1.8 Caution in case of permanent medication Copy
Caution in case of permanent medication
Modern allopathic medicine offers significant benefits and drawbacks. It has saved lives and improved quality of life for many. It has diminished quality of lives and cost the lives of many.
Few people would argue that when it comes to diagnostics and acute serious injury or illness care, the benefits of our modern medical system are without equal. That is where the agreement often ends, as there is quite a lot of dissatisfaction with other aspects of this system.
This is why it is important to carefully weigh your options and risks and educate yourself before making decisions regarding your wellness needs. When you know the risks and alternatives, you can take steps to minimize them and improve your chances of a positive outcome.
Here are some negatives of allopathic medicine:
Some Bicom practitioners believe that the emphasis of treating symptoms and disease instead of people is a flawed approach, modern medicine is great at treating trauma injuries but not really a long-term illness. One part of the body may be calling for attention at the moment, but chances are the problem is more than just the symptom, and that particular part is just showing the vulnerability. The focus on parts, disease, and symptoms has earned our modern medical system the title of disease care, rather than health care.
Doctors are often over-scheduled and get very little time with patients, 10 minutes or less, making it easy for them to rush to a diagnosis or miss the whole picture. There is also a not so small risk of being misdiagnosed and therefore receiving inappropriate or unnecessary treatments.
Since we live in a society that stresses doctor responsibility for patients instead of self-responsibility, doctors are in a difficult position. They refer patients
Doctors receive little, if any, education regarding nutrition and healthy living. They may suggest diet and exercise, but the patient gets no details either because of lack of time or lack of expertise. This is all many people need to improve their health, with or without other medical intervention. And since many patients would rather just ‘pop a pill’, this compounds the problem.
Insurance companies do not reimburse medical facilities for providing prevention or lifestyle support to the patient even though it costs much less than drugs and surgeries. Eventually, because of funding, facilities are forced to end these programs. This is a difficult situation for health care providers. A diabetes specialist once explained to me that he was often refused insurance payment because patients were given effective dietary advice in addition to needed medication. He said they would readily pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars for amputations and other surgeries related to complications, but not prevention.
Since we live in a society that stresses doctor responsibility for patients instead of self-responsibility, doctors are in a difficult position. They refer patients for too many tests and procedures at greatly increasing costs to protect themselves from lawsuits. And who can blame them?
In the allopathic medical system, drugs or surgery are primary treatments for health conditions. Since drugs do not usually cure, but suppress and change the way the body functions, this covers up the condition instead of curing it. Sometimes this is helpful (like with severe pain), but when little or nothing is done to regain health, the condition worsens over time. Patients who would be good candidates for lifestyle improvements or are not given that opportunity, even when that is all they need to get better.
Invasive procedures and strong drugs can cause serious consequences. Drugs, surgery, hospitalizations and other medical procedures are responsible for many adverse reactions, including death. Contracting a dangerous infection is a serious risk when someone is hospitalized. Properly prescribed medications kill over 100,000 people in the U.S. alone. Another hundred thousand die from an accidental overdose or prescribing errors. Surgery and certain procedures can be traumatic or deadly. They do not always cure the problem and sometimes make problems worse.
Pharmaceutical research is sometimes flawed and often slow. Money is a big driver. This means that ineffective or dangerous drugs may make it to market and stay too long after people suffer or die from them. It also means that people cannot take advantage of promising new treatments soon enough or at all if they do not get approved. Natural remedies that may be every bit as effective as pharmaceuticals are not often researched because there is little money to be made and the expense of controlled research and approval is enormous. Some people go to countries outside the U.S. for these treatments.
One must take into account that patients with permanent or long-time medication are blocked or their immune system has been weakened considerably. It is therefore recommended to administer only a basic therapy when beginning a BICOM treatment to observe the patient’s reaction.