NHS doctor who helped spark strike action has sold a drug used for skin whitening
An NHS doctor who helped lead doctors’ demands for a 35 per cent pay rise has sold a drug used for skin whitening, an investigation by the Mail on Sunday has found.
Dr. Adam Daneshmend, a council member of the British Medical Association (BMA), is the ‘founder and CEO’ of Vital Healthcare Solutions, which runs a website called Glutathione Shop UK, which sells vials of a drug called glutathione for intravenous injection.
The use of glutathione, commonly used as a skin whitener by women of Asian or Afro-Caribbean descent, has been described as a “dangerous fad” by the American Medical Council on Science and Health and criticized as “unethical” and “potentially dangerous.” by the British medical journal.
Some governments advise against its use because it can have ‘toxic effects on the liver, kidneys and nervous system’.
As a councilor for the BMA, Dr Daneshmend has helped drive union action by doctors that have paralyzed the NHS as the government has also faced damaging strikes by teachers and machinists.
Dr. Adam Daneshmend, a council member of the British Medical Association (BMA), is the ‘founder and CEO’ of Vital Healthcare Solutions, which runs a website called Glutathione Shop UK, which sells vials of a drug called glutathione for intravenous injection
As a councilor for the BMA, Dr Daneshmend has helped drive union action by doctors who have crippled the NHS
He joined picket lines this year as junior doctors held four- and three-day strikes over their wage demands, which ministers criticized as being “unrealistic.”
These strikes have contributed to the cancellation of an estimated 370,000 appointments and surgeries.
It can have toxic effects on the liver and kidneys
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is a proponent of intravenously injected glutathione to fight aging and improve health, saying it was one of her “favorite” injected drugs. The claim has been rejected by doctors. The popular US health website WebMD says, “People take glutathione for aging, alcohol abuse, liver disease, heart disease and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.”
When The Mail on Sunday contacted Dr. Daneshmend, he first denied having anything to do with Glutathione Shop UK and then said it may have been related to his company, which has been operating for two years.
When asked about glutathione, he abruptly put the phone down. Later on, Dr. Daneshmend released a statement saying that the website was not yet fully operational and had not been advertised.
He added that glutathione was not advertised on the website as a skin whitening product.
He said: ‘This website has never been fully operational, nor has it been advertised, but it was created as a proof of concept. The website should not have been searchable and was not transferred for commercial reasons.
?One of the products planned for sale was glutathione ? a legal and approved supplement available both online and in-store at pharmacies, fitness supplement stores and wellness stores. The other product was vitamin C.
Glutathione is an antioxidant that is produced naturally by the body and people take it for many reasons, including to boost their immune system and for liver health.
“Glutathione was not marketed on the website as a skin lightening or whitening product.”
Dr. Daneshmend also pointed out that glutathione is found in health stores like Holland & Barrett. After we called him, Glutathione Shop UK’s website was taken offline, as were Dr.’s Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media pages. Daneshmend.
The BMA declined to comment.