Resident DO Recommends Rapid Slim SX!
Thanks, Dr. Bryce Swanson, DO, for recommending Rapid Slim SX to me on TV! I know you’re only a “Resident Physician,” but you said you read the study about Rapid Slim SX and it’s going to work, right? You’re in your last year of Anesthesia Residency, so you’re clearly an authority on weight loss. Which is why it surprised me that in your “Talk With Dr. Bryce Swanson” you glaze right over the health benefits of weight loss.
As an anesthesiologist, I would’ve thought you would’ve spoken most about how obese patients are more challenging to manage in the operating room, due to their decreased chest wall compliance and decreased functional residual capacity or talk about any of the other health benefits of weight loss (decreasing insulin resistance, decreases in cancer risks, etc). But instead, when you’re asked “In your opinion, what are the benefits to losing weight?” you say “I think that losing weight helps a woman feel better inside and out. She’s more confident, she’s more energetic, she regains that spring in her step because she likes the way she looks,” and mention that “also” there are health benefits. I’m also scratching my head, Dr. Swanson, because you say that “A major diet overhaul must be gradual so it can be sustained over time,” but then you go on to say that “I would recommend RapidSlim SX because it delivers amazing weight-loss results so quickly and because available published research reveals it to be a superior formula and brand.” [my emphasis] (Also, superior to what? And what’s the “available published research?” I can’t seem to find it, even though you flaunt the study all over the damn website.)
I’ve also been quite impressed with Chief Scientific Officer Marvin Heuer, MD’s work history. (Thanks, Angry Doctor!) I also love his resume, with most of his publications being listed as “Submitted for Publication.” I should fatten my resume that way. I’ve got TONS of things I could submit for publication!
Hey, if it really works, and you really believe in it, Dr. Swanson, that’s great. But a little more intellectual honesty might get you a lot further. (But I guess that doesn’t really sell pills, does it?)
Apparently she’s NOT a 3rd year anesthesia resident, at least not in the UTH program where she was a 1st year. See http://www.uth.tmc.edu/anes/pdf/resident_roster.2007_2008.pdf
Oh, I see, she’s listed as Barbra Bryce Speer now. Crafty.
I’m a D.O. and it pisses me off to no end that it is generally D.O. residents hawking this crap.
I’m an Ostepathic student and I, too, hate how people like her and Dr. John Marshall hurt our image for a quick buck, while the rest of us are working hard to improve our image in the media.
Great article!
What next? Ads for colonic cleansing and chelation therapy featuring pre-med students?
What I find sad is how many people buy the stuff these people are hawking.
Yeah, but if she was schilling acupuncture, homeopathy, Reiki, or one of the many acceptable snake oils you’d probably have no comment. Duke University, where I did my intern year, amazingly enough, endorses Reiki. If a reputable medcial center can extoll the virtues of sacred Japanese fire shooting out of the appendages of healers, why can’t Dr. Swanson endorse some harmless diet pill?
For my part, as a resident I’m so poor that I’m just glad nobody has put temptation in my path…if you know what I mean. I’d probably pull a Jarvik too.
Oh, and caveat emptor. Most people think they are pretty friggin’ smart, in fact, many of my patients think they know more than their doctors so, ya’ know, have at it.
I don’t know who you’re referring to, Panda, but I’ve never endorsed Reiki or homeopathy. (But did have a positive experience with acupuncture.)
It’s Katie Couric!
Just speaking generally, Graham. Is she really any more odious than Duke incorporating Reiki into their “wellness” packages? I think not.
If she believes in it, then they’re equal. If she’s doing it for money, she’s abusing her position as a physician to sell snake oil.
The bf and I roll our eyes every time that commercial comes on. Blah. :-D
Oy. As a DO student, I’d be equally embarrassed if she were promoting reiki. (Though reiki, which involves waving one’s hands over the patient, is probably less dangerous than most diet pills since it has no physical effects whatsoever).
This is a new low. DO or MD, this a fantastic new low. I’m embarrased for physicians as a whole.
There is no randomized controlled trial regarding this program. How do these MDs/DOs sleep at night. It’s one thing to accept $$ for endorsing a medication from a pharm company for a speech or to conduct a trial. But putting your name behind a sh*%ty diet pill that has shred of evidence of doing anything is unethical and I agree, an abuse of the degree that a school bestowed on you. I can’t believe she stands there with a smug smile on her face. Hopefully, she is not working in my OR. I would puke.
where the hell is the FDA? Oh, I forgot..this is out of their jurisdiction. And we continue to poison ourselves in America. Woe be upon me…
As a non-US doc, I was amazed at how much physician endorsed products I saw on TV on a recent trip to LA.
I agree with the poster above who askes how these people sleep at night exploiting the vulnerable.
Dr. Thunder
http://www.twoweeksonatrolley.blogspot.com
I do not agree with Duke etheir, Panda.
Dear Dr. Swanson,
I found your endorsement for this product to be educational and enlightening. I am sure you have helped many poor souls by your dedication to Medicine by promoting this obviously wonderful drug. I look forward to meeting with you soon to discuss other great ideas that I know are just waiting for someone like yourself to help get started.
Sincerely,
Satan
666 The Pit of Fire Blvd.
Hell
I almost forgot, pay no attention to those pustular lesions which have recently appeared on your genitalia. Just the result of some “bad press” on the part of the other side, if you know what I mean. A sure fire cure is in the works, and we would just love for you to do the ads. My people will be in touch with your people very soon. All Hail Me.
Your’s Truly,
You Know Who
The 9th Circle
Hades
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