Ireland: Dr Uddin (Muhammad) Rizwan

Yes. He is nice, means well and wants to help people but takes his information about ME from patients schooled on the internet and will make un scientifically evidenced statements. And likely sees a mix of chronic fatigue and real ME/CFS, without differentiating between the two; so thinks some people get better w random treatments (the usual LDN, abilify, IV fluids) He does see severe patients though, so does have an understanding that the disease is serious and is compassionate and will write supportive letters. This is helpful in Ireland.
 
This same doctor is the Chair of a Pakistan clinic, Rizthetics, that offers a range of medical services and courses. The services and courses are a mixture of proven medicine and alternative therapies e.g. there's a course on Advanced cupping and one on CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation); IV vitamins are offered; skin serums are sold.

There's an entry for Dr Rizwan on the BlackRock Health website that seems consistent with @Braganca's report and with that Pakistan clinic website:
Consultant in internal medicine with special interest in Rheumatology . Offering a unique perspective as a healthcare humanist who is also an entrepreneurial realist
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MBBS MRCP( UK ) MBA ( HSM), PgD Dermatology MSc Rheumatology

It's a bit hard to know though whether his interest in ME/CFS has more to do with him being a 'healthcare humanist' or more to do with him being an 'entrepreneurial realist'.
 
Interesting.. did not know about the Pakistan clinic. I will say that he will bring you in for appts every two months (at start) which is kind of milking it fees wise, and doesn’t give people a chance to really see if a prescription medication is helping.

My impression was that he has fallen into becoming Irelands “ME doctor” over the past decade or maybe longer because he is amenable to writing prescriptions that other doctors won’t write and word of mouth has grown a business for him among the ME community.
 
MinIreland said:
@Braganca, the other doctor who is associated with ME/CFS in Ireland is Jack Lambert, I believe. I'll see if there is a thread about him? I searched before but couldn't find anything. Are you aware of his qualities?
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Hi, I saw him many years ago and he didn’t know anything about ME then. He styled himself then as a maverick type Lyme doctor and prescribes antibiotics and expensive supplements (that I assume he got commission on bc you gave a code at checkout for him). He’s also someone who says unscientific things (and he uses very questionable Lyme tests). But then all doctors say unscientific things about ME bc they cannot say “we don’t know” so go w their random pet theory and state it as fact. There is no medical practice area for ME, or established protocols to follow so any doc you see who is associated with ME is likely to be quack-ish in some way. So going to them depends on what you need or why you’re going. For me, no doctor or medication has helped. It has helped to have documentation though of my illness and Rizwan is better for that and will give you much more time than Lambert.
 
Thanks so much
Braganca said:
Hi, I saw him many years ago and he didn’t know anything about ME then. He styled himself then as a maverick type Lyme doctor and prescribes antibiotics and expensive supplements (that I assume he got commission on bc you gave a code at checkout for him). He’s also someone who says unscientific things (and he uses very questionable Lyme tests). But then all doctors say unscientific things about ME bc they cannot say “we don’t know” so go w their random pet theory and state it as fact. There is no medical practice area for ME, or established protocols to follow so any doc you see who is associated with ME is likely to be quack-ish in some way. So going to them depends on what you need or why you’re going. For me, no doctor or medication has helped. It has helped to have documentation though of my illness and Rizwan is better for that and will give you much more time than Lambert.
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Thanks so much for this, @Braganca. I remember now that I've seen Lambert's name in the context of Lyme. I think we agree that a 'good' doctor in our context is, ironically, a doctor who admits what (s)he doesn't know. :)
 
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