Talk:Subacute myelo-optic neuropathy

"Blood letting," of course now referred to as phlebotomy, is still used as treatment for different anomalies, including aplastic anemia and hemachromatosis. Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 11:08, 12 January 2009 (EST)

Misleading

First off, I didn't inject "overzealous virus hunters." That was in there. I merely re-worded the last sentence of the first paragraph to make it sound better. Second, the disease did not occur every time doctors prescribed clorquinol. Clorquinol is only neurotoxic in high doses. Third, this is a collaborative project and I was merely trying to make the last sentence read better. It is currently very choppy. I don't see how that is inserting a "liberal" tone into this article. Read my contributions and you will see that I am anything but a liberal editor here, please. Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 11:28, 12 January 2009 (EST)

• It's not misleading. It's accurate. I think you are injecting a worldview into the way this material is being communicated. How is it not every time? Clorquinol affects the nerves everytime it is injected into someone. SMON is the description of visible, easily measurable effects, but there are going to be effects regardless of if they are easily detectable. Alchohol is going to poison some of one's cells if you drink acholol, even in moderation. It's not a sometimes. It's everytime. --RickD 16:46, 12 January 2009 (EST)

Please...

I have asked an expert to take a look, but in the meantime, perhaps you two can try to communicate off-wiki or at least use the talk page (as opposed to edit notes) to discuss your differences? --₮K_/Admin^/Talk 16:21, 12 January 2009 (EST)

Thank you, Terry. I'd appreciate an expert opinion on the matter. Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 16:23, 12 January 2009 (EST)

Any expert is going to have his or her own opinion that disagrees with some other expert. Why can't you leave this article alone? --RickD 16:35, 12 January 2009 (EST)

See your talk page, Rick. Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 16:36, 12 January 2009 (EST)

I've read it. And based on your comments, I don't think you have any specific knowledge of this subject. That is you don't appear to have read anything about it or to have bother to find information on it. --RickD 16:39, 12 January 2009 (EST)

source stating that clioquinol isn't solely responsible for SMON. I've yet to find a source that says it's neurotoxic at normal doses, merely at high doses. It's also not injected, it's an oral composition. I'm really trying to compromise, Rick. I'm okay leaving the article as-is. Jeffrey W. Lauttamus_Discussion 16:50, 12 January 2009 (EST)