Nov 18, 2008 - Lyme Disease Doctor pushed into retirement

B.C. doctor urged to retire because of zealous approach to Lyme disease - Hero or "Zealot" - CBC Evening News segment

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• burgdorferi
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[heiwalove]

this is criminal. of course there is lyme in BC; lyme exists in every country, on every continent except antarctica. the lyme controversy has an increasingly devastating human toll. please, please see the documentary film 'under our skin.'

and yes, it is so true that vets generally know much more about lyme and its potential severity than most MDs. tragic situation indeed.

dr. murakami is a hero. i am appalled at what they did to him, but sadly, unsurprised.

[DontTickMeOff]

Please go and see the patents many of the IDSA/CDC personnel own, and how they narrowed the disease defination of Lyme to profit off the sick and dying. . lymecryme(dot)com . View LymeCryme Overview PowerPoint presentation: lymecryme(dot)com/rich_text_18­.html . HELP END THE SUFFERING! . Thank God for doctors like Dr. Murakami, who actually CARE about their patients!!!! .

[DamionOmega]

I live in BC and have Lyme. It is now known that southern BC has Lyme zones and I grew up in an Ontario Lyme zone. Trouble is, doctors here don't know enought aboit Lyme or how to treat it and go by the "Lyme Nazi" Guidelines of the USA. I will be lucky if my doctor prescribes beyond the 30 days of abx I have now. This damn disease might well kill me.

[ashleyhockenberry]

very sad - Lyme disease is a huge problem and it is coming fast

[Tickscorn]

OMG! This is going on in the States, and in Europe, as well. Here, in the U.S. people are going to other states to get treated. In Europe, they're having to move to other countries to get treated. ???????????

[datzfast]

@winnipeggal74 i am no doctor. i am a microbiologist until my retirement. this is a fact given to me by many pharmacologist working for big pharmaceutical companies. here goes, a bacteria does not care if the antibiotic is IV or Oral. want more please contact me.

[winnipeggal74]

Dr. Murakami was my doctor before he retired.

I was treated successfully (long-distance), but am now relapsing and there are no local doctors recognizing and treating Chronic Lyme Disease patients. Even if there were, the treatments (IV, long-term antibiotics) are not approved for long-term use by benefit plans here in Manitoba.

I could lose my job, my house... everything.

I need a doctor.

[Cammster101]

Dr.M is a Hero ! What they did driving him out is criminal ! When will Canada wake up ??

[arcticablue]

More people need to educate themselves about the truth about Lyme Disease. The IDSA is wrong and they know they are. If you get Lyme...seek a Lyme expert...a Lyme Literate Physician, not ignorant doctors who take the wait and see approach and don't make a clinical diagnosis or you'll end up really sick for a very, very, very long time.