Drugs, Chiropractic and Boiled Frogs

Originally published: 2010-02-12

There is general agreement throughout chiropractic that we are a drugless profession. The Association of Chiropractic Colleges Paradigm, adopted by most major chiropractic organizations including the ACA, ICA, WCA, and WFC, states emphatically: "Chiropractic is a health care discipline which emphasizes the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery."1 Yet there is an insidious movement within our profession to incorporate the use of prescription drugs, including injectables, in patient care.