause and physiology of pain is unknown
to western medicine.
2. For the cost of a banana, you can learn more about how to heal pain than you could
learn in any medical school or by reading all of the books that have been
written about pain.
The following letter from a mother validates both
claims:
March 5, 2008
Hello my name is Naomi Leon. I reside in Chicago IL.
I have a daughter, she is 12 years old. About four years ago she started
with severe pain in her knees there was tenderness and swelling with it.
The pain progressed to her ankles, her wrist, her elbows and shoulders. We
have been to many different specialists. They say it is not arthritis.
They have tested her for every sickness and illness known to man kind. Her
pain in her legs and hand have all left her because of Physical Therapy,
but now her pain is all up and down her spine. She
has been on pain medications for four years now. I took her out to the Mayo Clinic, They ran every test
they could think of, and they found nothing. They said that she has chronic
pain but they do not know what causes chronic pain. I took her
out in August of 2007. She has had this pain in her spine ever since.
It eases up but does not actually go away. She has lived this way for a
little over a year now and takes pain medication up to three times every
day. I looked up what is chronic pain and I came across your book Pain Free
for Life. I took her to see a nutritionist. They are detoxifying her body,
gave her a liver cleanse and took her off her medications. She’s on a nutrition
diet and drinking lots of water. As I was reading your book, I came across
Biotape as I am learning what chronic pain is. I am wondering if this would
help my daughter. I need to know if there a licensed doctor who is dedicated
to this type of illness in Chicago, Illinois that you can refer me to. Like
I said before she is seeing a nutritionist. She is taking now
cod liver oil. She has been off her medication for two weeks. I have been
following your directions in the book. Her pain is now more severe.
I don't know if it is because she has been off her medication. If you have
any suggestions or someone you can refer me to it would be greatly appreciated.
As I read your book I realized that everything in your book refers to her
and how she has been feeling. The nutritionist she is seeing says she is
chronically ill and has much inflammation. This is why she is taking cod
liver oil. We are hoping and praying that this will work. Thank you very much
for your book it has been a revelation for me and my family.
Sincerely ,
Naomi Leon
Chicago
IL
March 8, 2008
Dear Mr. Stoddard,
I just wanted to take this time to thank you for your advice. When you
responded to my e-mail I have to say it touched my heart to hear that you
would come to Chicago and treat her yourself. By the way her name is Joceline.
You can call her Josie. Friday night the 7th
of March Josie came home from school with a lot of pain in her spine as usual;
so I went ahead and taped banana peals on her spine. To my astonishment it
worked. In less than 15 minuets all her pain had left her spine for the first
time in over a year she went to bed with no pain in her spine and woke up
Saturday with no pain. I was amazingly surprised and shocked but
overwhelmed with joy. I went ahead and ordered the Biotape. I will be looking
forward to speaking with you when it comes in. Once again I thank you and
Josie thanks you. We have been praying for a very long time for God to heal
her pain or send someone who can help us. I believe that God has guided
me to you. I also believe that God has gifted you with the ability to teach
others about natural medicine. I thank you very much for your desire for
others to learn this way of living. I am very grateful to God and to you.
May God richly Bless you. Thank you from the bottom of my Heart.
Sincerely,
Naomi & Joceline Leon
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