Experts weigh in on physician’s claim of PTSD "cure"

Mixed-opinions on ex-Army doc’s PTSD ‘cure’
Experts weigh in on physician’s claim that his supplement can cure PTSD
By Jon R. Anderson - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Mar 21, 2011 13:39:30 EDT
Former Army physician Dr. John J. Prendergast is either a therapeutic prophet who has invented a miraculous cure-all for everything from clogged arteries to post-traumatic stress disorder or a modern-day snake-oil salesman making irresponsible, possibly dangerous claims about his vitamin supplement.

It all depends on who you believe.

Prendergast was a Vietnam-era Army doctor — military records he provided to Military Times confirm that. After that, much of his story doesn’t add up.

Prendergast says he helped invent ProArgi-9 Plus, a powdered multivitamin drink mix with a “proprietary blend” of the amino acid L-arginine, red wine extract and other ingredients. The mix is sold by Synergy WorldWide.

Described by the company’s president as a Synergy spokesman and member of its medical advisory board, Prendergast, or “Dr. Joe,” as he is known on the product’s numerous websites, claims he was influenced by world-renowned scientists and endorsed by the American Diabetes Association for “rolling back the ravages of diabetes.” He says his elixir has cleared the clogged arteries of thousands of diabetics.

But the scientists to whom Prendergast links himself say he is using their names and work against their wishes. And the American Diabetes Association says the only thing it has ever given him is a regional father-of-the-year award that had nothing to do with his medical practice.
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Experts weigh in on physician’s claim