Dr. Mulholland,

I would like to ask if you have ever been paid by the manufacturers of the Zerona to give talks about their product? If so, I think it would be appropriate for you to disclose that information here. Likewise, assuming you have a Zerona, I would like to ask you if you paid full price for it, or did you get it at a discount or for free in exchange for discussing the product with other potential customers.

You mentioned there are peer reviewed clinical studies available and they are posted on your website, www.spamedica.com. I went to your website and looked for those articles. I could not find them. In fact, I could not find any information about the Zerona at all on your website. Do you still offer the treatment? If so, why do you not advertise it on your website? Please post the links here.

You mentioned the company offers a guarantee if the treatment does not work. They are offering to repeat the treatment for free. If it did not work in the first place, repeating the same treatment is not much of a guarantee. Furthermore, who would actually have to pay for the repeat treatment? I don't believe the manufacturer does the treatments. Are you saying that the manufacturer will pay the physician to repeat the treatment?

As far as very few doctors returning the machine being suggestive that the treatment works, I don't think so. I looked into buying the machine and asked if there was a money back guarantee. I was told there was no such option. The best I could get was a pay as you go plan where I would have to buy time on the machine to do 15 treatments and I would not be able to get that money back if the treatments failed.

I don't understand how this machine can give any permanent results if the fat cells are not  being killed or removed. Is there any study that compares the effect of this treatment alone to a placebo or to the recommended diet alone?

If this machine truly works, I would be interested in owning one. However, at this point, I would need to seem some evidence that the machine works significantly better than diet or placebo alone.

MS
5-27-2011