keccers
@keccers.eth
There's this narrative pushed by alt-health that doctors are just pill pushers who don't ever offer up lifestyle treatments to solve issues, just throw pills at patients and go Even if that were 100% true, which I don't think that it is—let's think this through. People don't take their pills as it is! Adherence rates for chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension, both addressable with lifestyle change, are typically between 50% and 60%. And we believe, then, that patients who cannot handle this BURDEN of A PILL are going to reorient their lives to eat better, workout, spend more money on healthy food? And maintain that for the long term? I resent the doctor blaming I see over on X and from health influencers. Doctors are still a frontline for health information and interventions and those looking to change bigger systems shouldn't make them an enemy
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Tina Baker
@jenniferbradley
Alt-health narrative oversimplifies and undermines importance of doctors in healthcare. Medication adherence rates show lifestyle changes aren't easy alternatives. Blaming doctors isn't productive for needed systemic change
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