[NVIC] Older Adults Use Alternative Medicine

April 14, 2005

My parents - mom 80; dad 81 - now ONLY use homeopathy and Vitamin C and

organic food (except for 1/2 BP pill dad is on)

They have come to realize all that I have and are open to all I have taught

them.

And they say that so many they talk to feel the same about vaccines and

drugs and allopaths.

Sheri

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The medical model, which uses a mechanistic, reductionist approach to

health, has failed to give the people what they want. The elderly, who are

often targeted for heavy prescription drug use by pharmaceutical companies

and medical doctors, are not alone in their instinctive move toward a less

toxic way of maintaining health. The great paradigm shift, which began in

the last part of the 20th century, has witnessed millions of Americans

turning away from reliance on vaccines, synthetic drugs and surgery and

toward a more wholistic approach to health and wellness.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews & storyID=8147415

REUTERS

Apr 11, 2005

Most Older Adults Use Alternative Medicine

By Alison McCook

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than 70 percent of adults aged 50 or older

use some type of alternative therapy, such as herbal medicine, meditation,

or seeing a chiropractor, according to new study findings.

Author Dr. Gong-Soog Hong said she was surprised to see so many older adults

turning to alternative treatments. Although it's important to have

" options, " she said that many of these remedies are largely untested, and

experts still don't know if they interfere with many combinations of drugs

older adults are taking.

" Any kind of side effects can be possible, " Hong told Reuters Health.

" That's pretty scary. "

Hong and her team presented their findings last weekend at the annual

meeting of the American Council on Consumer Interests in Columbus, Ohio.

Hong, who is based at Ohio State University in Columbus, added that many

older adults likely try alternative remedies because they have pain or

discomfort that's not alleviated by conventional Western medicine.

Indeed, people were more likely to turn to alternative medicine if they said

their health was poor, and they had more problems with day-to-day activities

such as bathing. " So when conventional medicine cannot give you an answer,

sometimes you turn to alternatives, " Hong said in an interview.

To investigate how many older adults are, indeed, turning to alternatives,

Hong and her team interviewed 848 people aged 50 and above about their use

of chiropractic medicine, acupuncture, massage therapy, breathing exercises,

herbal medicine and meditation.

Seventy-one percent of respondents said they had tried at least one of the

six types of alternative therapy. The most popular remedy was chiropractic

medicine, used by 43 percent of older adults.

The least popular remedy was acupuncture, perhaps because few insurance

companies cover it, Hong noted. " It's pretty much out-of-pocket cost, " she

said.

Hong said that one reason alternative medicine appears so popular among

older adults is that the definition she and her colleagues used for

" alternative " is fairly broad.

She added that she and her colleagues have continued their research, and are

now investigating " who is using what, " or how many adults in general use

different types of alternative medicine, to get a sense of what age groups

prefer which specific therapies.

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April 15, 2005

Hi Sheri,

I only wish I could sway my parents (73 and 76) to use homeopath rather than the

cabinet full of drugs. It really is scary to open that cabinet door. I don't

know how they keep track of them all. They are just a lost generation that

believes that doctor knows all. You should be proud of your parents to think

outside of the box. Mona