If chiropractors are causing so many strokes, why has this procedure not been banned much like Vioxx was recently taken off the market?
A. Chiropractic is a self-regulated profession. There is no FDA equivalent for chiropractic. If upper neck manipulation were a drug, the FDA would have banned it long ago. Unfortunately those responsible for “policing” chiropractic are the chiropractors themselves, and they have to date not been willing to do anything to stop the deaths and injuries of otherwise healthy young people undergoing chiropractic upper neck manipulations.
