scope of problem
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History of I.V Injection
Prime Minister U Nu EraAround 1950
Myers’ Cocktail
Dr. John MyersDuring 1960Use Cocktail for 25 yearsJohns Hopkins Hospital inBaltimoreDied in 1984
Dr. Alan GabyDidn’t know original M CocktailContinue to use up to nowadays
Myers’ Cocktail Ingredients
NO PROVEN EVIDENCE
Global Issue
The Drip Bar / Room
Is it time to solve the issue?
• Yes.
• It’s Time to START.
What the world see us
“... The doctors know it’s unethical, but they do it anyway. They do not have time to talk to their patients and really explain. They just want the patients to keep coming back because they need the money...”
Why GPs inject Multivitamin?
FATIGUE
The Reason what GPs give for Multivitamin Injection is
PLACEBOEFFECT
D.Dx of Fatigue
Symptom to DiagnosisAn Evidence Based Guide1st Edition (2006)
Scott D. C. SternAdam S. CifuDiane Altkorn
Do the GPs Waste the Resources?
Burden of Extra
Health Expense
Colours Can’t Cure the Country
Burden of Extra Health Expendicture
Assume that – 40,000 +++ Doctors in the Country.20,000 +++ Doctors working in action.At least 10 patients come to a Doctorfor MV Inj: /day.1 patient cost at least 2,500 Kyats per visit.
Expense
1 x 10 x 20,000 x 2,500 = 500,000,000 Kyats/day
Equivalent = USD 400,000/day at least
Exchange rate – 1 USD = 1250 Kyats
What they decided .....
UK Parliamentary Committee on Science & Technology stated that
“...prescribing pure placebos is bad medicine. Their effects is unreliable & unpredictable...”
Report on Evidence Check 2 :Homeopathy22nd February, 2010
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