By Dr. Jon Thomas DC BCIM
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| Image courtesy of flickr.com |
We’ve all been there, at the doctor’s office for the fourth
or fifth time, wondering why we keep getting another prescription for the same
problem we came in to cure in the first place.
This scenario is pretty typical for Western medicine. You start off by going to the doctor in order
to explain what is ailing you. The
physician or nurse practitioner listens to you.
Maybe you are asked a few questions, after which you are issued a
prescription for some type of antibiotic, painkiller, muscle relaxant or an
anti-inflammatory, depending on what the issue is. Then you are sent on your way, with the hope
that the pills you were prescribed are going to provide you with some relief.
Hopefully, the doctor guessed right, and you feel
better. But what happens when the pills
you were prescribed don’t eliminate the symptoms? That means that you will wind up right back
in the same office a week or two later with the same complaint. After asking you yet more questions, you wind
up leaving the office with yet another prescription which may or may not cure
whatever is ailing you. Sound familiar?
