Acupuncture is NOT an exception to the rule about there not being a shred of good evidence supporting alternative medicine approaches.https://twitter.com/DrPosDev/status/971783232558698496 …
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Replying to @gorskon
Annals of Internal Medicine: physicians and patients should treat acute or subacute low back pain with non-drug therapies such as superficial heat, massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. American College of Physicians Low back pain guidelines
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Replying to @MarkCroucher2 @gorskon
Acupuncture, massage, and manipulation rec provided by low quality evidence in recommendation 1. Mod quality if you are looking to at rec 2. Agree it's better than putting someone on opioids, but doesn't mean there is data to support it
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Replying to @rdangelo1077 @MarkCroucher2
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@ACPinternists really screwed up with those recommendations.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2017/02/14/the-american-college-of-physicians-integrates-quackery-with-medicine-in-its-recommendations-for-managing-back-pain/ …8 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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It's all part of a strategy on the part of "integrative medicine" quacks to co-opt nonpharmacological treatments for pain as solely their own, evidence be damned. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/integrative-medicine-advocates-coopting-opioid-crisis-promote-medicaid-funding-acupuncture/ …
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And here is another example of this strategy of integrative medicine quacks to co-opt all non-drug treatments for pain as solely their bailiwick.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/effort-integrative-medicine-advocates-coopt-opioid-crisis-claim-nonpharmacological-treatments-for-pain/ …
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