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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
~ I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
~ Robert Frost: 'The Road Not Taken'
"I will not follow where the path may lead,
but I will go where there is no path,
and I will leave a trail." — Muriel Strade
Outrageous as it may seem, state boards of medicine are STILL 'whipping' nutritional physicians after all these years of nutritional medicine being recognized as a part of allopathic medicine, even by these state medical boards themselves! They do so - illegally - by not providing what all other physicians are provided: Peer review. This means that all nutritional physicians who are subject to board investigations should be reviewed either by a nutritional physician or by a physician who has substantial knowledge of the nutritional physician's practice area. This has totally NOT been done in my case, until the very latest investigation of a case against me (by a 'quackbuster' physician). So, if you come across any of the negative information about me, put out by the AZ MD Board, confirmed by the kangaroo courts of AZ, and promoted by 'Quackbuster' and 'Casewatch' websites, you should know how to respond in your own mind. And, by the way, if you do go to those websites, note the HONOR ROLL of all the best US nutritional physicians of the past several decades above and below my name!
The worst propaganda against me by the Az MD Bd is that I allegedly "over-billed" for my services. This is a totally false claim and is based entirely on the ignorance of the Board and its coding specialists, who admitted in court that they do NOT know coding for a nutritional physician!! They are assuming that "comprehensive examination", in the case of a nutritional physician, is synonymous with "full physical examination". When I tried to tell them, and an administrative court, this elementary fact, they sent me to an 8-hour coding course - in which the course leader confirmed that I am correct. My extensive blood testing IS my "comprehensive examination" and, even without such blood testing, I could STILL bill with the procedure codes that I use if >50% of my time with the patient is spent in nutritional counseling - which it always is! So my coding qualifies in two different ways, where only one way would be sufficient. But now the Board is STILL libeling me all over the internet, gleefully picked up, and also spread on the internet, by Quackwatch and Casewatch.
The second-most-egregious AZ MD Bd propaganda against me is in the area of my approaches to Hypothyroidism, and specifically the "normal range" of the TSH test. The Board reports, on its website about me, that a Tucson ('quackbuster') internist, Robert Lending MD, complained about my having wanted to treat one of his patients, who consulted me for a nutritional-medicine approach to his symptoms, with T4 thyroid hormone when "his TSH was only 4.1" (on two occasions). In Sept., 2002, the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, the scientific-medical group consisting of hundreds of thyroidologists and lab clinicians that makes policy on laboratory normal ranges, reported in detail on thyroid blood tests. Among other pronouncements, it said that new epidemiological and other data (NHANES III, Rotterdam Study, Framingham Study, Wickenham Study, etc.) were now showing that the TSH normal range should be decreased from 0.5-5.0, in the past, to 0.35-2.50, in the future. Admittedly, there is no consensus, yet, for total acceptance of this new range and older, more conservative endocrinologists are still holding out for the old range to be maintained. But powerful voices, like that of the current president of The Endocrine Society, Len Wartofsky MD MPH, and many others, have advocated the new range in scientific peer-reviewed published articles in the mainstream medical literature. And the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has been advocating a range of 0.40-3.04 on its official website since its Thyroid Month in January 2003. It stated (Hossain Gharib MD and 2 other AACE leaders) that the new lower range would mean that about 13 million people who had previously been missed by the old normal range for TSH would now likely be diagnosed and treated, saving MANY deaths from cardiac disease and other causes, and saving much morbidity (illness) like obesity, depression, memory loss, constipation, dry skin, etc., etc., etc.. Yet, in my first court appearances for my "wrong practices", in April and May of 2003, the AZ administrative (kangaroo) court in Maricopa County refused to accept the new data on the proposed change in the normal range and preferred to rely on the testimony of an ultra-conservative endocrinologist, Sydney Westphal MD, INSTEAD! Bear in mind that Westphal is one of the endo's who is STILL missing 13 million cases of primary hypothyroidism annually! But she is my accuser, on whom the court relied, and I, who have known since I first started treating hypothyroidism in 1989, that the TSH "normal range" was way too high, am being held up for public censure and probation by the AZ MD Bd!! [And, therefore, QuackWatch and CaseWatch.]
