The Rhône Order on Thursday called for the radiation of a professor for prescribing long-term antibiotics to patients suffering from severe forms of Lyme disease.
"
It's a conspiracy, a Moscow trial, with false arguments
," this Lyon neuro-psychiatrist, Paul Trouillas, told AFP after a hearing of more than three hours before the disciplinary chamber .
Nearly 200 people, according to the France Lyme association, came in front of the courtroom with large signs, which read in particular "
No obstruction to treatments that save
", to support the one who was a pioneer of neurology for the treatment of stroke.
“
There has never been a patient complaint, or even a report.
It is his peers who attack him!
It has results, it is above all that which bothers
”, lambasted the regional manager of the association, Stéphanie Clerc.
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The departmental council of the Order of Physicians (CDOM) accuses Professor Trouillas of having treated a young girl suffering from "
the late neurological form of Lyme borreliosis
" according to him, which other doctors dispute with antibiotics beyond 28 days and to have prescribed them to him without marketing authorization.
The neurologist assured to follow "
the recommendations of the High Authority of Health
".
If this patient "
had been diagnosed early, if she had not been treated as a hysteric, her life would not be shattered,
" he lamented.
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A controversy over the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, transmitted by ticks, has plunged doctors and patients into confusion for several years. "
Even if it gives satisfaction to some patients, its method is dangerous and I ask you to make a decision which prohibits him from practicing medicine
", continued the lawyer. The decision has been taken under advisement.
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