Not exact matches
«If you give patients immune cells to eradicate any remaining cancer cells that might be present,» he says, «those immune cells would not be prevented from doing their job by ongoing immune suppression
drugs that are being used in patients treated with
conventional transplant
approaches.»
Another team reported that the LINCS
approach of measuring a wide range of cells» responses to
drugs was more accurate than
conventional drug - potency tests.
The tests are based on research conducted by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) investigators — and could pave the way for a more precise
approach to cancer therapy and help find effective
drugs when
conventional approaches to precision medicine have failed.
The
conventional approach is to treat each of these various problems with different
drugs, and ignore the fundamental factors that are at the root of all of them.
The
conventional approach is to block, antagonize, suppress and inhibit the immune system with
drugs; whereas the Functional Medicine
approach is to get a thorough history of the person's health, because everything in the body is connected, in order to find the root underlying cause of their symptoms — and of their autoimmune disease.
Are you frustrated by the
conventional symptom
drug approach?
It will just change based on a free market
approach or people saying, «I'm gonna go look for a functional medicine doctor to fix my condition because my
conventional doctor is just throwing anti-depressants and Prilosec and Nexium and corticosteroids at me and immune - suppressive
drugs and it doesn't look too good and the side effect's staying and it's not fixing any of the issues.»
Currently,
conventional preventive medical
approaches to inflammation are limited to the use of CRP to predict cardiovascular disease in high - risk subjects, and the prophylactic use of
drugs like aspirin to inhibit the inflammatory cascade linked to thrombosis (uncontrolled blood clotting).
Dr. Collin's consultation seeks to «integrate»
conventional medical treatment with «alternative» therapies optimizing the health outcome using both
approaches and minimizing adverse effects of
drugs.
Conventional medicine typically
approaches the disease with a treatment plan that includes the use of corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (NSAIDs), antimalarial
drugs, and chemotherapeutic agents.
Conventional pain management relies on pharmacological applications such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs (NSAIDS), narcotics, and antidepressant pain modifiers, yet these
approaches can build dependencies --- and potential hearing loss.
It's typical that they take a less
conventional approach to the use of vaccinations and
drug therapies; however, oftentimes, the recommended treatment may involve traditional medical treatments in addition to holistic ones, such as surgery and pharmaceuticals.