I've seen my GI doc for 12 years now. He's in a practice of about 10 others. So how in the hell does he not know what LDN is?!! Isn't their job to keep up to date with current treatments?? Or is this some kind of BS agreements that the practice has with certain drug companys to only use their products? I'm confused because I know he's a smart guy.
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Docs don't know about LDN?
- Thread starter Jeremiah
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I find it common. Everyone's saying how no GI knows about LDN. I have seen 3 different GIs before and no one knows about it. One is from NY state med school, the other one is from harvard med and the last one is from NYU med school.
The newest GI that I've been seeing has been in a practice with 7 other GIs and has 19 years of experience but didn't know about LDN.
But he is so open minded and prescribed LDN for me by calling the compounding pharmacy.
The newest GI that I've been seeing has been in a practice with 7 other GIs and has 19 years of experience but didn't know about LDN.
But he is so open minded and prescribed LDN for me by calling the compounding pharmacy.
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LDN is not FDA approved and no proof that is works so studies have been inconclusive. My Gi didnt know about it either. The Canadian FDA is so strict, we don't even have Cimzia yet.
- Location
- Sonoma County, CA
The LDN website has more background but basically the drug, Naltrexone, was first developed in the 80's to treat drug addiction. Since the drug is now generic, there's really no incentive for a drug company to spend millions on clinical trials to prove the efficacy of LDN for Crohns, MS or other immune diseases. An they certainly aren't advertising or marketing to doctors. There have, however, been academic studies at Penn State that have demonstrated efficacy. You may want to show these studies to your doctor. I had to educate my GI but now he's on board and is watching my case with great interest.
Check out: www.lowdosenaltrexone.org for more info
Check out: www.lowdosenaltrexone.org for more info
My GI is in the Dominican Republic at a 2 week symposium for gastro doctors bought and paid for by major drug companies. My family doctor has bragged about the lavish meals bought and paid for at Ruths Chris by drug salesman to endorse products.
The dr that signed for my medpot and prescribed the LDN and is heavy into alternatives and lfiestyle change is being persecuted by the medical board with BS charges until he changes the evils of his ways.
They all drive mercedes, just a matter of who pays for them. The family doctor is an endangered species with good reason. Plus, the script for the alternative med takes 15 minutes to write and call in, doctor must know his stuff and advise on laddering in and out of use and must advise pharma on what to cut with (cheap inert calcium dulls the effects).
The dr that signed for my medpot and prescribed the LDN and is heavy into alternatives and lfiestyle change is being persecuted by the medical board with BS charges until he changes the evils of his ways.
They all drive mercedes, just a matter of who pays for them. The family doctor is an endangered species with good reason. Plus, the script for the alternative med takes 15 minutes to write and call in, doctor must know his stuff and advise on laddering in and out of use and must advise pharma on what to cut with (cheap inert calcium dulls the effects).
Kev
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- Location
- Halifax, NS, Canada
I've been lucky (or perhaps merely persistant), but I've seen the very best in the field that are available in this area, thanks in major part to my GP. Whenever I needed surgery, he arranged the very best (I had my choice of the #1 and #2 guys - no pun intended). And he got me the best non surgical GI (mind you, I had to wait in line almost a year to see her). And, she put me on LDN back in 07 when the ink was hardly dry on the case study in the American Journal of Gastro-enterology. And she arranged a local pharmacy to make it for me. Sorry, I can't lump all doctors together. Mind you, I was the one who went to her office with the article from that study all printed out and ready for her to read. It was one article, it wasn't headline news, and she has a patient load of around 2,000 patients. If it hadn't been for me, she might never have heard of LDN. If you want a shot at trying this drug, you probably are going to have to do the legwork.
Most specialists are stuck in their ways and slaves to their pharmaceutical masters. That's why my GI never heard of it. He keeps pushing Humira. I have a theory he is building his Humira subsidized Mansion on a tropical island somewhere. It's all I hear from him.
Lmao yeah its all about the FDA. No funding to market and try a generic compound drug. Theres no new money in it anymore. My GI is crazy pushing biologics.. namely psoriasis and MS meds (Stelara...tysabri...) cause they deal with auto-immunity