health patents,an idea....

[lumbo]

Hi.I have found that a common ailment I have sufferred with for years responds well to a treatment that I turned to in desperation.I have read many people suffer with this and that there is no cure.I experimented and it seems to work well for me.Obviously I would be interested in sharing or perhaps selling my idea but I haven't got money for a patent and maybe for me,it is all just luck and doesn't work for anyone else.My question is,what do I do?How can I possibly help other people,but also protect an idea that may be worth something ?Thanks. If anyone can offer me any insight,I'd appreciate it.

[dmg24]

To sell anything for medical purposes with any kind of credibility requires endless clinical research, and really could not be done by an individual.

You would need to approach a big pharmaceutical company, or someone like Boots, however I would not expect to make a great deal from it.

[lumbo]

Ok thanks.I was thinking it might be something like that.However the treatment I use is not something that hasn,t already been tested,as it is alreay available to buy but it is something that I now use that responds well to this particular ailment.Thanks anyway for your input.

[dmg24]

Even if it is already available, it would need to be licensed for a new use. This is where the cost, testing, research etc comes into it. Sorry x

[Ted_Hutchinson]

Even substances that do have a proven research base to support their use in cancer reduction will not get the research necessary to support that use (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071025.wvitamin25/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home) if there is no profit in it for the drug manufacturers.

[lumbo]

Thanks anyway,appreciate your input.