In a message dated 1/20/1 7:51:50 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< There is so much of pharmaceutical medicine that operates in this manner.
If a few patients need a given medication or medical procedure, just treat
everyone the same.  Saves brain work in seeing what one patient really needs.
>>

Pat,
Another common problem is that the dosage of any drug needs to be strong
enough to elicit a response in almost all patients. I would expect that the
dosage of vit D (and whatever other unecessary vitamins are involved) would
be high enough to meet the needs of those rare babies who really are
deficient. I have to wonder if the dangers of excess vitamin ingestion has
been considered.
    One more thought, isn't this another way to make "patients" out of
normal, healthy infants? I do not make this comment lightly. What is the
affect on parents who perceive their children as patients? What is the affect
on the way those parents perceive their children? When something can be
obtained in a normal, natural way (ie--a walk in the sun, living, nutritious
foods, rest), then it is simply a part of self-care, but when a prescription
is needed, it implies a frigility or deficiency in the body of the "patient".
This is one of the arguments, IMO, for prescriptions for AIM. Those babies
should be treated as patients, since they are fragile and deficient due to
AF. (Of course, w/ prescriptions, there would be a lot less AF babies).
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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