More from the interview with Dr. Riggs:
Q: Why would a physician say no?
A: The challenge is, most doctors, including me, don’t know everything about every supplement. I’ll have patients that will bring to me a supplement that they’re taking and say, “Dr. Riggs is this OK? It says I’m supposed to talk to my doctor about it.” And I’ll have no idea because I’ve never seen it before. Sometimes I’ll have the time to look it up and determine that I don’t have a concern with the ingredients for that specific patient’s health. But a lot of the time physicians don’t have the time to look that up. Which means that their first answer is going to be not to take it. They don’t have the time to determine whether it’s safe or not. So they’re going to say because I don’t know, don’t take it. Not the right answer, but a common answer. That’s where speaking their language and bringing them the information can go a long way.
QUESTION – HAVE YOU EVER BEEN FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOUR DOCTOR IS NOT INFORMED ABOUT HEALTHCARE OPTIONS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN?