Let me tell you something more about Hypothyroidism: Primary (thyroid-gland-based) hypothyroidism is only one of four causes of hypothyroidism, the others being secondary (pituitary), tertiary (hypothalamic) and non-thyroidal-illness (NTI) hypothyroidism - NONE of which elevates the TSH level!! So all hypothyroidism by these 3 additional causes is also routinely being missed by the standard approach to hypothyroidism!! The thyroid establishment pooh-poohs the relevance of these other causes, saying they make up only about 1% of all cases of hypothyroidism. But, since they hardly ever screen for all forms of hypothyroidism by doing the Free-T3 thyroid hormone level, by the Dialysis method (the ONLY accurate method - see NACB report, Sept. 2002), how would they ever know how many cases they are missing??!! If they did the DFT3 level every time, like I do, they would find the same as I do, that more than half the cases of hypothyroidism fall into one or more of these other categories, either solely, or admixed with primary hypothyroidism!
Perhaps, if you have never been unfairly convicted of anything, you just cannot appreciate the extent of my moral outrage about this fraudulent prosecution of me and my practice, and this libeling of my excellent reputation around the US and even in some foreign countries. Consider that Galileo stood convicted of heresy by the Catholic Church for 400 years for stating that the earth rotates around the sun, and not vice versa. And think about the dozens of people who have served decades in prison, or even died there, and who have later, through DNA evidence, been found innocent. But, if you have been unfairly convicted of anything, you will know exactly what I am talking about: Justice and fairness are not always synonymous with the law!
I have never harmed anyone. You will be safe with me; you will be treated with honor and the utmost respect; and you will have the opportunity to be the beneficiary of my outstanding outcomes and track record in the chronic conditions that I treat.
This is the highest-ranked nutritional and metabolic telemedicine website on the entire internet. It is also "Best on Web" on several search engines in certain medical diagnostic and treatment categories, e.g., Optimal treatment of [all forms and grades of] Hypothyroidism; Non-thyroidal-illness Hypothyroidism; Natural Treatment for Hypothyroidism, Depression and Bipolar Disorders; Natural Medicine Letter; Metabolic practitioners; Nutritional practitioners; Vitamin B12 Deficiency diagnosis; Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Optimal Hypothyroidism Treatment, Sensitive Hypothyroidism Diagnosis; etc., etc., etc..
This practice and this website are owned and directed by John V Dommisse MD, MBChB(CapeTown), FRCP(Canada), since 1977 a nutritional medicine practitioner (for which there is no board certification available) and a psychiatrist (for which he is Canadian-board-certified, recognized in AZ, VA and several other states, since 1976).
He possesses a full armamentarium of scientific nutritional, natural-hormonal, enzymatic, immune-boosting, anti-candida, food-sensitivity and numerous other blood-testing-verified approaches that have produced outstanding outcomes in almost all the patients who have consulted him, especially since 1989 when his approach to all forms and grades of Hypothyroidism was added to previous approaches.
You may not be aware that, as reported in numerous articles in mainline/ establishment medical journals, nutritional medicine is much more successful and effective in chronic diseases than standard/ conventional medicine is. e.g., Here are some extracts from a Reuters report in November 2002: "A distinguished lecture on global issues in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) was given at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by Harvard professor and CAM researcher Prof. Arthur Kleinman MD on November 7, 2002. Dr Kleinman discussed the immense influence of CAM on current medical practices around the world and pointed to problems and areas that needed thoughtful consideration and more research. He included the following points:
* In the U.S., health care is a "dysfunctional system", with 40 million people uninsured. The enormous influence of medical companies threatens the biomedical (allopathic) concept of objective standards of care and mainstream medicine's traditional ethical standards.
* In the United States, distrust of allopathic biomedicine is growing. Survey after survey is documenting patient mistrust of biomedical practitioners and HMO's.
* Surveys also show that CAM practitioners are outside this U.S. arc of distrust: "You do not find the same ... level of complaints, [because CAM practitioners take the] time to listen [and are] more effectively engaged ... This is a tremendous challenge to the biomedicine of our time: How to re-engage the moral core of care, which seems to [be done effectively by current] practitioners of CAM."
