CORTE MADERA, Calif., March 31, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Dr. Don Harte, chiropractic activist, says Trump\u2019s new panel, headed by Chris Christie, to deal with the opioid epidemic, is \u201cphilosophically and scientifically dead wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nDr. Harte declares, \u201cThe reason for this epidemic is clear. Orthopedists and other doctors freely prescribe Oxycontin, Fentanyl, Soma and other opioid drugs, get their patients addicted, then cut them off. These patients end up seeking heroin on the street. It all begins in the doctor\u2019s office. It ends in pain, life disruption and, often, death.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt begins with sciatica, arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, or some sports injury,\u201d Dr. Harte says. \u201cModern orthopedic medicine can do nothing to fix these things. This opioid epidemic is emblematic of the failure of Medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Harte continues, \u201cWhile they can\u2019t get you better, orthopedists can and do make conditions, and pain, worse, in two ways. Cortisone shots damage already-damaged (by anti-inflammatories) joint surfaces. Spinal surgery has such a bad record that they have a name for their failures\u2026 \u2018Failed back surgery syndrome.\u2019 And when joint replacements aren\u2019t right, it\u2019s disastrous!\u201d He charges, \u201cThis is irresponsible science; it is irresponsible doctoring.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no hope,\u201d says Dr. Harte, \u201cin pain management. It fixes nothing, while causing constipation and sleep problems, lung and heart damage, as well as addiction. To empower the government to provide more and better rehab for opioid addicts, created by medical care, is not the answer! Such a safety net will likely lead to a bigger epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Harte\u2019s answer to this crisis? \u201cThe only answer to the current life-destroying opioid epidemic is to point the finger at orthopedic medicine, and lead the way to safe and effective chiropractic care, on a widespread basis. It is high time that people reject what does not work, and seek what does.\u201d He concludes, \u201cChiropractic works. It corrects cause, with zero risk for addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Don Harte, former medical student, is a traditional chiropractor, serving Marin and the Greater Bay Area since 1981. He is an activist in the struggle for free speech for chiropractors. Dr. Harte was named 2006 \u201cChiropractor of the Year\u201d by the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA). He has served on the Boards of the WCA and the Council on Chiropractic Practice. His articles have been published in OMNI magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Chiropractic Journal and Journal of the California Chiropractic Association.<\/p>\n