Saturday 13 December 2014

Integrative Approaches to Healthcare Are Necessary, Not Optional Today


By Brenda Pearce, RN

How many times have you turned on television, and watching a program originating from the US, see commercials for medications showing wonderful happy people living a full and vibrant life, and then hearing in very fast, forced speech longer than the actual commercial about all the interactions and side effects of the medication?  It is not a joke!  These are real and very scary outcomes that have happened to real people as a result of taking that particular medication.  This is the norm of our healthcare pharmacopeia.  High stakes and high risks.

If you do not take note of these outcomes and the seriousness of these risks, you could become a statistic too.

What value do you put on your own life, if our healthcare system doesn’t.  This may not be intentional on the actions of your physician, but can be a sad result.   There are big dollars at stake on the side of the R&D of medications that are supposedly meant to our highest and best, sometimes repurposed from their original intention due to negative results, or have been offered in our country when they have been outlawed in other countries.  Or, clinical trials are being done when the drug has not been approved in our country…   It scares me as a health professional to administer medications which may not benefit a client, or may cause other conditions causing a pharmacopeia spiral of more and more medications to be required.

I wonder how we can incorporate holistic practices in synergy with health conditions to improve life, reduce medication dependence.   For instance as a Reiki practitioner, I know that Reiki will help to reduce, fear, pain and anxiety, and if physicians feel the need to prescribe an antidepressant, or antianxiety medication, that they could prescribe a referral to a Reiki practitioner as well.  This may reduce the long term dependence on these medications.  There are side effects of increased suicidal thoughts or other devastating thoughts, that are possible with medication prescription, yet no one ever died because of a Reiki session!   Yes, so many people benefit from the hands on effect of someone energetically raising their vibrational energy set-point.

I feel that this is a time when many, many people are asking more questions, or seeking options in their healthcare choices, this opens us up to amazing times of choice and empowerment.

PRIM opens the door to creating a happier healthier partnership with our healthcare systems.  Let’s embrace this time of open dialogue.  Vanessa’s Law is a VERY proactive start to this change within Canada.   Canadians are seeking and Canada is speaking out! 

 

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