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Over the four decades I’ve been in health care, one of the most challenging obstacles I’ve faced with patients has been medically prescribed corticosteroids. At times when interviewing a new patient I feel that I can simply assume they have been on steroids as the frequency of usage among patients we see is so great. Other common drugs used include extensive use of antibiotics, antacids, synthroid and anti-depressants… all making a patient’s journey back to health more difficult and complex.

Rheumatoid Arthritis and other Autoimmune Diseases continue to skyrocket in our population. We continue to hear the tragic stories of patients who have been treated for these issues with drugs which fail to address causal factors and have tragic side effects that few users of them escape. Rheumatoid Disease and other autoimmune disease sufferers can be helped if causal factors are uncovered, and the patient has the will to do the needed work to restore their health as opposed to taking drugs, pills and potions.

Little recognized by health care professionals and laypersons is that allergies can present themselves in diverse ways. Some of the less recognized symptoms of seasonal allergies are constipation, diarrhea, GERD, acid reflux, nausea and stomach cramping. The skin is another common area where symptoms will appear in the form of hives, rashes, eczema and dermatitis. The joints can also be affected, aggravating symptoms of arthritis / Rheumatoid disease. 

Toxic environmental materials are impacting both individuals and communities bringing with them rapidly increasing chronic disease rates in the population. This important causal factor is largely ignored in most clinical / medical practices. 

Karen came to the Goldberg Tener Clinic after suffering with medically diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis for thirty six years. Throughout that time she took numerous prescription drugs including steroids (prednisone), methotrexate, remicade and gold but he condition continued to deteriorate to the point that her condition “consumed her life”. Today, approximately eighteen months since her initial visit, Karen reports 90% improvement in her condition and is completely drug free. Her blood inflammatory markers (C-Reactive Protein and Sedimentation Rate) are within the normal range (without drugs) indicating a lack of systemic inflammation and improved overall health.

In any disease affecting large numbers of people, medical clinics, drug and supplement companies and purveyors of other products have jumped on board to capitalize on this widespread issue. What they have in common is their similar orientation to “treat” autoimmune disorders. This is starting out on the wrong foot.