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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.

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    1. Timothy Caulfield‏Verified account @CaulfieldTim 13 May 2018

      Hey #GoScience community! Let's make a list of therapies that are clearly bunk (considering evidence & scientific plausibility) & spread word. @MaryFernando @subatomicdoc @ConscienHealth @DrJenGunter @DrMJoyner @skepticpedi @EdzardErnst @gorskon @ryarmst @picardonhealthpic.twitter.com/HmPBvNoWQq

      41 replies 86 retweets 164 likes
    2. Sara Stein MD‏ @sarasteinmd 13 May 2018
      Replying to @CaulfieldTim @ConscienHealth and

      sorry you lost me with high dose IV Vitamin Therapy that is starting to have interesting data, particularly in sepsis. Yes it's retrospective, but it's also hopeful, and there are now more than 300 enrolledhttps://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(16)62564-3/fulltext …

      5 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    3. Lance Shaver‏ @LanceShaver 14 May 2018
      Replying to @sarasteinmd @CaulfieldTim and

      Big diff tho: high dose Vit C in Sepsis has a biologically plausible mechanism, & is evidence based. Plus, it was developed by Intensivists, not a Naturopath. High dose vitamins are useless for most things CAM suggest. When things are supported w/ evidence, they become "Medicine"

      3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 May 2018
      Replying to @LanceShaver @sarasteinmd and

      It's not just vitamin C. It's steroids and thiamine. But it has to be the vitamin C. It ALWAYS has to be the vitamin C. It couldn't POSSIBLY be any of the other compounds. I'll go with the old adage that if it looks too good to be true it probably is and await the RCTs.

      4 replies 3 retweets 11 likes
    5. Sara Stein MD‏ @sarasteinmd 14 May 2018
      Replying to @gorskon @LanceShaver and

      Perhaps you should speak directly with Paul Marek at EVU rather than hypothesizing that it's fake without having the data. Isn't that the process you object to? I believe there are other trials ongoing currently including at UH.

      5 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
    6. Sartorius Medicus‏ @SartoriusMD 14 May 2018
      Replying to @sarasteinmd @gorskon and

      It’s not fake. It’s weak. Very, very weak data from a very, very poorly designed and done study. Some of the major weaknesses are nicely described here:https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(17)31045-0/abstract …

      1 reply 6 retweets 18 likes
    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 May 2018
      Replying to @SartoriusMD @sarasteinmd and

      Exactly. I hate it when supporters mischaracterize skepticism about a weak study's results as dismissing them as "fake." That's straw man and, I suspect, a strategy to paint skeptics as rigidly and unthinkingly dismissive of a result they don't like.

      1 reply 4 retweets 13 likes
    8. V Valentino‏ @vixenvalentino 14 May 2018
      Replying to @gorskon @SartoriusMD and

      V Valentino Retweeted David Gorski, MD, PhD

      Lighting up those gas lamps.https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/996115723951984641?s=21 …

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      David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account @gorskon
      Replying to @LanceShaver @sarasteinmd and 9 others
      It's not just vitamin C. It's steroids and thiamine. But it has to be the vitamin C. It ALWAYS has to be the vitamin C. It couldn't POSSIBLY be any of the other compounds. I'll go with the old adage that if it looks too good to be true it probably is and await the RCTs.
      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Skankin Cycle inc.‏ @ridebikestoday 14 May 2018
      Replying to @vixenvalentino @gorskon and

      How the fuck is that gas lighting?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 May 2018
      Replying to @ridebikestoday @vixenvalentino and

      It isn't. My position has been consistent. In that particular Tweet. I said I was skeptical, got a little snarky about how the conception wasn't just vitamin C, and then said I'm waiting for the randomized clinical trial results. That never stopped anyone from straw manning.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 May 2018
      Replying to @gorskon @ridebikestoday and

      Oh, I get why she was making BS charges of "gaslighting." Her profile explains all.pic.twitter.com/tQOsx05P4k

      3:18 PM - 15 May 2018
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        2. Ryan Armstrong‏ @ryarmst 15 May 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @ridebikestoday and

          What's the deal with this whole "fakeskeptics" thing? Is it a dog whistle for conspiracy theorists?

          0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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