oversight of your LDN use

[Guest guest]

I have read several posts in the past few days that lead me to believe that

people are not using a doctor/naturopath/etc. to oversee their LDN use. That

seems dangerous to me. I am also hearing of people mixing this and mixing that

and weird things are happening. Am I off base here? I think I read on the

naltrexone site with Dr. Bindhi(sp?) that the people who have the most success

with LDN use are those who see a practitioner regularly for monitoring and

follow through. Perhaps I am being naive because I have insurance, but it

worries me to hear of people mixing these drugs and changing dosages randomly.

Not meaning to offend - just worried.

[Guest guest]

I think it is valid to wonder about people " fiddling " with med etc on their own.

I also know that people with long-standing health issues often amass a greater

knowledge of their very particular needs and how those needs may be met.

Doctors cannot know absolutely everything about each patient!

That said, I know that I have to be careful about thinking I know more than I

actually do, particularly when it comes to family member and friends!

There are health pros out there who give their patients (some of the patients,

anyway) the means to direct their own medication, by means of PRN prescriptions,

or standing orders for prescriptions.

My doctor has never quibbled with me adjusting my own meds. If I do the

research on something, doc usually listens.

I think the key is to be an educated consumer. There is no reason why you

cannot learn what your doc knows, and we each can know our own bodies infinitely

better.

Jaye

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[Guest guest]

Of course in an ideal world our doctors would all be active in checking up on

our health when using LDN. My husbands neuro works at a well known hospital,

specialises in MS, and therefor knows nothing about LDN! Their job is to get

you on DMDs and keep you there! However, this doctor is at least able to think

outside the box and has prescribed the LDN for over five years. We still have

to tell him how to write the script though as he forgets from one 6 month visit

to the next!

He does all the correct MS progression tests and orders annual MRI`s and

confirms that all is well and there is nothing new to report. My husband is

probably one of his least " active " patients and we usually end up chatting about

other things!

Even without such an attentive neuro, we know the disease well enough now to see

that he is stable and the LDN is in no way harmful.

>

> I think it is valid to wonder about people " fiddling " with med etc on their

own.

>

> I also know that people with long-standing health issues often amass a greater

knowledge of their very particular needs and how those needs may be met.

>

> Doctors cannot know absolutely everything about each patient!

>

> That said, I know that I have to be careful about thinking I know more than I

actually do, particularly when it comes to family member and friends!

>

> There are health pros out there who give their patients (some of the patients,

anyway) the means to direct their own medication, by means of PRN prescriptions,

or standing orders for prescriptions.

>

> My doctor has never quibbled with me adjusting my own meds. If I do the

research on something, doc usually listens.

>

> I think the key is to be an educated consumer. There is no reason why you

cannot learn what your doc knows, and we each can know our own bodies infinitely

better.

>

> Jaye

> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Wireless Network

>