The new NICE Guideline for ME/CFS: Ten Questions Answered (Brian Hughes)

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https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/15/the-new-nice-guideline-for-me-cfs-ten-questions-answered/

This has been posted already, but I thought deserves its own thread.

All points I think still essentially apply during the new guideline is paused.

1. What’s going on?

2. How is the new guideline different to the old one?

3. Why is the new guideline being welcomed?

4. Why was the old guideline problematic?

5. How did NICE arrive at the new guideline?

6. Was NICE overly harsh in using the ‘GRADE’ system to dismiss past research?

7. Was the NICE review process distorted by patient advocacy at the expense of scientific rigour?

8. Is it accurate to refer to CBT and GET as “evidence-based” treatments for ME/CFS?

9. Why do some clinicians persist in defending the old treatments based on CBT/GET?

10. How does this fit in with Long COVID?

 

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https://twitter.com/b_m_hughes/status/1427966144279990279