Lyme Blog Posts
TOUCHED BY LYME: How the state of California deals with Lyme disease
I attended California’s Lyme Disease Advisory Committee (LDAC) meeting on Thursday. This is a group which advises the state’s health department on matters pertaining to…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: When is Mandatory, Mandatory? When Medco says so!
I have gotten a lot of reports from patients that Medco is refusing to dispense antibiotics because of the IDSA guidelines. At…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Should the IDSA take a Tip from Toyota and Recall the Guidelines?
Another run away Prius hit the news today. I have one (first year). I share these concerns. Is this car safe? …
LYMEPOLICYWONK: IDSA and Lyme Hearings: TOP 10 Count Down for the Masters of Manipulation?
I’ve been getting a lot of email lately about the IDSA. Most of it is about the voting issues, but some of it is…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Voting Violations–Which Way IDSA, the Right Way or the Might Way?
One of the problems with the IDSA reviewing its own guidelines is that it is not an independent process. The IDSA selected the panel,…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: RELATIVE WEIGHT–Specialty Societies vs Patients, AKA no contest
This is a chart of the relative importance of different stakeholders to big Pharma. (Click chart to enlarge.)
I was really struck by…
TOUCHED BY LYME: How to get out of the hellhole. An open letter to Albany basketball coach Will Brown and his local reporter
My heart goes out to you, Coach Brown. I know how much you are suffering and I know how much your family is suffering…..But you…
TOUCHED BY LYME: (Book review) Sick & Tired–How America's Health Care System Fails Its Patients
"Jorgensen’s personal story is (sadly) not uncommon in the Lyme world. But she uses it to demonstrate a larger point. This lady went into her…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Testing the IDSA’s Commitment
A recent article in the Greenwich Times addressing the "improper voting procedure” of the IDSA review panel contains a response from IDSA spokesman…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: ILADS Calls on IDSA to Remove Barriers to Lyme Guideline Change
Responding to patient concerns, the President of ILADS, Dr. Robert Bransfield today delivered a letter to the IDSA calling upon the organization to remove barriers…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: IDSA Violates Settlement Agreement Voting Procedures
On Monday, February 1, 2010, the Connecticut Attorney General sent a letter to the IDSA expressing “concern” over “improper voting procedures” used by the IDSA…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: Does IDSA Have Police Power? Can IDSA Regulate Lyme Tests?
There is a lot of flurry in the Lyme light about the IDSA recent letter in opposition to the physician protection bill pending in the…