James McKoy, MD Biography
- Title:
- Chief of Rheumatology at Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“I have one patient with rheumatoid arthritis who uses it for pain and, other than getting a ‘high,’ it hasn’t reduced any of her needs for DMARDs [disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs], NSAIDs [non- steroidal anti inflammatory drugs], prednisone or Vicodin.
I see no change in her complaints of pain.”
“Marijuana as Medicine,” by Judith Horstman, published in Arthritis Today, Dec. 2000
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Chief of Rheumatology, Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1991-present
- Member, Advisory Board, Arthritis Today magazine
- Education:
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- MD, University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Other:
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- Teaches a class titled “Arthritis and the Healer Within” at Kaiser Permanante
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