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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 22 Aug 2018

      Ack! @OHAOregon is planning on torturing Medicaid patients with chronic pain by mandating an involuntary opioid taper with coverage of acupuncture quackery instead, thanks to 3 acupuncturists and a chiropractor on the committee drafting the guidelines.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/22/scam-nonpharmacologic-treatments-for-pain/ …

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    2. Ashwani 🌱Garg  🇺🇸  ☯禅 ☸️  🌏 ☮️ 🇮🇳‏ @agargmd 22 Aug 2018
      Replying to @gorskon @OHAOregon

      Dr. Gorski, do you have contrary evidence that long term chronic opioids is a good idea?

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    3. 𝕯𝖗𝕯𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖓‏ @DrDuran 22 Aug 2018
      Replying to @agargmd @gorskon

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    4. Ashwani 🌱Garg  🇺🇸  ☯禅 ☸️  🌏 ☮️ 🇮🇳‏ @agargmd 22 Aug 2018
      Replying to @DrDuran @gorskon @OHAOregon

      Acupuncture and chiro do not kill. Opioids do. Just saying.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 22 Aug 2018
      Replying to @agargmd @DrDuran @OHAOregon

      They also don't treat chronic pain. Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo, and chiropractors are physical therapists with delusions of grandeur.

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        1. Ashwani 🌱Garg  🇺🇸  ☯禅 ☸️  🌏 ☮️ 🇮🇳‏ @agargmd 23 Aug 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @DrDuran @OHAOregon

          Dr. Gorski, I'm all for evidence-based medicine, and I urge you to read this whitepaper on nonpharmacologic pain. As far as theatrical placebos, I would say that LESI, meniscectomy, discectomy may be considered the same based on recent findings. http://dpbh.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/dpbhnvgov/content/Resources/opioids/Evidence_Based_Nonpharmacologic_Strategies_for_Comprehensive_Pain_Care_White_Paper.pdf …

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        1. Ashwani 🌱Garg  🇺🇸  ☯禅 ☸️  🌏 ☮️ 🇮🇳‏ @agargmd 23 Aug 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @DrDuran @OHAOregon

          Dr. Gorski, I would urge you to reconsider the efficacy of opioids. Why would you promote opioids at all? Are you aware in the state of IL alone, we are soon going to DOUBLE the deaths from opioids in our state? Opioids don't "treat" chronic pain, they cause hyperalgesia.

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        2. Ashwani 🌱Garg  🇺🇸  ☯禅 ☸️  🌏 ☮️ 🇮🇳‏ @agargmd 23 Aug 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @DrDuran @OHAOregon

          As far as delusions of grandeur, I would argue that many surgeons like this one also have delusions of grandeur. You think medical doctors don't have a "God Complex"? Integrative medicine includes all practitioners and can help people without killing them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqeC3BPYTmE …

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        3. Ken Jaques  🇨🇦  ❤️‏ @kenjaques 23 Aug 2018
          Replying to @agargmd @gorskon and

          It is great to see the rise of Integrative (Lifestyle, etc.) Medicine practitioners. Overdiagnosed, over medicated, patients on multiple meds is not the answer. We will not medicate ourselves to health. Need to rethink what's making people sick and what's keeping them that way.

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        2. Ashwani 🌱Garg  🇺🇸  ☯禅 ☸️  🌏 ☮️ 🇮🇳‏ @agargmd 23 Aug 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @DrDuran @OHAOregon

          Dr. Gorski, look at all the expensive LESI done. In view of these findings, what do you think about our brethren in anesthesia doing this? https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0215/p315a.html …

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 23 Aug 2018
          Replying to @agargmd @DrDuran @OHAOregon

          Holy crap, what a load of bollocks on acupuncture that paper lays down!

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        1. Ken Jaques  🇨🇦  ❤️‏ @kenjaques 23 Aug 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @agargmd and

          So where does that leave things? Theatrical placebo arguably better than death. Chiropractic successes arguably better than death. Maybe your words "quackery" and "pseudoscience" don't apply. Maybe bury the hatchet and start working to solutions like @OHAOregon is doing.

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        1. Howard J. Wu‏ @MisterWu78 24 Aug 2018
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          The nocebo effect is strong with this one. That hurts my feelings.

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