I came across this article about a cure for vitiligo which was found years ago in Cuba. If it is true, it makes me question why other scientists around the world are not using the research to develop a cure.
In the 70’s, in fulfillment of a commercial agreement, Cuba exported annually 40 tons of human placenta to MERIUX Laboratories, in France. At the same time, Dr. Carlos Miyares Cao, a physician specialist in Gynecology, Obstetrics and Pharmacology, and professor from Medical School of the University of Havana, Cuba, discovers a substance which stimulates skin pigmentation activity, while studying live placental metabolism under laboratory conditions.
The successful use in our country of that substance in the treatment of the skin disease known as Vitiligo, decided to discontinue around 1980-1982 the exports of placenta to France, to begin, within the National Pharmaceutical Industry, the production of the new medicine known as Melagenina for its distribution in pharmacies on medical prescription.
In 1985, the first international service of Vitiligo patients was created at the “Cira García” Clinic, in Havana City, in charge of Dr. Carlos Miyares Cao. The great flow of nearby country patients to Cuba (Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, etc.,) gave rise to establish the first system of health tourism through CUBATUR Company.
In 1986, due to the international repercussion of the new Cuban method for the treatment of Vitiligo, by which a medicine obtained from human placenta was used, the Council of State creates the Placental Histotherapy Center headed by Dr. Carlos Miyares Cao for further research.
In 1987, it was necessary to establish the International and National Clinical Service for Vitiligo patients due to an increase in the number of foreign patients requesting to be treated in Cuba with the new medicine (100 patients monthly, from more than 90 countries), as well as to treat Cuban patients suffering this disease throughout the country. From 1988 to 1991, centers for the medical treatment of these patients, began to be established in other countries, and therefore the export of Melagenina started.
The medical staff of those centers were trained at the Placental Histotherapy Center so as to guarantee the same efficiency in the application of the method as in Cuba.
Consequently, there were centers at the Canary Islands (Spain), Republic of San Marino, Madrid, (Spain); Brazil; Bogota, (Colombia); Mexico City, (Mexico); Lima, (Peru); Nicaragua; El Salvador; Entre Ríos, (Argentina); Kiev, (Ukraine); Moscow and Petrograd (Russia); Kirghiz; Kazakhstan; Riga; Latvia; Nigeria, (Africa).
At this stage, 30 Vitiligo patient associations known as “Friendly Associations against Vitiligo” were established, and formed by sick people requesting the introduction of the Cuban drug in their respective countries.
From 1992 to 1994, our government analysed the need of building a manufacturing plant for the production of different medicines from human placenta, not only the Melagenina, but also other useful medicines for the treatment of other pathologies as well as cosmetics that have proved to be of great efficiency in delaying the cell aging process. This was the result of the work developed by Dr. Carlos Miyares Cao and his research team from the Placental Histotherapy Center, who obtained new medicines, such as:
Period from 1970 to 1980
¨ Melagenina (for Vitiligo treatment)
¨ Coriodermina (for Psoriasis treatment)
¨ Piloactive lotion (for Alopecia treatment)
Period from 1980 to 1990
¨ Tromboplastine (blood coagulation)
¨ Dietary Supplement (osteoporosis – anaemia)
1980 – 1994
¨ Melagenina Plus (for Vitiligo treatment optimization)
¨ Enteral Food (intensive care)
¨ Tensoactive Lung Surfactant (neonatology)
¨ Placental lactogen (Obstetrics)
Cosmetics
Period from 1980 to 1990
¨ Placental Shampoo
¨ Bioactive Dermal Cream (dermothrophic)
¨ Bioactive Dermal Gel
¨ Epidermic Photoprotecting Gel
Period from 1990 to 1994
¨ Amniotic Collagen Cream
¨ Hair Conditioner
¨ Facial Tonics
¨ Cleaning Milks
¨ Bioactive Dermal Soap
Previous to the construction of the manufacturing plant of the center, these products were prepared by the following institutions: Melagenina, the Piloactive Lotion and the Placental Shampoo in facilities of the pharmaceutical medical industry at manufacturing, packaging and quality control units located in different places, hindering thus the increase and large scale production, while the Coriodermina and the remaining cosmetics were developed at the research area of the center with better technological conditions but with home poor productive capacity. Consequently, it was increasingly difficult to cover the home and international demand of these placental by-products.
