Geier family
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Dr. Mark and David Geier are a father-son team of anti-vaccine advocates who specialize in quack cures for autism.
The Geiers are perhaps best known for their truly bizarre theories regarding androgens and mercury. In 2004, Dr. Geier advanced a hypothesis that testosterone increases the potency of mercury.[1] This led the Geiers to invent and patent[2] a therapy regimen of chelation and Lupron, an anti-androgen. Lupron is normally only given to children who show signs of precocious puberty,[3] so what the Geiers suggested was way off-label.[4] Their solution? Declare that all the children in their studies had precocious puberty.[5]
This regimen is, to put it mildly, controversial among actual scientists in relevant fields.[6] Fortunately, as of 2009 they no longer have access to Lupron,[7] so no more chemically castrating kids for them.
[edit] References
- ↑ The potential importance of steroids in the treatment of autistic spectrum disorders and other disorders involving mercury toxicity. Note that the organization that published this nonsense is not peer reviewed.
- ↑ The patents are here and here
- ↑ http://www.drugs.com/lupron.html
- ↑ Not to mention incredibly unethical.
- ↑ Autism & Lupron: Playing With Fire
- ↑ 'Miracle drug' called junk science
- ↑ Physician team's crusade shows cracks
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