Sandra,
I am compelled to respond to your post as you state you are being open and honest. You claim to be someone who understands the Erchonia family like you personally know us, yet you don’t even know how to spell our last name. Let me address each of your false and misleading statements. You say that we don’t even believe in our own technology yet we launched a level (1) clinical trial to prove its efficacy which costs $100,000's of thousand dollars. The lab results were so positive in the reduction of cholesterol levels we have since started another trial to prove its benefit. Does that sound like someone who doesn’t believe in their technology? We have been privileged to work with the Gates foundation to help people all over the world with product you say we don’t believe in...Amazing. Your statement we are launching globally-true we have 11 more countries that we be launched between August and Dec 2011 many of which are in Europe. To say we are selling rights before the public finds out is so juvenile it makes no sense. If we were trying to sell units as you say and get out we would do like allot of other companies and charge a high capital cost up front and walk away...as some one who claims to know us, you would think you would have known we do not do that. We partner with every clinic for the long term and place our product at a low no risk investment up front and charge on a monthly payment similar to leasing a car so we tie our success to that of all our Zerona providers...if they are not having good results they would return the machine and our business model would fail. We have seen the exact opposite; not are we only setting up a record number of new clinics every year, many are placing 2-3 machines because of the high demand. You say its to late the jig is up...trying not to laugh as you site Zelda. Read the latest press on them they have lost 86 million dollars, this is not my opinion this is public record look it for your self. Secondly you say its not accepted in the US yet I am happy to say at days close we will have had our best quarter of business in the companies 15 year history. Let’s address the bad reviews. There have been over 50,000 people in the US treated in the US and customer surveys show a 91% percent satisfaction rate. Many of the bad reviews online come from hired bloggers whom are employed by our competition (which I imagine you fall into that category). All the bad reviews you state (50) out of 50,000 plus treatments...you do the math, far better success rate then liposuction.
To those who claim the FDA only looks at safety doesn’t understand the medical industry or has been misinformed. If it was just about safety what would stop anyone to say their blow dryer or any other device stops wrinkles. You have to prove to the FDA as we did through a double blind, multi site, placebo controlled study that the device is effective for stated claim, that’s why the call it a market clearance. If you can’t show the product works for a specific condition you cannot legally market the device until it’s proven to be efficacious. We are the only non- invasive device to prove our product through a level (1) clinical trial, which are the same criteria the drug manufacturers have to adhere to. For all who claim that Curva is the thing that is causing inch reduction let me just state that it was not part of the clinical trial to prove the Zerona worked. Curva is a niacin supplement it only aides the body in helping rid the debris that has been liberated by the Zerona.
If anyone would like to see peer reviewd journals, clinical trials or any other information on Zerona and/or Erchonia I would be happy to provide them.
Sincerely,
Charlie Shanks
Erchonia Corp
cshanks@erchonia.com