* CAM products (dietary supplements) are in a business boom worldwide.
Kleinman concluded it is "increasingly recognized that mainstream medicine, that is, biomedicine, is in deep trouble in the United States. There are major financial troubles; we can't control costs. There are serious questions as to whether the great focus on efficiency has limited quality of care. There is a profound mistrust of practitioners, reflected in the large number of lawsuits, and patient 'shopping' for health care ... ".
“However,” he continued, “on the CAM side we see a surprising contrast ... We see relatively few lawsuits, and patient surveys tend to be positive.” [End of Prof. Kleinman’s remarks.]
Many practitioners of the purely allopathic model of health care are totally unaware of these differences, to the extent that they are not even able to imagine the outcomes that are regularly achieved by integrative practitioners like Jonathan Wright MD (https://www.agora-inc.com/reports/NAH/W6NHD827/); Alan Gaby MD; UCSF assistant clinical professor Carol Jessop MD; and many others, including myself.
So, when the Arizona Medical Board saw my office brochure, with its claims for my outcomes in numerous chronic conditions, it made me revise the brochure in order to bring the claims closer in line with the poor outcomes that most allopathic physicians achieve in chronic conditions!
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The most dramatic 'rescues' of patients, from chronic depression and bipolar disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, early Alzheimer's dementia, atherosclerotic heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and many other conditions, have been achieved by identifying and optimally treating vitamin B12 and other nutritional, enzymatic, and immune system deficiencies, and all types and grades of hypothyroidism, all conditions that are grossly under-diagnosed and undertreated, at least in the US, if not globally. These are also the subjects best covered by my publications. Actual case reports are described in my semi-annual 'Natural Medicine Letter', which is for sale from the end of this website (the first one, much shorter than the rest, is a free download). My new copyrighted scientific paper on my world-renowned 'underground' approach to hypothyroidism is now available in abstract form on this website, and in full form as Natural Medicine Letter Vol.4, Issue 2, March 2000).
The chronic physical and mental conditions that have been found to respond outstandingly well to this approach include (but are not limited to):
- Depression and moodswing disorders (>95% success rate since 1981)
- Fatigue (>90%), CFIDS (>65%), and immune weakness
- Hypothyroidism (underactive T4 and T3 thyroid hormones)
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- PMS, and menopausal and andropausal syndromes
- High homocysteine, C-reactive protein, cholesterol/ Low 'good-cholesterol' (HDL) levels
- Prevention and amelioration of cancer and cardiovascular disease - only one heart attack and 5 cancers have arisen in his thousands of mostly middle-aged and elderly patients since 1994; and NO strokes!
- Insomnia and hypersomnia
- Memory-loss/ early 'Alzheimer's'
- Low sex-drive/ Erectile dysfunction
- Pain and fibromyalgia
- Arthritis and osteoporosis
- Low and high blood sugar
- High and low blood pressure
- Eating and weight disorders
- Anxiety and panic disorders
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Food and sinus allergies
- ADHD, 'restless legs', and tardive dyskinesia
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Work as hard and as smart as you can. Play as often as you can.
Get enough rest, exercise and relaxation.
Eat and drink nutritious foods, in moderate amounts, and take multi-vitamin and multi-mineral supplements (since hardly anyone can obtain all these in sufficient amounts these days, even in the best of diets, because of the depletion of the top soil by aggressive and unreplenishing farming methods, and the pollution of meat and fish by environmental factors and by antibiotics, chemicals and hormones).
Avoid drugs (especially habit-forming prescription drugs like Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, Ambien, Lunesta, etc.), smoking, and excess alcohol, coffee, tea, sodas, chocolate and other candies, cakes, cookies, trans-fats, all added sugars, and ice cream with sugar.
Have a sense of meaning/ purpose (spirituality, religion or philosophy) in life, of self respect, and of humor! Enjoy the company of others, respect their differences, and treat others as they would like to be treated ('the Platinum Rule').
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