Frequently Asked Questions by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum

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Frequently Asked Questions

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1. How are CFS patients wronged by the medical profession?

2. Why is the disease so hard to define and why are there so many

disconnected symptoms?

3. Most Americans are tired and don’t sleep well. So how do you know if you

really have CFS?.

4. Why is your approach to treating CFS unique?

5. Why do sick people have " normal " blood tests?

6. If you believe in natural approaches, why do you prescribe antibiotics?

7. How long does it take to get results?

8. What changes does our medical system need to effectively treat disease in

the 21st century?

9. How do I find a doctor who can treat me?

10. Are you paid by the vitamin supplement companies you promote?

 

 

1. How are CFS patients wronged by the medical profession?

 

Although most doctors try to be wonderful, caring people, a few of us have a

bad habit. We think that if we don't know what's wrong with the patient, the

patient must be crazy. To give these severely ill patients, their families

and their employers this false impression based on our arrogance is both

intellectually dishonest and cruel. That patients on the active treatment got

much

better and the placebo group did not, proves that these are real syndromes.

 

 

2. Why is the disease so hard to define and why are there so many

disconnected symptoms?

 

Although the illness significantly suppresses a central control area that

regulates many key bodily functions (the Hypothalamus), this suppression may

not decrease blood tests to the level of the lowest 2% of the population (two

standard deviations), the level required to be considered " medically

abnormal " . Nonetheless, the suppression of many different systems is enough to

leave

people non-functional. By the same token, the large number of body areas

affected by the disease creates a myriad of symptoms, which, to a doctor not

trained in these syndromes, seem unrelated.

 

 

3. Most Americans are tired and don't sleep well. So how do you know if you

really have CFS?

 

Although many people are tired and have poor sleep, the fatigue usually goes

away with rest and is not associated with the other symptoms noted above. It

is the mix of a common group of symptoms that define a syndrome. People who

are tired, achy, " brain foggy " , can't sleep, have increased thirst and poor

libido -- even if these are not disabling -- often have a milder form of

CFS/FMS.

 

 

 

4. Why is your approach to treating CFS unique?

 

In medicine, we're trained to look for a single treatment - the so called

" magic bullet " that can eliminate the problem. Because CFS/FMS affects so many

systems, and because the affected systems vary considerable from patient to

patient, most patients need to have a combination of treatments tailored

specifically to treat all their problems simultaneously. Our placebo controlled

study dramatically shows that when you do this, people get much better.

 

 

5. Why do sick people have " normal " blood tests?

 

As noted above, normal does not equal healthy. As an example, a recent study

showed that most of the people who get better with thyroid hormone have

normal thyroid blood tests!

 

 

6. If you believe in natural approaches, why do you prescribe antibiotics?

 

I believe in using what is safe and effective. Although I prefer natural

treatments, prescription medications are a wonderful and powerful part of out

tool kit.

 

 

 

7. How long does it take to get results?

 

People start to get better in an average of 7 to 10 weeks, though the time

can vary considerable from patient to patient.

 

 

 

8. What changes are needed by our medical system to effectively treat

disease in the 21st century?

 

Although our financially-driven system produces many wonderful new

treatments, it results in largely ignoring anything that is not patentable

(i.e.,

anything natural). It's time to apply the best of both worlds when treating

people. Why use only a hammer when you have the whole tool kit available.

 

 

9. How do I find a doctor who can treat me?

 

My website has a list of health care practitioners who are specially trained

in treating CFS/FMS. Click here for our practitioner list.

 

 

10. Are you paid by the vitamin supplement companies you promote?

 

I have a policy of not taking money from any company whose products I

recommend - including the products I've designed for energy and sleep. I've

asked

the company to donate my share of the profits for these products to charity.

 

 

 

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