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Does it work? Could it be a placebo effect? A mind is a powerful thing.
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No Offense Intended but
The Placebo effect is confused by researchers with Patient Prayer and simply the body healing itself! ! !

We have hundreds of folks in our area being treated with Placebo antibiotics everyday
and they all go around sick for months at a time until the body finally heals itself or just a simple healing by God's mercy .........

And because our health insurance companies are allowed to dictate to our doctors, illness such as
Sinus Infections
Broncitious
Ear Infections
and many other illness are only treated with Placebo's..........

Hint,
any med than you can get for 3 or 4 dollars is a Placebo,

As for Generics ????
Yes they may be the SAME ingredients but they have reduced the percentage of the drug that actually helps our symptoms.

Example: a decongestant generic has 1%pseudoephedmine
and the brand name has 90%...


Best,

Phyllis

Did the B6 keep you out of surgery?

I'll give anything a shot to avoid surgery


Jimmy3

I have not read anything about B-6 helping
Did this prevent you from having surgery?

I want to avoid surgery if you have any other ideas .

Coop

[img] I don't know whetherB6 is helpful or not, but my orthopedic doctor consulted with me this week about my cubital tunnel problem, he suggested taking it. I've started but it is too soon to tell it is helpful.

BTW - he recommended surgery first thing. I'm dragging my feet (elbow?) about it so he suggested a second opinion. My symptoms are annoying, long standing (one year), and got worse after I played a game of golf two weeks ago. I won't do that again any time soon!

Also, after I more or less insisted, he prescribed a couple of weeks of physical therapy.

I'm working on everything I can think of to avoid the surgery he described - the one with the long recovery time!

Golfer

Hi Golfer

I was just wondering how you were doing

I hope you have still been able to aviod surgery.

Phyllis

Thanks for asking....I've been having physical therapy 2x's a week for about 2 months and it IS helping.

The tingling has virtually stopped!
There is numbness remaining in my little finger but mostly gone from ring finger.

I don't know how much longer I'll be referred for PT - but I think, through this month. I know they want to see continuing improvement. Right now, I think it is on a plateau. BUT, if I had to quit now and the numbness was all that bothered me, I would be OK with it. My therapist wants me to start doing a bit of golf(easy, short club stuff).
I went out once - and it was OK. BUT, I'm pretty sure that if I did full swings and hit divots - I'd reinjure my elbow. So...I'm very hesitant to
"tempt fate!"

I love golf - but I love my elbow/hand more! Fortunately golf is an option for me. It is not like my livelihood depends upon it - like some of the musicians, etc.

So, you can see, I'm pretty encouraged about avoiding surgery. In fact - that is way out of the picture.

Thanks for you interest.
Golfer