I'm so excited for you to be able to begin your practice! The unlicensed states is such a frustrating issue. I was seeing an ND here in Michigan, and she's very knowledgeable, but she isn't legally able to prescribe anything. Many chronic problems can be treated nutritionally and with supplementation, but some patients truly are sick and would be helped with short-term medication. I fear this has implications for referrals-- in an unlicensed state the ND may "know" that a pharmaceutical treatment may be the best option, but has to have the integrity to risk "losing" a patient by providing that referral.
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The unlicensed states is such a frustrating issue. I was seeing an ND here in Michigan, and she's very knowledgeable, but she isn't legally able to prescribe anything. Many chronic problems can be treated nutritionally and with supplementation, but some patients truly are sick and would be helped with short-term medication.
I fear this has implications for referrals-- in an unlicensed state the ND may "know" that a pharmaceutical treatment may be the best option, but has to have the integrity to risk "losing" a patient by providing that referral.