Re: Two Standards of Care? Anyone understand this?

On Jun 22, 7:42 am, Mort Zuckerman <morph...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 21, 7:19 pm, the 3rd Man <derdrittemann2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





Despite frequent assertions that there are, in fact, two "standards of
care" in regard to Lyme disease...

...the ILADS Guidelines state on their face, that:

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"These guidelines represent an evidence-based review of Lyme and
associated tickborne diseases by the International Lyme and
Associated Diseases Society (ILADS).

Although the guidelines present evidence-based approaches to the
diagnosis and treatment
of Lyme and associated tickborne diseases, THEY WERE NOT INTENDED TO
BE A STANDARD OF MEDICAL CARE. (My emphasis).

 Physicians must use their own
judgment based on a thorough review of all available clinical
information and the Lyme disease literature to decide on the best
course of treatment for an individual patient".
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Well, why, then, do people continue to insist that there are TWO
standards of care...when ILADS says that their Guidelines are not
supposed to be used this way?

Am I missing something?

Yes,
Allen Steere treats with long-term and repeated antibiotics.
So, there are two standards of care:


Uhhhh...gee, thanks a whole lot for that, "Mort"...

...but see, the question really is about why some people, supporters
of ILADS, are claiming that there are two standards of care when the
ILADS Guidelines seem to contradict that right ontheir face.

Sorry, but whatever that was supposed to be that you submitted in
response really doesn't address the issue or help me resolve the
apparent contradiction.

(It's quite allright if you don't want to try agian, however. Really,
I mean it.)
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