I’ve heard and read a lot about Cetyl Myristoleate (CMO)

and its ability to cure arthritis. Can you tell us more?

K.L.

We can only speak from our experience and obviously not

for others. Here’s some correspondence that is the best answer

we can make at this time.

May 8, 2000

I want to introduce a new doctor to you, Dr. P.L., who

worked with a Dr. Diehl and his accidental discovery of CMO,

Cetyl Myristoleate, a medium chain fatty acid that seems to

perform miraculous things for just about every form of arthri-

tis, better if detox, allergies, and diet are taken care of too. Dr.

P.L. has done clinical studies on CMO, and has achieved very

high success rates.

It seems that CMO was first discovered by attempting to

induce arthritis in a strain of special rats. The rats could not be

induced to get arthritis. After looking for the cause, CMO was

determined to be a special fatty acid that protected the rats

from getting arthritis. Subsequent experiments have shown that

it works to stop arthritis and reverse many things. You’ll see it

all in the [E-mail] file attachment.

He has one good mind, and I thought you would like to

meet him. I believe he would be a good ally, as you would be a

good ally for him. I told him about you and the Arthritis Trust

and he wanted to get in touch, meet you, and talk.

So with his permission, I’m forwarding his manuscript for

you to read. It’s exciting stuff, but he urges it is not for copying

or distribution. Although you might make some arrangement

for the future for distribution. I know he wants to get the word

out on what he believes to be a major breakthough and share

what he has found.

Hope this works out for both of you. I know about it, since

he asked me to edit his manuscript.

S.C.

I’ve now read the book “CMO” and have some very positive

things to say about it, and one big clunker: The book is very well

written, well organized and quite informative. I’m sure that Dr.

P.L. has worked hard digging into this subject.

I’ve just come off another batch of CMO, and my eldest son,

a medical doctor with a serious hip problem, is still on it.

My problem is this: This foundation got into CMO many

years ago. We received repeated calls from various people who

knew about and had tried this “miracle” substance. At first we

obtained large quantities of the substance without charge, as did

Dr. Prosch of Birmingham, Alabama. Prosch, you know, is one

of our founders who has consistently obtained an 80% cure rate

with aging rheumatoid disease victims since 1982. We consider

ourselves quite open-minded and willing to try most anything that

will benefit arthritics as our goal is to abolish the disease, not to

sell a particular treatment. (I note that many of Dr. P.L.’s recom-

mendations align with ours, regarding nutrition, etc.)

Anyway, all the free stuff flopped miserably.

Next, we heard from salespeople who explained that the sub-

stances we’d obtained were not the right ingredients, and so, again,

we received more free substances, which flopped miserably.

Next time, a more convincing sales person talked this foun-

dation into large sums of money for the “right” materials. Again

they flopped miserably.

This has gone on now for quite a lot of years.

This foundation received several free bottles of the latest stuff

(R-CMO) several months ago with the same nutritional advice

found in your book. As it seemed for the first bottle and a half

there was some slight improvement in two people, this founda-

tion invested in 9 more bottles. So far, with the same two people,

no positive results.

I’d long ago concluded that CMO was an exaggerated wish.

Prosch had concluded the same from his experiences with pa-

tients — and he’s not about to put out more money for trials on

patients for a substance that he’s not found effective — but he

may be willing to try it if it were free. I haven’t talked to him

about the matter, so can’t speak for him.

I noted, too, that Dr. P.L.’s CMO book quotes glowing, posi-

tive statements from William Campbell Douglass, M.D. prior to

Douglass’ later comments on CMO. Now Dr. Douglass has a fol-

low-up article calling CMO a hoax.

So, you can understand my dilemma at this point. Dr. P.L. is

obviously knowledgeable, has done much homework, is interested

in helping patients, and may be totally correct on all he’s written

— but without personal experience and/or some additional solid

evidence, we remain ready to be convinced further.

I’m also am equally sure that Dr. P.L. would be a very fine

person to know, and I’d like very much to become better ac-

quainted.

Since writing the above, the price has decreased consider-

ably as of December 12, 2004. In a newsletter article, “One-time

Treament Can Cure Arthritis for Good,” by Jonathan V. Wright,

M.D. published in Nutrition & Healing ( Vol. 11, Issue 11, De-

cember 2004), Dr. Wright seems to restrict use of CMO to Os-

teoarthritis. A new product from Harry Diehl’s daughter and son-

in-law, Myristin®

is provided in capsule form. Dr. Wright says, “I usually rec-

ommend taking six capsules . . . daily for 80 days. If it hasn’t

worked by then, [it] probably isn’t going to, but it works much

more often than not, providing total or significant relief for ar-

thritis [Osteo?] symptoms.” One uses it until symptoms disap-

pear then one doesn’t need it further. Myristin is available through

natural food stores, compounding pharmacists and the Jonathan

Wright Tahoma Clinic Dispensary.