Responsibilities of Health Care Professionals
It is with great concern
that we are seeing a continual growth in the self administration of
the hCG protocol for weight loss. In our experience, and in the experience
of all medical professionals involved with the hCG protocol for weight
loss, including Dr. Simeons himself, the rate of success in patients
that are not supervised during treatment is considerably lower than
those who are supervised by a physician that adheres strictly to the
protocol set out by Dr. Simeons.
It is the responsibility of health care professionals to supervise,
advise, guide and control patients health before, during and after treatment.
The physician should be able to establish which patients are good candidates
for treatment with hCG, and together with their patient set realistic
expectations that will allow for a successful process.
The supervising physician should ideally be trained in the Simeons protocol,
and have a strong focus on this modality. The hCG protocol for weight
loss is complex and exhaustive, and only a strict adherence brings the
results we have exposed in other areas of this web page.
Please
be advised, that hCG is a prescription drug. Its administration
must be prescribed and supervised by a licensed MD. Your physician
will also be able to insure that the quality of hCG that you receive
is optimal, as there are many different qualities available in the market.
When undergoing the hCG protocol, you must not discontinue any medication
prescribed by your Physician.
In
Dr. Simeons words:
The hCG + diet method can bring relief to every case of obesity,
but the method is not simple. It is very time-consuming and requires
perfect cooperation between physician and patient.
Each
case must be handled individually, and the physician must have time
to answer questions, allay fears and remove misunderstandings. He must
also check the patient daily.
When something goes wrong he must at once investigate until he finds
the reason for any gain that may have occurred. In most cases it is
useless to hand the patient a diet-sheet and let the nurse give him
"a shot".
Dr.
ATW Simeons
The
action of Chorionic Gonadotrophin in the obese
Lancet.
1954 Nov 6;267(6845):946-7
We
are aware that many patients have been using Dr. Simeons book Pounds
and Inches as a guide to self administer treatment. We would like to
remind you of his opening words:
“I must warn the lay reader that what follows is mainly for the
treating physician and most certainly not a do-it-yourself primer.
Many of the expressions used mean something entirely different to a qualified doctor than that which their common use implies, and only a physician can correctly interpret the symptoms which may arise during treatment. (*)
Any
patient who thinks he can reduce by taking a few shots and eating less
is not only sure to be disappointed but may be heading for serious trouble.
(*)
The benefit the patient can derive from reading this part of the book
is a fuller realization of how very important it is for him to follow
to the letter his physician's instructions. In treating obesity with
the hCG + diet method we are handling what is perhaps the most complex
organ in the human body.
The diencephalon's functional equilibrium is delicately poised, so that
whatever happens in one part has repercussions in others. In obesity
this balance is out of kilter and can only be restored if the technique
I am about to describe is followed implicitly.
Even seemingly insignificant deviations, particularly those
that at first sight seem to be an improvement, are very liable to produce
most disappointing results and even annul the effect completely. (*)
For instance, if the diet is increased from 500 to 600 or 700 Calories,
the loss of weight is quite unsatisfactory. If the daily dose of hCG
is raised to 200 or more units daily its action often appears to be
reversed, possibly because larger doses evoke diencephalic counter-regulations.
(*)
On the other hand, the diencephalon is an extremely robust organ in
spite of its unbelievable intricacy. From an evolutionary point of view
it is one of the oldest organs in our body and its evolutionary history.”
POUNDS AND INCHES
A New Approach to Obesity
BY A.T.W. SIMEONS M.D.
SALVATOR MUNDI INTERNATIONAL
HOSPITAL
00152 - ROME VIALE MURA GIANICOLENSI, 77
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(*) Emphasis is mine (Dr. Belluscio)
