TikTok Influencers vs. Real Doctors

About this episode

Drs. Naqvi and Ahmed take on medical misinformation and the rise of medfluencers who trade the stethoscope for a ring light, including non-physicians giving unproven advice on mitochondrial health and chronic Lyme. They debate the ethics of doctors selling supplements like berberine over metformin, patient privacy in social media stories, pay-to-play top doctor lists and open-access journals, the Liver King steroid scandal, and the Joe Rogan and Mark Zuckerberg peptide exchange, while defending real evidence over anecdote and placebo.

What we cover in this episode

1. medfluencers and medical misinformation on social media
2. fake doctors and non-MDs giving medical advice
3. ethics of doctors selling supplements and berberine vs metformin
4. patient privacy in social media stories
5. pay-to-play top doctor lists and open-access journals
6. compounded vs FDA-approved GLP-1 medications
7. the Liver King supplement and steroid scandal
8. Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg and the peptide debate
9. should physicians build a brand on TikTok and Instagram

Your hosts

Dr. Humayun NaqviPreventive Cardiologist · West Houston Heart Center

Dr. Adil AhmedOrthopedic Surgeon · Baylor College of Medicine

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