In this interview segment, Dr. Caroline Williams, a practitioner with 24 years in alternative and holistic healthcare, discusses the importance of patients consulting their doctors before using a new health technology (referred to as "the patches"). She stresses that while patients should inform their physicians, they should not assume doctors are already knowledgeable about such emerging modalities. Williams emphasizes the need to cross‑reference treatments to avoid contraindications and take responsibility for patient safety. She also notes that many doctors lack education on these technologies, which can lead to uninformed opinions, and she frequently encounters this issue when recommending nutritional support as well.
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So, you and I were having a really interesting conversation, um, the other day, just talking about how obviously we encourage people to go and speak with their doctors, you know, about, about this technology, you know, and how they, you know, if they, you know, feel like it's okay for them to use it. Um, but obviously sometimes we get some interesting then responses with that. And so you were giving me some extra things that you thought is important for us to to, um, you know, just put out there for people to consider when we're, you know, recommending that. Sure, yes, absolutely, check with your doctor first. Um, but I just wanted you to be able to share that with everyone else because I thought it was really good advice.
I mean, you know, I've been in the healthcare industry for 24 years and being in the alternative and holistic side of healthcare over the years, I've had you know, situations where patients will, you know, talk, say something to the effect of like talking to another doctor that they're seeing about, you know, or asking them about some of the stuff that we're recommending. And of course, we do want to cross-reference other things that we're doing because we won't— we don't want to do anything that would be contraindicated for sure. We want to take responsibility in that regard. And we do certainly want everybody to be on the same page where these things are concerned. But I also would advise my patients that certainly you want to tell your, your whoever, that's fine, but don't necessarily expect them to know about this because, you know, they, they, they are not gonna automatically know and understand what this technology does if they haven't been educated on it. So if you're going to go to them and look for their opinion on this, They're not going to be able to give you an educated opinion on this, right, if they've never heard of it. So they could be— they're going to tell you something, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's an educated opinion, right? And I deal with that a lot also with some of the nutritional support that I will give people as well. So it's something I'm very used to. And so I feel like a lot of people don't necessarily think about that, right? Yeah. Because I feel like they think that their doctor should just know everything.