Therefore, a manufacturing plant with modern technology and high productive capacity began to be built in 1991 in the municipality of La Lisa in the near of Valle Grande in Havana City. The construction works were assigned to ECOA-25, a brigade from the Ministery of Construction (MICONS), and this project was directly supervised by the Investment Division of the Council of State.
The construction lasted 4 years, the investment area covers 26 000 m2 and it is mainly constituted by two parallel buildings.
The main building has the necessary equipment for storing and unfreezing the placenta collected from the Gynecology and Obstetrics hospitals of the country; extraction and bioprocessing of the different above-mentioned placental by-products, as well as their packing and storage for their subsequent distribution both in the country and abroad.
The Laboratories for Chemical Quality Control, Microbiological and Biological Laboratories and area for developing new technologies are in the second building.
The approved staff is of 170 workers and their theoretical productive capacity is 3000 flasks per hour.
The ENSUFARMA Co. is responsible for the distribution of the end products throughout the country for national consumption. The Heber Biotec Co. is entrusted with their marketing abroad.
Now the Placental Histotherapy Center has two areas:
1. RESEARCH AND CLINICAL SERVICE
Main tasks:
· Medical Services for Cuban and foreign patients suffering from Vitiligo, Psoriasis and Alopecia.
· Search for new medicines and cosmetics obtained from the human placenta.
· Optimization of the currently used treatments for Vitiligo, Psoriasis and Alopecia.
· In-depth study of the etiology of such diseases.
· Establishment of laboratory methods of analysis to determine the quality of the human placenta by-products.
· Medical post-graduate teaching.
2. MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY
Main objectives:
· Marketing of the products obtained from the human placenta.
· Production of drugs, cosmetics, nutrients and indicators extracted from the human placenta.
· Technological scaling of the new products.
i am patient of vitiligo, from Canada and i need treatment please.
would you show me , what to do before come to Cuba to your clinic?
Used this treatment for 3 years. It is a fraud.DOES NOT WORK!
je voudrais savoir svp si le traitement est efficace .et si sa en vau la peine de me déplacer a cuba
Has it worked for you? Thanks. Pete.
In uganda where can i buy melagenina plus? i would like to get it and how soon can one get cured?
Can I order Melagenina Plus from cuba directly and if so how? I CANADA.
how is your vitiligo going with the melagenina treatment
looking for some to help my 12 years old son. some safe. what do
you recomemd
i live in victoria bc, i’d luv 2 try it. how has it been working??
Mar,
Can you give an update on your progress so far? I am also in your area, and have only just found out about this treatment.
Thanks.
Hi Alok,
Have you got any response. One of my close relative is also facing problem in getting melagenina plus in indian market.
Can i request you to provide me any pointers for the same at my email ID. (phone number deleted for your protection, deepanshu)
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Deepanshu
Dear Sir/Madam,
My daughter is 8 years old. Around 3 years ago when she was 5 years old , we saw a patch of Vitiligo on her right eye lid. We started Homeopathic treatment.
Now on both of her eye lid she has patch of same AND under left eye on the face she has a light pathces(approx 1 inch)of the same. We also found that her scalp also have some sort of pathches.
I came to know that it can be treated by “Melagenina Plus” , but the problme is that the same in now not available in Indian market.
Can you help me in getting this medicine or advise some similar sort of medicine available in the market.
I shall remain grateful to you.
Thanks & regards,
Alok Arora
Why does it say sun exposure or UV ray should be avoided? Ive been using melagenina plus for about 5 months without any results so I started using uvb narrrowband about last week but am worried about the bottle saying to avoid sunlight
i want to cuba in oct to get the Melaginina plus. iv been using it for about 6 months. i feel like it’s helping me but its very slow. you have to use it every day. i was treated very well at the clinic in cuba
if you have any question feel free to ask.
