| Are you a medical misfit? -Have you been to | | | | doesn't. For the last 8 years I've been using specially |
| numerous doctors, tried dozens of drugs, | | | | developed nutritional protocols known as The |
| supplements, and therapies for fibromyalgia, and still | | | | Fibromyalgia Jump Start Program. |
| suffering? Because you have an illness that's hard to | | | | My Fibromyalgia Jump Start Program often yields |
| "prove," loved ones, even doctors may label you as | | | | rapid results (with-in days) without drug therapy. |
| lazy, crazy, or depressed. You may be told - "it's all in | | | | Irritable bowel syndrome, a common condition |
| your head." You may be urged to exercise or lose | | | | associated with FMS, is typically corrected within 2-4 |
| weight, or take anti-depressants (you're just | | | | weeks of starting my program. |
| depressed) or see a psychiatrist. | | | | Deep restorative sleep, the key to getting well, is |
| Physicians if they believe the conditions exist at | | | | often achieved in a matter of a few days-without |
| all-and many don't-attempt to mask the symptoms | | | | drugs. |
| with one prescription drug after another. Patients | | | | I know you've visited numerous doctors, taken an |
| often end up on a medical merry-go-round, seeing | | | | assortment of prescription drugs, fad supplements, |
| one doctor after another-taking an endless | | | | one a day vitamins, and the latest multilevel herbal |
| concoction of Life Draining, potentially dangerous | | | | remedy, promised to cure everything from warts to |
| drugs (remember Vioxx). | | | | aids. None of them made a difference. No relief, no |
| Drugs to put you to sleep, drugs to wake you up, | | | | change, just more money down the drain. Meanwhile |
| pain pills, mood drugs (for the side effects of the | | | | you continue to feel worse each month as your life |
| sleep drugs), muscle relaxants, sedatives (to calm | | | | falls apart. I read these ads in magazines about |
| you from the uppers), drugs for IBS, reflux, RLS, | | | | magical remedies for fibromyalgia. I wish they were |
| ADD, it just never ends. And each new drug creates | | | | true but it just doesn't work that way. |
| additional side effect symptoms that then must be | | | | Listen there's no magic pill, massage therapy, |
| medicated with additional drugs... | | | | acupuncture, detox program, colon cleanse, Candida |
| Patients end up more confused and disoriented than | | | | treatment, parasite remedy, chiropractic adjustment, |
| ever, often concluding, "Maybe I am crazy, after all." | | | | or drug that will beat fibromyalgia. If there were, I |
| Two Words. I understand. For most of the world, it's | | | | wouldn't be writing this article- you'd be well. |
| a common little phrase. But for people who have | | | | I know you often feel frustrated and maybe even |
| fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome (or both), | | | | doomed to a life of despair after seeing you local |
| it's amazingly powerful, not to mention rare. | | | | rheumatologist who- makes you wait 3 months to be |
| I understand what you're going through. I really do. I | | | | seen, then spend1-2 hours in his/her waiting room, |
| understand because I've been specializing in treating | | | | and they spend 10 minutes with you and then tell |
| and beating fibromyalgia for the last 14 years. You | | | | you to try another mind numbing drug and return in 3 |
| see this is my life work, helping the medical misfits | | | | months? I understand. |
| with fibromyalgia that no one else wants to help. | | | | For the last several years I've successfully treated |
| Sorry but it's true. Most doctors I talk to don't | | | | thousands of patients with high doses of certain |
| believe there is a thing called fibromyalgia. | | | | vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other nutrients. |
| They don't think fibromyalgia exists because they | | | | This approach is referred to as orthomolecular |
| don't know what to recommend, everything they try | | | | medicine. It's based solely on biochemistry, using the |
| fails- drug after drug. So they do what we doctors | | | | right chemicals inherently natural to the body for |
| always do when we can't help they refer you to one | | | | optimal function. This approach is the cornerstone of |
| doctor after another. | | | | my successful Fibromyalgia Jump Start Program. |
| You can Feel Better! Certain drugs actually make | | | | In short, by using the natural building blocks or |
| fibromyalgia symptoms worse. Knowing which ones | | | | nutrients which make-up the person's normal |
| to take and which ones not to take can make a | | | | biochemistry, you can correct or drastically improve, |
| huge difference. Most doctors don't know this | | | | even reverse the cause of the disease. |
| information- they are happy to rely on the marketing | | | | Nutrients including vitamins, minerals and amino acids |
| propaganda from drug companies and their sales reps | | | | are what make the hormones that regulate your |
| that vie for the doctors attention by supplying | | | | body. Every essential chemical in the body, including |
| endless amounts of cash, gifts, dinners, and trips. | | | | thyroid hormone, testosterone, estrogen, |
| I know how this works first hand. At my medical | | | | neurotransmitters (serotonin, norepinephrine, etc.), |
| practice drug reps showed up in mass each day with | | | | antibodies, adrenaline, cortisol, and white blood cells, |
| lunch, theatre tickets, invitations for dinner, even cold | | | | are made from vitamins, minerals, essential fatty |
| hard cash ($250-$400, paid for attending "educational | | | | acids, and amino acids. |
| dinners" at 4 star restaurants). They knew down to | | | | Nutritional deficiencies are common among FMS and |
| the last pill which and how many prescriptions we'd | | | | CFS patients. I've found that high- dose |
| written in the last month. They did everything they | | | | orthomolecular medicine can consistently correct |
| could to badger us into prescribing their latest | | | | these deficiencies. Once corrected, a person |
| greatest drug. | | | | becomes healthier and healthier until their FMS or CFS |
| I've successfully treated thousands of patient's over | | | | is either gone or greatly improved. |
| the last 13 years. I was the owner and clinical director | | | | Clearly the program that corrects the cause of |
| for an integrative medical practice, which used a | | | | fibromyalgia is superior to one that only attempts to |
| combination of prescription and nutritional therapies to | | | | cover up the symptoms. Why continue to mop the |
| successfully treat FMS and CFS. I was able to | | | | kitchen floor after the rain- storm, when you could |
| witness first hand the positive and negative aspects | | | | simply fix the leaky roof? The drug companies don't |
| of drug therapy. | | | | want you to correct the leaky roof, they're happy to |
| We used every drug we could find to beat | | | | keep selling floor cleaner, mops, and buckets for the |
| fibromyalgia-Ambien, Elavil, Klonopin, Cymbalta, SSRI | | | | rest of your life. And the rheumatologist is happy to |
| antidepressants, Effexor, Lunesta, Mirapex, Pain pills, | | | | have a waiting list of patients he/she can't help but |
| Neurontin, Lyrica, and dozens of others, all failed to | | | | who continue to come back month after month to |
| provide lasting relief from the symptoms of | | | | try more and more worthless drugs. |
| fibromyalgia. And what's worse, most of the drugs | | | | It's time to start a new direction. One based on |
| had side effects that made the fibromyalgia | | | | correcting the cause of fibromyalgia not on covering |
| symptoms even worse. | | | | up the endless number of symptoms that continue |
| I've researched and implemented numerous therapies | | | | to get worse year after year. |
| over the years. Keeping what works, discarding what | | | | |