Is your trusted skin cream a hidden danger?

It’s the book that blows the whistle and tells the truth. For decades, so-called “miracle creams” have been sold as safe—fueling dependency, withdrawal, and hidden harm in millions worldwide. False Cure uncovers how regulators and medical associations ignore the truth while lives unravel. This book isn’t just about skin—it’s about medicine, power, and truth.

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“A powerful exposé, uncovering the devastating truth behind a trusted medical treatment. Meticulous research and compelling storytelling reveal systemic failures and offer proof and validation to millions affected by this preventable condition. Essential reading.”

—Robert Lufkin, MD, Physician, Professor, and NYT Bestselling Author of Lies I Taught in Medical School

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“This book reads like a documentary you can’t look away from—powerful patient stories, shocking industry history, and one heroic doctor standing up to conventional medicine.”

—James Keach, Award-Winning Filmmaker and Documentarian

“A must-read for anyone who wants to protect their family from one of the most over-prescribed and under-regulated drugs on the planet.”

—Kelly Barta, President, ITSAN

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False Cure reveals the denied epidemic of topical steroid addiction and withdrawal, the industry cover-ups, the patients’ stories, and the buried science. And it honors the one doctor who spoke up decades ago.

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The Doctor Who Dares.

Marvin J. Rapaport, MD, Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Medicine at UCLA, was the first physician to identify, research, and treat topical steroid addiction and withdrawal (TSA/TSW)—sparking a global movement for truth, healing and the co-founding of ITSAN. False Cure is his story.

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The Patient Who Shares.

Kelly Palace co-founded ITSAN in 2012 after surviving topical steroid addiction and withdrawal herself as Dr. Rapaport's patient, and sharing his work with the world. In 2025, she authored False Cure, the exposé that uncovers the truth behind this hidden epidemic. False Cure is the patients’ story.

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The Organization That Cares.

ITSAN, the International Topical Steroid Awareness Network, the only 501 C 3 non-profit, impacting TSA and TSW by supporting patients, advancing science, and driving change. Its mission is clear: to PROTECT patients, to PROVE the existence of TSA and TSW, and to PREVENT future suffering. False Cure is ITSAN’s story.

Is the common cream in your medicine cabinet harming your family’s health?

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Book cover titled 'False Cure' by Kelly Palace, featuring an illustration of a tube of cream and two raised hands, with the subtitle 'The 'Miracle Cream' Fueling a Denied Epidemic and the Movement Fighting Back!'

For decades, so-called “miracle creams” have been sold over the counter and prescribed freely by doctors. Marketed as safe, they have in reality fueled a denied epidemic—causing dependency, withdrawal, and hidden harm in millions worldwide.

They’ve triggered one of the most devastating and widely ignored health crises of our time—affecting every age and every color of skin.

An estimated 3.8 million Americans, and 70 million globally, are caught in this denied epidemic.

False Cure uncovers how everyday steroids—creams, pills, sprays, and shots—ignited this crisis. Drawing on meticulous research, patient testimonies, and decades of overlooked evidence this book is both exposé and call to action.

It is for parents, patients, caregivers, and clinicians—for anyone who has ever trusted a prescription pad or product label without being told the risks. It offers proof, validation, and hope to millions living through the devastation of topical steroid addiction and withdrawal. And it demands accountability from the institutions that allowed this crisis to fester.

At its heart, this is the story of pioneering physicians who stood against the tide. The first was Marvin J. Rapaport, MD, Clinical Professor of Dermatology & Medicine at UCLA, who identified, researched, and treated topical steroid addiction and withdrawal decades before it was acknowledged. His courage in challenging the medical establishment—and his devotion to patients when no one else believed them—helped spark a global movement for truth and healing, which is how ITSAN was born.