Alchemy: Allopathy to Repatriation

25 Pages·2017·1.87 MB·English

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Alchemy:
Allopathy to Repatriation
Palmer MacKie, MD MS FNG
Director, Integrative Pain Program
Eskenazi Health
Indiana University School of Medicine
“Shows you how much I know”
Perspective and Wisdom
“The possibility that health care might cause net harm is
increasingly important given the sheer magnitude of the
modern health care enterprise...these issues will likely
challenge assumptions about the value of many current
health care practices.”
JAMA2009 Vol 302.No1 89-91
Cost of Opioid Prescriptions in US
Clin J Pain 2011;27:194–202
• 2006 estimated total cost nonmedical use
prescription opioids was $53.4 billion
• $42 billion (79%) to lost productivity
• $8.2 billion (15 %) to criminal justice costs
• $2.2 billion (4%) to drug abuse treatment
• CDC’s estimate for 2009 is $ 72 billion
Altarum Analysis 2016
No Magic Bullet
hope
The capacity for is the most significant fact
of life. It provides human beings with a sense of
destination and the energy to get started.
Norman Cousins
Anatomy of an Illness
“Actually, I’m going up and I’m going down”

Acupuncture and Hope
Diabetes and arthritis all gave my body much pain
The pain pills I tried all helped me some,
But part would still remain
A program on pain and taking control
gave me a new outlook
Less food, better rest And exercise were
Part of the path I took.