Can This Doctor Work Without Prescribing Drugs? (Medical Documentary) | Real Stories Dr Chris Van Tulleken is embarking on a daring medical experiment that could change the way we think about our health forever. Britain is addicted to prescription drugs. They’re doing us more harm than good, the evidence for their efficacy is wafer-thin and they’re costing the NHS a fortune. It’s a medical crisis – and Chris is determined to do something about it. So he’s setting up a radical new drug-free clinic in a busy GP surgery. For three months, he’s going to treat illnesses without antibiotics, control pain without painkillers, and wean some of Britain’s most drug-dependent patients off their “life-saving” drug regimes. Instead of giving his patients medicine, he’s going to take their medicine away. Want to watch more full-length Documentaries? Click here: http://bit.ly/1GOzpIu Follow us on Twitter for more - https://twitter.com/realstoriesdocs Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RealStoriesChannel Instagram - @realstoriesdocs Content licensed from Raw TV. Any queries, please contact us at: [email protected] Produced by Raw TV
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Morbidly interesting how eliminating sugar & refined foods isn't mentioned anywhere.
Brilliant! The only thing missing in this documentary is nutrition, a big, big factor. BUT it's great to see a doctor go this path
On October 5th, 2017 my son was in an accident at work and was admitted to a trauma hospital far from home, so I stayed in a hotel to be near him. He stayed there until mid December and in that time I lost 65lbs just walking the 3 blocks between hotel and hospital multiple times a day. The weight loss has been so helpful for my chronic pain that I've managed to wean my painkiller (opioid) dose down to half of what it was. Walking truly is a miracle drug and I feel like crap if I don't get my daily walk or some form of exercise in.
why didn't he talk about nutrition ???????
I love this doctor so much. you can tell he truly cares about his patients, and is also humble enough to admit he could be wrong about things. this humility is criminally missing in almost every doctor I've seen
Dr Cam is such a good sport, actually all the doctors are. Being scrutinised over how you handle your patients must be tough.
l have done the switch by myself,and l am having the best years since a long time, l am drug free and so happy. L would be so happy to have this kind of a doctor, those people are so lucky
Perhaps Chrystal’s pain is due to systemic inflammation in the body. A good place to start would be eliminating refined processed foods and sugar. I would always begin with dietary changes.
This is one courageous Doctor, like David versus Goliath. May his tribe increase for both the public knowledge & doctors/medical professionals. A win-win for all. I hope the pharmaceutical industry will support & not thwart this movement.
Regular exercise requires a level of accountability and motivation that most medical professionals refuse to involve themselves in even though it would help a lot of people. It's kind of sad.
Thank you, just watched the first episode today and now the second is up already! This channel has so much great documentaries on it, keep on the great work!
This Documentary should have gone viral!! I'm in the US and this country has created drug addicted, homelessness, mental health disorders and these people have been thrown to the curb like rubbish. Chris, Thank you so much for this!!
I would go to your clinic in an American, New York Minute!!!! I took myself off all my blood pressure meds. after I went vegan and my BP stayed low/normal. I would be there. I do not take pharma!
The swimming girl can take cold showers, its also helpful
Chrystals recovery and her being able to move again had me sobbing in front of my laptop ..... What a courageous woman !! I wish her all the luck in the worlds <3
A practitioner of allopathic medicine, who isn't a dogmatic imbecile. Very refreshing! Now add the bit about 'let food be thy medicine' and this can be called: 'A good beginning.' Good on you, Dr. Chris.
Forming groups where members motivate & support each others to keep doing the right thing is clearly the key. Very few people are so strongly motivated that they can keep doing healthy things all by themselves.
I would love to see you tackle chronic (or adrenal) fatigue with thyroid problems. That's what I have after being a personal trainer and being super fit. I feel like I've lost half of my life from exhaustion and it affects everything in my life. I don't visit Dr's because they don't help.
While this is a great start, it falls short of healing completely. Like he said, most people don't want lifestyle changes, and really that's what causes most problems in the first place. I was sorry to see that food habits were not addressed. Eating chemicals from colorants and additives in food can cause inflammation, depression, and pain. Just drinking more water, eating more veggies and walking would go a long way to helping most chronic sufferers.
What an amazingly inspirational man to do this for people, I hope more doctors take note.