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From: "michaelprice" <>
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Subject: To Med or not to Med?
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:27:07 -0000

Ben Best, CI President, makes the case for not supplying
medications prior to cryosuspension, in some circumstances.
He concludes:
 "When cardiopulmonary support and cooling are initiated soon after
  deanimation the use of anti-ischemic agents are probably of marginal
  benefit. Pretreatment with aspirin and high levels of antioxidants,
  however, should be easy to do -- and be of benefit. Conditions for
  cryopreservation are never optimal and so-called substandard treatment
  should not be dismissed as being "not worth the effort ". Personal
  identity may well survive considerable ischemic damage. Less damage
  is better, but not at unlimited cost. Cost/benefit calculations are
difficult
  to make when benefit is so difficult to quantify. The highest priority
  should be to ensure that death does not strike at times & places that
  leave one completely unprepared to begin timely cooldown &
  cardiopulmonary support."

See   http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/ischemia.html
for more details.

Is this official policy?  What do others think?

Cheers,
Michael C Price
http://mcp.longevity-report.com
http://www.hedweb.com/manworld.htm

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