This article is Dr Ben's follow-up notes from a Free 15 Minute Consult with Dr Ben. Helping direct you to which products, dietary changes & lifestyle products may help you. This phone consult was in regarding: "How can I treat chronic pain with cell salts?"

The Phone Consult Podcast: 
"Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia"

My follow up email to Claudia after the Phone Consult:

Claudia - 

We had a very successful phone consult. You are extremely knowledgeable about your body and provided great information. The history you provided allows me to make some solid recommendations which should ease your chronic pain and Fibromyalgia.

As discussed, here are the things to consider to reduce symptoms of chronic pain in Fibromyalgia:

1. Restore the Health of Your Digestive Tract and Reduce Food Allergies
Given that you were on antibiotics for years as a youngster and got worse and worse from that point tells me your digestive system needs support. Combine this with the fact you are worse when eating sugar or re...

Q. I have dealt with constipation for many years and do believe I have taken every remedy known to man. I am also gluten free. The only somewhat-reliable supplement that works for me is magnesium oxide. I like the fact that Magnesium Plus is such a clean product, but 100 mg would not make a difference for my constipation. I usually take 1200 mg of magnesium oxide. I do take P5P separately. Magnesium citrate powder does not work either.

I have started using Lypo-Spheric C so I no longer have the "bowel tolerance" effect of the C powder I was taking. Any ideas?

Thank you.

A. Hello -

Magnesium oxide works as it is the worst form of magnesium to be absorbed. Given that magnesium oxide is poorly absorbed, it remains in the digestive system. Remember the lab you did in school with osmosis and salt water? If you have a high concentration of salt water on one side and distilled water on the other, then you remove the barrier, water flows from the distilled water column to the salt water column i...

• Adding a bit more salt.
• Adding a bit less salt.
• Adding a pinch of baking soda as this softens the water.
• Use filtered water as chlorine is an irritant and definitely can burn your nose.
• Warm the water in the neti pot to body temperature.
• Only neti when your nose is plugged up.

A patient came in yesterday with an unrelenting dry cough. It has been keeping her up at night for the last few weeks. During my interview with her, she was coughing non-stop.
I asked her what helps her cough. "Nothing," she reported.

She had been referred for an X-ray by our supervising physician. The radiologist diagnosed her with atypical pneumonia. However, I think he was wrong.

Listening to her lungs revealed no fluid, cracks or other sounds.

The supervisor prescribed her 1000 mg of Vitamin C derived from rose hips along with Bactrim antibiotic.

As a student clinician, I don't argue much with my supervising physicians.

However, I am glad I was not there the week before when he prescribed her antibiotics and vitamin C. I would have argued. I know he was CYA [cover your ass] by prescribing antibiotics - but with no lab test to determine if it was viral or bacterial, I find that not good medicine. She did not have a fever either - which tells me it is more likely viral...

• Adding a bit more salt.
• Adding a bit less salt.
• Adding a pinch of baking soda as this softens the water.
• Use filtered water as chlorine is an irritant and definitely can burn your nose.
• Warm the water in the neti pot to body temperature.
• Only neti when your nose is plugged up.

A patient came in yesterday with an unrelenting dry cough. It has been keeping her up at night for the last few weeks. During my interview with her, she was coughing non-stop.
I asked her what helps her cough. "Nothing," she reported.

She had been referred for an X-ray by our supervising physician. The radiologist diagnosed her with atypical pneumonia. However, I think he was wrong.

Listening to her lungs revealed no fluid, cracks or other sounds.

The supervisor prescribed her 1000 mg of Vitamin C derived from rose hips along with Bactrim antibiotic.

As a student clinician, I don't argue much with my supervising physicians.

However, I am glad I was not there the week before when he prescribed her antibiotics and vitamin C. I would have argued. I know he was CYA [cover your ass] by prescribing antibiotics - but with no lab test to determine if it was viral or bacterial, I find that not good medicine. She did not have a fever either - which tells me it is more likely viral...