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joeltb t1_j7vvvs5 wrote

Functional doctors are not real doctors. They won't even take health insurance as payment cuz they are not legit: According to Wikipedia: Functional medicine is a form of alternative medicine that encompasses a number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments. Its proponents claim that it focuses on the "root causes" of diseases based on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems to develop "individualized treatment plans." It has been described as pseudoscience, quackery, and at its essence a rebranding of complementary and alternative medicine.

They will just tell you that you have Cibo(sp?) and ask that you purchase their special mix of herbs to cure it cuz Antibiotics bad.

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[deleted] OP t1_j7vzryw wrote

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ohhgrrl t1_j7w0tt3 wrote

You can get this from a PCP. Unfortunately you have to advocate HARD. I am seeing a resident at Boston Medical Center primary care who is sending me to any specialist I request. Does BMC take your insurance? DM me if you want her name.

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leeann0923 t1_j7w62c8 wrote

They don’t offer testing that is FDA approved so what you get from them ends up being a fake diagnosis, supported by non evidence based tests, and $300-400 for supplements that you don’t need, that make your urine expensive and you still feel like shit.

I worked in primary care and GI and all functional medicine practitioners are people who prey on people who don’t feel well. I had one patient who was taking, and I’m not being dramatic, 47! supplements a day for acid reflux. And guess what? She was significantly poorer and still had reflux.

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