Doctors debunk Patanjali ad’s claim that Type 1 diabetes is curable
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By Chetana Belagere
December 5, 2022
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A recent newspaper ad by Patanjali Wellness claimed several ailments, including Type 1 diabetes, could be cured using traditional medicine.
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“Save yourself and the country from the misconceptions spread by pharma and medical industry. Let’s make India disease-free.”
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Many endocrinologists took to Twitter to debunk the ad and advise those with Type 1 diabetes against stopping insulin or other medications.
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Any such step could even prove to be fatal, the doctors warned, especially in children with Type 1 diabetes.
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The answer is a definite and resounding NO, said
Dr PV Rao, a renowned endocrinologist
from Hyderabad, to whether Type 1 diabetes was curable.
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“At no cost should they stop the use of insulin. Any such move can even send the patient into a coma, and even prove fatal,” Dr Rao told South First.
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Type 1
diabetes is an autoimmune condition and people can be born with it. It can even be triggered by a virus or an injury to the pancreas.
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Dr Babu KV, opthalmologist and health activist, said action should be taken against advertisements violating the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act.
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Dr Latha N, an ayurvedic doctor from Bengaluru, said the she would never advise her patients to give up insulin.
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There were, however, those who wanted to know from the doctors how people survived before the invention of insulin.
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Dr Mohan replied: “Yes. All children with Type 1 diabetes died within days, weeks or months till insulin was discovered in 1921.”
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