Dear Mr. Goddard,
I am a physician in private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona. A fair percentage of my patient population suffers from the effects of Lyme disease – even in Arizona.
I am writing today because an injustice is being done to Lyme patients throughout the country, and you may be in a position to at least partially rectify this wrong. The IDSA was found to have conflicts of interest with its 2006 Lyme disease guidelines. Now we find that the IDSA is manipulating the voting process to favor no change in the guidelines in violation of the antitrust Settlement Agreement.
The Connecticut AG has sent the IDSA a letter requesting that the IDSA redo the vote in compliance with the agreement. Please show your support for enforcement of the antitrust settlement agreement and contact CT AG Richard Blumenthal to help keep the IDSA honest and non-biased in their pursuit of Lyme disease guidelines. I’m sure you have a better way to contact him than I do. My contact information is the following: CT Attorney General Blumenthal: attorney.general@po.state.ct.us.
A good deal of information on national policies regarding Lyme disease is found at the following website: http://www.lymepolicywonk.org/ from the California Lyme disease association.
Please know that we do have Lyme disease in this state. We are grateful that there is a Board of Homeopathic and Integrated Medical Examiners which allows patient access to appropriate care from Lyme-literate doctors.
Thank you for your assistance.
Martha Grout
Martha M Grout, MD, MD(H)
Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine
9328 E. Raintree Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
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