alternate treatment

alternate treatment,

n the contract provisions that authorize the insurance carrier to determine the amount of benefits payable, giving consideration to alternate procedures, services, or courses of treatment that may be performed to accomplish the desired result. The attending dental provider and the patient have the option of which procedure to use, although payment for the procedure may be based on the alternate treatment principle.

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Patient discussion about alternate treatment.

Q. Anybody familiar with alternative treatment for ADHD?

A. you can try melatonin,it helps calm one down which helps one focus,i use it on my son.

Q. Is chemotherapy the only treatment for breast cancer? They found a lump and took a biopsy, and now they want to do chemotherapy and a surgery, are there any other ways of treatments that not include injecting poison into my body?

A. The type of treatment recommended to you by your cancer specialist will depend on the size and location of the tumor in the breast, the results of lab tests done on the cancer cells and the stage or extent of the disease. Breast cancer treatments are local or systemic. Local treatments are used to remove, destroy or control the cancer cells in a specific area, such as the breast. They include: 1.Surgery, either mastectomy or lumpectomy also called breast conserving therapy or partial mastectomy) with or without lymph node removal. 2.Radiation therapy.
Systemic treatments are used to destroy or control cancer cells all over the body. They include: 1.Chemotherapy which uses drugs to to kill cancer cells. 2.Hormone therapy , including tamoxifen, and the aromatase inhibitors Arimidex, Aromasin and Femara.3.Biological Therapy such as Herceptin, works by using the body's immune system to destroy cancer cells. http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/guide/breast-cancer-treatment Hope this helps

Q. How can I know it’ll help me? I have knee pain for several years, and after seeing numerous doctors that couldn’t offer a reasonable treatment, I’m thinking about trying some form of alternative medicine. How can I be sure it’ll help me? I’m tired of trying a new thing and then disappointing again.

A. You need to be more specific as to your knee pain. Is the pain caused because of over exertion or because of a few extra pounds? Have you had an MRI of your knees or is it tender pain caused from fibromyalgia?
Alternative Medicine is good but like traditional medicine you need to have all of the avaliable information necesarry on your Knee Pain for
Alternative Medicine to work.