Re: Crap from a Butthole

That is truly crap.

Wormser himself said to perform Western Blots on
ELISA negatives and that coinfections mess up
the immune response.

He also said we don't know what people are infected
with, so how can there be a standard of care for
WE DON'T KNOW ?



Greatcod wrote:
> In keeping with Group Leader Chuck's descent into scatology, I offer
> this from today's CCTimes Letters to the Editor.
> Pure distortion.
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> Antibiotic treatment for Lyme is too risky
> I was dismayed by your July 12 story on Lyme disease, not only
> because I was the lead author of the Infectious Diseases Society of
> America's guidelines on the disease, which the article criticized, but
> also because I, like many doctors, have felt the frustration of seeing
> a patient with unexplained illness for whom I can offer no effective
> medical treatment.
> Too often, patients with mysterious symptoms are misdiagnosed with
> Lyme disease. Often they are prescribed prolonged antibiotic treatment,
> an unnecessary and potentially harmful approach. Antibiotics have risks
> as well as benefits. Controlled clinical trials have shown no benefit
> from prolonged antibiotic therapy for treating Lyme disease. It causes
> unnecessary patient discomfort, inconvenience and expense and may
> actually be harmful. It also can promote drug-resistant infections in
> the community.
> Although patients sometimes report feeling better after taking a
> drug, that does not necessarily prove cause and effect. In one clinical
> trial of long-term treatment for Lyme disease, almost 40 percent of
> patients given a placebo felt much better. Rigorous scientific studies
> are essential.
> IDSA's guidelines were based on an extensive review of the
> scientific evidence. In our view, the risk of long-term antibiotic
> treatment for Lyme disease outweighs the theoretical benefit.
> Dr. Gary P. Wormser
> Infectious Diseases Society of America
> Valhalla, N.Y.

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