A Telling Conversation

Our concluding step in our investigation was to initiate a conversation. An e-mail communication highlighted doubtful aspects of Stemedix:

• Application process: If you've tried to find information about Stemedix (or looked at our previous posts), you'll know that you can't find much. There is no information about their doctors (see this post for speculation why), no information about costs (just a handy section of links for financial help, which makes it seem like they care), no specific information about where they are injecting back stem cells (see this post for why this is a problem). I had been expecting more information to emerge after contact with a Care Coordinator. However, the response was that Stemedix does not advertise its doctors, the reasoning that patients are special and will be assigned to doctors depending on their unique needs after they apply; only after the application process can they be in contact with their doctors.The lack of precise information requires you to contact them for information, meaning that they will be the source of your information. From the contact so far, the coordinators seem considerate and caring. This is an effective strategy, for listening to a calm and caring voice psychologically draws people into desiring treatment, especially for patients who are struggling.

• Misleading claims: If you were reading Stemedix's website closely, you may have noticed on their site that they don’t actually claim to treat disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS) – just the symptoms. If you didn’t notice, that’s fine. Their wording is vague but true (i.e. misleading). This e-mail conversation emphasized this habit of Stemedix. I had asked about MS. A Care Coordinator responded that using stem cells is a viable treatment because the cells will go to areas of the body that need healing: True. However, recall that stem cells need to reach the central nervous system to really treat MS. While the Stemedix representative was truthful - stem cells are able to move to areas where the body needs healing, she did not clarify for the specific situation of  multiple sclerosis and did not mention this problem, which is misleading.

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Final Verdict: Unproven treatment. Sketchy media. Questionable doctor. Misleading portrayal of research and information. Stemedix may very well be out for your money. We would suggest to err on the safe side and avoid Stemedix.