Posted 8/23/2015 2:11 PM (GMT 0)
Our daughter, K, was treated by Dr P and recovered to approx. 80% under her care. Dr P is very good with abx, testing and clinical diagnoses. She has seen a lot of lyme/co and knows what she is doing in that area. She understands that these infections can cause autoimmune-like reactions. I was amazed when she told me that K's PANS/PANDAS reactions would resolve with abx treatment, and they did.
She uses homeopathic detox remedies, but failed to fully explain detox to us. That was one thing I had to investigate myself. If you have already been through this yourself you will be more on the ball than I was when we were starting out.
For information on detox, I would recommend Dr Jernigan's book.
She also doesn't discuss probiotic supplementation, which is an absolute must (2-3 x daily) with the abx she prescribes.
If you need something explained, you will need to request that specifically. Dr P doesn't spend much time explaining her reasoning, and leaves it to you to do your own research. For instance she will say things like "investigate EMFs"; she knows they can impact immune function but simply doesn't have time to explain this to people who may not be receptive to the idea.
She is good at addressing methylation problems with the proper vitamins. She likes methyl B12 injections, but I wasn't comfortable with them, and she was OK with my wanting to use B12 sublingual. If you have qualms about any treatment she recommends, tell her and she will work around it.
She treats biofilms and mineral deficiencies with supplementation.
She is very good at multitasking and is very intelligent, with a good memory, but can be brusque and rarely smiles. If you get a smile from her you know you have done something right.
Her middle eastern accent can be hard to understand at times. It took me a while to figure out that bab-ip-see-ah actually meant babesia.
Her office is not very nice, and her assistants are not too quick, but Dr P was very good for us and got us underway nicely.
Continuing with herbal protocols has brought K the final 20% of healing that we were unable to attain with abx. Dr P was unable to help with Buhner's protocols, although she does use BW remedies as well as Cowden. She will often mix them with abx treatment.