I just published “Acupuncture Still Doesn’t Work”https://medium.com/p/acupuncture-still-doesnt-work-8e4c063cd8e1 …
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Wow, talk about fake news. Study is about use of
#acupuncture for acute pain. Well proven for chronuc pain https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22965186 Shame!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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I would talk about the methodological issues with that study, but I think this from
@EdzardErnst covers it well http://edzardernst.com/2016/07/acupuncture-found-to-be-pointless/ …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
As a non clinician you wouldn't know if
#acupuncture works or not. Perhaps u think#opioids r better for chronic pain. Stay out of Ohio pls1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
First time I've actually had someone pull the clinician card in place of evidence. Seems a bit intellectually dishonest I must say
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Not really. Clinical trials r all flawed til we have complete uniformity of physical, psychological, genetic, environmental diversity. 1/2
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I'm sorry, but that's just not true at all. Clinical trials aren't the be all and end all of knowledge
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But within their limits they provide the best method we have of ascertaining which treatment works
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It's just a foundatiom, and over time often proved wrong. Innovation out of clinical necessity drives medical advances, not tired old data
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I'd say you've got that completely the wrong way round. Innovation then testing for efficacy!
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Seriously? You think I don't practice evidence based medicine? Let's talk about Actos or Paxil or IVF filters or bleeding for vapors
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Or my absolute favorite. "Brain cells don't regenerate".
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