Montana Integrative Medicine - Bozeman, MT

Cases in Functional Medicine

The following cases are examples of people who have been helped by Dr. Neustadt through the use of medical biochemistry, which tests for the underlying biochemical causes of disease. Since biochemistry is a web of interactions, conditions will have many different symptoms, such as someone complaining of arthritis, fatigue and depression. In writing up these cases, it was sometimes difficult to decide under which category to put a case. Every effort was made to categorize cases based on the main presenting symptom.

The people suffering from these conditions and symptoms were evaluated by Dr. Neustadt in his clinic, Montana Integrative Medicine, using NBI Testing and Consulting Corporation biochemical tests. Many of these people already had medical diagnoses, such as depression or mature onset asthma, which is the way conventional medical doctors describe shortness of breath upon physical exertion in adults. However, that diagnosis, like most medical diagnoses, does not provide any information about the underlying causes of the symptoms.

Biochemical testing generates a large amount of data that allows skilled interpreters to provide functional diagnoses. A functional diagnosis is a description of the underlying biochemical causes of symptoms and diseases. With this information customized plans are created to help restore biochemical balance, alleviate symptoms and correct the underlying causes of disease. This approach is most useful when a biochemical causes of disease is suspected; however, when the causes are purely structural in nature, such as ligament laxity causing low back pain or a tendinitis causing elbow or shoulder pain, then Prolotherapy would be indicated instead. Frequently people see Dr. Neustadt with multiple complaints and will request to do the testing and Prolotherapy both for a more comprehensive approach.