ps i live in vanocuver canada n i have lots of melaginia if any one in the area wants to try it
Bet, I am Cuban American. From what I have heard, Melaginina works for some but not others. The only way you can get it, is to go to Cuba. About 15 years ago, a friend of my family brought it to me from Cuba (highly illegal I suspect), however, I decided that it was too risky since it is entirely made of human placenta and therefore, a human body fluid and I was not willing to take the chance of trading Vitiligo for something else. It is made of the placenta afterbirth. There is a recipe available to you online if you google melaginina human placenta patent. What you may be able to do, which is what I am trying to do, is to find a pregnant woman in your family or someone you trust (because of AIDS, other STD’s and other blood born diseases/disorders) and have them ASK for the placenta after they give birth. You then would immediately freeze the placenta. Then follow the recipe or seek help from someone who has pharmaceutical experience to help you. From what I understand, it is frozen whole, a certain amount of alcohol is used to break down the whole placenta (in a blender or food processor)and then it becomes or should become a liguid/gel which is then applied daily. There are other steps that are in the “recipe” online but the recipe seems pretty simple or should be pretty simple to put together if you have a pharmacuetical background or seek out someone that does. The other option is to go to Havana, Cuba where the clinic is located. It will not be a weeks vacation but more like a 4-8 week treatment. If you choose to go to Cuba, you can google Melaginina Cuba clinic and it should give you hits on the clinic and how to contact them. IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO EITHER ONE, please don’t forget to let us know how it worked for you. Also, going to an endochrinologist and having your thyroid checked is really important since Vitiligo and thyroid are linked. I had thyroid cancer and after surgery and leveling out my thyroid levels, my vitiligo stopped moving or stopped progressing. It didn’t cure it but just stopped it from progressing. I wish you well.
i am starting to get the disease on my back i have a modelling career and can not afford to let it keep growing i will try anything please help!!! how do i get this if i am in australia??
I tried melagenina plus that came from Cuba for about 2 years I never saw results and got tired of it.
I have the opportunity to use my nieces placenta. I live in Miami. Does anyone know or know of anyone that has information reagarding the perservation and extraction of melaginina from a human Placenta? I will be using fresh human placenta from my nieces child. however, I have to do research as to what do I do once she gives birth and I am given the placenta. I have been waiting years for someone in my family to get pregnant so that I may use the placenta after birth. Would I need a compound pharmacy? A Chemist? I once had the opportunity (I am cuban american) to use human placenta extract that was brought to me from Cuba, however, since Cuba does not have an FDA, I was reluctant to use someone’s human placenta for fear of aids, hepatitis and other blood born diseases. I now have an opportunity of being 100% sure that the placenta is free of any other possible disease. If ANYONE knows how to preserve and extract melagenina (sp?) from fresh human ploaceta, please share this information with me. My gratitude would be endless.
hi
i booked my trip to cuba for the end of oct/2010
to go to the centro de histoterapia placentaria for vitiligo cure,
but i just got an email from them saying that they r out of med’s.
i dont now what to do i alraedy payed for it all n was all ready to go.if any one can plz help any ideas
thanx
Hi Margaret,
Have you tried UVB? It is supposed to be the best possible treatment for vit. at the moment. I have seen good results myself and my vit. is very old and widespread. I agree with you, vitiligo is horrible to live with but I also think this is not the worst thing that can happen to someone. If you feel self-conscious, you can try covering up with makeup. I used to wear the two tone make by cover fx to cover the vit. on my face. I still wear their foundation eventhough the vit. on my face is gone. I have noticed itching on area where my vit. is about to develop. Try not to scratch the area as this will cause irritation and your vit to spread. Keep it moisturized and try putting aloe on it. Stress will make your vit. spread, so try not to think too much about the vit. i know it is difficult when all you can think about is how much you want it gone. but be strong and keep treating. Good luck
I noticed white spots about 4 yreas ago and i became very depressped,i tried protopic and several cortisone creams nothing works. last year became 308 laser treatment some improvement. My derm stated; to take the summer off and him in the fall.VITILIGO is horrible to live . I feel since my diagnosis i do not want to socialize.I fell very itchy frequently on my back arm and foot, hands is this an indication of new onset of vitilgo.Is there any solid postive treatments in 2010.PLS write back
I went to the clinic in cuba, and got the medicine. i’ve applied it for 6 months/everyday before going to bed but with poor improvement, before two weeks i started to apply it again but in the afternoon and i go to the beach once a week, there is a noticable improvement now although its mentioned in the medicine leaflet that sun exposure is not necessary but it works with me.
