Quackpots take Aim at Chelation Study

The usual small group of suspects have recently tried to stop the NIH-funded Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy and discredit every dedicated physician who has ever been associated with chelation for treatment of vascular disease, including yours truly. This group files complaints about good doctors and then serves as expert witnesses for exorbitant fees from medical boards across the country. They usually lose, but they still get their fees, and they cause the docs to spend large sums to defend themselves. The latest quackpot article was published in Medscape, an on-line journal. The NIH, the several medical schools who sponsor TACT, and most of the docs who were defamed have decided to ignore the article rather than be defensive. The quackpots should eventually sink by their own deteriorating reputations.