NPR - Correction

Open Letter to Dr. Zorba (NPR - National Public Radio):

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Dear Dr. Zorba Paster,

As an MS specialist, I was disturbed to hear your recent comments to a caller with bruising from her subcutaneous injections (11/08/09).

Based on your queries to her, you are not familiar with the injection system used in MS.

Instead of stating to her that you were not familiar with these injections (which is not unexpected), and instead of recommending that she speak to her neurologist and training nurse, you made dangerous suggestions such as using the specific autoinjector at a 45 degree angle (this is not really feasible with the specific type of autoinjector).

While you are clearly knowledgable about some medical issues, no one expects you to be an expert on all things and I would implore you to protect the safety of your callers by demonstrating more humility.

I do think that you should consider a retraction (as this makes your knowledgable listeners supect of all your answers). I would be more than happy to be given the opportunity of explaining these issues on the air.

Thank you,

- Dr. Daniel Kantor, MD BSE
Medical Director
Neurologique

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