c)doctors generally don’t treat your “subclinical” problems. Often times a mild case of X needs to become severe before you are taken seriously. And in the interim, depending on your diagnosis, doctors can gaslight the hell out of you.
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d) there is a large number of people who have completely exited the medical system because it either could not help them or drove them away through interactions that caused them harm.
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e) integrative docs can be years ahead when it comes to adopting non-prescription interventions. Eg, they were testing people for Vitamin D deficiency many many years before most MDs were paying any attention to it or how it disproportionately affects certain ethnic groups.
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f) And a lot of times when MDs try to advise on these topics, they are often many years behind best practice. After all, this is not usually their area of expertise. The pushing of low fat and ultimately high sugar diets for years is one example.
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And returning to the idea that a lot of patients have exited the traditional medical system, a lot of my chronically ill friends have wondered how much the rise of Goop and the wellness industry is a function of women who have actual, undiagnosed medical problems...
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...attempting to self-treat after being dismissed by their doctors. The large number of people accessing alt medicine may (in part) reflect a market failure in both mainstream medicine and in scientific research, which does not prioritize chronic illness/many “women’s diseases”
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Finally, yes, there are a lot charlatans out there, but sometimes “integrative medicine” does actually work.
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The only “integrative medicine” that works is treatments appropriated from mainstream medicine and rebranded as “integrative”; e.g., diet, exercise.
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Appropriated? Acupuncture can work. Diet can help a lot. (MDs have gotten a lot wrong here in the not too distant past.) Supplements can work, especially if they correct a deficiency. (MDs often dont check.)
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Acupuncture doesn’t work for anything. It’s a theatrical placebo. http://www.dcscience.net/2013/05/30/acupuncture-is-a-theatrical-placebo-the-end-of-a-myth/ …
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