Slimming down with DR. CAVEIRINHA

Slimming down with DR. CAVEIRINHA

Dr. Caveirinha” is a term used by a well-known doctor in Brazil to describe health professionals who, instead of benefiting their patients, end up harming them. These professionals can achieve immediate results for their patients, but often these gains are not sustainable without the use of drugs, medication or compromising the patients' health. Often, the victims of this type of approach don't realize the risks involved or don't appreciate the issue until it's too late.

In 2019, I created the video below with the aim of warning about the methods most commonly used by the “Little Skulls” in healthcare and how to avoid becoming a victim of their practices. I see that to this day the page continues to attract many visitors, and most of them seem to have understood the message. Curiously, however, I still receive emails and messages from people asking where they can find such a professional to book an appointment. Sometimes human nature can be quite intriguing!

Nowadays, it's important to note that not only doctors, but also nutritionists and other health professionals can adopt similar practices. Often, these “skull health professionals” act in disguise. It is important to remember that this concern is not exclusive to Brazil, but a global issue.

My text from 2011 on the subject:

Do you want to lose weight quickly and easily? Dr. Caveirinha, of course, doesn't work in Brazil... but he has the solution!

Get to know his winning and revolutionary “screw the patient” method, which earns him tons of money and keeps his practice always full:

✅ Dr. Caveirinha doesn't take long appointments; after all, time is money - why take more than 10 minutes? (In other words, it's not important to him: https://icaro.med.br/consultacompleta/)

✅ Dr. Caveirinha wastes no time investigating how the patient lives; after all, healthy living habits no are important for his weight loss method to work. (In other words, it's not important to him: https://icaro.med.br/15habitos/)

✅ Dr. Caveirinha barely orders tests, let alone more complete ones; if the patient is there, in front of him, he needs medicine and no (In other words, it's not important to him: https://icaro.med.br/exames/)

✅ Dr. Caveirinha gives almost everyone the same formula; after all, it always works! Everyone must be the same, after all! (In other words, individualized medicine is not important to him: https://icaro.med.br/medicinaintegrativa/)

✅ Dr. Caveirinha prescribes complete formulas that make everything, based on (all together or several of these):

• Anfepramone, Femproporex, a controlled prescription drug, is often used in high doses, sometimes in combination with Femproporex (the combination of both is prohibited in the same formula, which can lead to patients receiving separate prescriptions, often using the name of another family member or friend).

• Sedatives, such as benzodiazepines - including diazepam and clonazepam - are often prescribed because of the anxiety potential caused by Amfepramone and Femproporex.

• Antidepressants, most commonly fluoxetine, In addition, the combination of Amfepramone and Femproporex with sedatives can often result in depression.

• Beta-blockers, Propranolol, the most common, is used to control the tachycardia and palpitations caused by Anfepramone and/or Femproporex.

• Diuretics, These drugs, often furosemide, are included to induce rapid weight loss, but largely at the expense of eliminating water. At this stage, patients often believe they are getting real weight loss results, but in reality they are suffering from dehydration.

• Potassium supplement is recommended, since diuretics can lead to the loss of this mineral, as well as others. This often leads patients to believe that the formula is “orthomolecular”, due to the inclusion of minerals.

• Sacred shell, which promotes evacuation by irritating the intestinal mucosa, is added because of the potential for constipation caused by Anfepramone and Femproporex. Some other plants may also be included, more as a mere detail, to give the impression that the formula is more “orthomolecular” and natural, since it contains plant ingredients.

• Thyroid hormone is sometimes included, but its use can compete with the patient's own hormone production and may even lead to the development of hypothyroidism.

If you can tolerate and “endure” the side effects, it is possible to lose weight (as the reduction in appetite is significant, albeit temporary, lasting only a few months). However, it's important to note that losing weight can also result in a loss of health, as you may be sacrificing minerals, vitamins, proteins, muscle mass and bone density in the process.

In short, well-being disappears with this approach. When the metabolism is artificially accelerated, but does not receive the proper supply of nutrients, the result is inevitable. The most difficult moment comes when the drug wears off; it is at this point that, in a short space of time, all the lost weight returns (and sometimes even more), making it even more challenging to lose it again.

However, when you return to Dr. Caveirinha's office to express your concerns, the solution presented is remarkably simple: he prescribes the drug again, as many times as necessary, even if it's not appropriate or advisable. After all, the underlying idea is that if you're regaining weight, it's because you're relying on this “magic formula” to stay slim, isn't it?

What's more, because the prescription is controlled, this ensures a lifelong source of income for Dr. Skull - at least as long as you're alive or it starts to affect your physical and mental health. What was originally supposed to be a temporary solution, complemented by healthy lifestyle habits, ends up turning into a harmful cycle of addiction.

But there is no Dr. Caveirinha in Brazil, right? (Do you know any?) After all, any resemblance to reality in our country is purely coincidental.

*Text based on an excellent lecture on the multiple aspects of the approach to weight loss/obesity, given by Dr. Arthur Lemos, creator of the fictional character mentioned. I strongly recommend visiting the site https://www.arturlemos.com.br/ and read the author's books, which offer many lessons on how to practice up-to-date, scientific, effective medicine with a much more humane and complete approach to the patient.