Lupus Underground
A patient’s case for a long-ignored, drug-free,
non-patentable, counter-intuitive
therapy that actually works


By Anthony DeBartolo



When Lupus Underground was published in November of 2004, the working assumption was that the only road to FDA approval for the treatment of SLE with UVA1 Phototherapy ran through Dr. Hugh McGrath's lab. McGrath is the rheumatologist who did the groundbreaking research, initial clinical studies and pioneered this method (and his work, we are pleased to report, continues).

Fortunately, this assumption was wrong for one, and things have changed considerably since the book's publication for another.

There is another road to FDA approval and that involves getting the required equipment approved. And there are plans today by at least one phototherapy equipment manufacturer to do just that.

That said, you don't need to wait. You can use this method today "off-label," as the vast majority of drugs used to treat lupus are prescribed today, because UVA1 Phototherapy has already been approved by the FDA for select autoimmune skin disorders, and is being used off-label for several more. To do so for lupus you need a prescription, either to gain access to the slowly growing number of hospitals and clinics who have acquired suitable equipment, or for the Philips TL10R 100 watt lamps to assemble a home unit.

You can read more about that in
the "UVA1 Phototherapy" thread posted in the "Lupus Treatments" forum on the LFA patient message board.

Below are two of Lupus Underground's most important resources, Chapter 4 & Appendix B. To read them,
  after clicking on the URLs below please enter the following password when prompted:

lupuslight

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Chapter 4 - Hugh McGrath, Jr., M.D. on UVA1 Phototherapy

Dr. McGrath explains various aspects of the treatment method he has pioneered.

http://www.hydeparkmedia.com/lupuslight/LU4.pdf


Appendix B - A Reference for Lupus UVA1 Research, 1987-2003

 Reprints of the major studies that were published 1987-2003.
Links to some additional UVA1 lupus studies & papers published since are posed
on the book's website --  www.lupusunderground.com

http://www.hydeparkmedia.com/lupuslight/LUb.pdf







Lupus Underground was published by
Hyde Park Media

ISBN 0-9763428-0-4
© 2004 Hyde Park Media

About the Author
Anthony DeBartolo is a Chicago-based journalist who has frequently contributed to the Chicago Tribune. His feature work has also appeared in daily newspapers across the U.S. and in Canada, including the Baltimore Sun, Chicago Sun-Times, Orlando Sun-Sentinel, Sacramento Bee, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Toronto Star. Mr. DeBartolo holds a master's degree in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.