I went to Cuba for the treatment 5 years ago purchased £1200 worth of the
drug brought it back to England, used it for 8 months not progress for me.
but while I was in Cuba I met a lovely lady with two sons and one of the sons name was McKenzie he also had Vitiligo, we lost contact for after 8 months but I was told he was responding to the treatment.
Hi all, i have had Vitiligo for about 4 years. I’m not sure how i got it. I’m guessing the stress level i had while i was a freshmen in college and not eating right? Not exactly sure but it started off on my right eyelid. i thought it was dry skin at first because it started to flake a little. It has spread a lot and spread to my hands and legs and also my back as small white patches. I ordered some pills from India from Dr. Shah’s Life Force team but it hasn’t done much. I’m constantly researching and reading for REAL cures/treatment. For some reason i would like to get my hands on the treatment from Cuba because i was reading that it worked. What does everyone else think about the Cuban treatment?
i have melagenina from cuba and i used in my daugther and it worked.
Kimberly also please make sure you get checked for gluten intolerance, I just got some very reliable information that gluten has a major role in autoinmune disorders like vitiligo. Please read about you can Google it: GLUTEN AND VITILIGO
hi kim,
this is wonderful news about your re-pigmentation; however, i don’t know of any other place that does this treatment. have you called the clinic in cuba to see if they sell overseas? they would be the first place to ask.
I went to the clinic in Cuba in March 2009 and was evaluated that 53% of my body was effected. I brought back treatment bottles and have seen some improvement in my face. I went back in November to get more treatment and have seen more improvement since. What i would like to know is that is there any way to have the medicine shipped to Canada, because it begins to be very expensive having to go to Cuba every 6 months or so……. Any solutions?? Are there any other clinics other then in Cuba???? However i will confirm that it has been working for me!!!!
Hello,
I went to Cuba three times. I visited Dr. Carlos Miyares Cao, Director of the Centro de histoterapia placentaria in 1989, 1993 and 1999. I applied first Melagenina and later Melagenina Plus (after 1993(, however with very poor results. In 2003 I gave up the treatment. I don’t doubt there is a real scientific backgraound and really there are some positive results. The percentige 86% of repigmented patients is absolutely to high. Maybe in black population, who knows ???
Feel free to contact me for any further questions.
Best regards,
Darin, Slovenia
I would be very interested in finding this breakthrough medication in the U.S. I will go to the website mentioned above and decide about that also. I have tried a lot of possible cures, nothing has worked. I have lost much pigment in the over forty years of having the diagnosis.
Plesae let me if anyone has tried this treatment , would like to know if it really works. My son,13 also has it about 5 years now and I know just how you feel m. I tried so many things but I won’t give up.
I am also not handling this very well but trying very hard not to show my son how very concerned I am. Need to be positive for him.
Roshnie
Hi guys I’m from Cuba I’m not surprised to hear that they have treatments there, Cuba has great doctors they spend a lot of time studying there, is nothing better to do than playing with books really, last week the doctor told me that my son has vitiligo, so I told myself not to come back to my country because of Castro, but I have to tell you that I’m thinking about it. I’m so sad that my son suffers from this that I’m considering to go back. =(
Kim, on June 28-08 you wrote:
“My dad has friends in cuba and they are trying to set me up with doctors who know that there is a cure. I’m making a few trips up there for treatments very soon. THERE IS A CURE!”
Have you been to Cuba? Could you please help me with your experience and contacts? Thank you!!!
Hi, did anyone outside of the U.S order Melagenina Plus from the website melageninaplus.com? I have just place an order from Vietnam. It is said that free shipping but i am not sure that the order works.
Dear I have come across your article and would like to know if any doctor in India is trained and practicing this method. If yes please provide his address.Is the medicine available in India?
I know this medicine very well, it doesent work on everyone, though there have been some positive results.
Dr Buntu
My dad has friends in cuba and they are trying to set me up with doctors who know that there is a cure. I’m making a few trips up there for treatments very soon. THERE IS A CURE! I have it spread on my face, arms, legs, abdomen, and chest…. basically everywhere. I am so excited to start treatments!
cuba has had a great medical system for years and trains so many doctors that travel worldwide to help people. I am not surprised to see this research. The previous comment is so ignorant..
no, cuba is a bunch of scammin no good for nothins they didnt have a cure