Dr. Janes gets results

A recent article, “Doctor fights opioid prescription claims,” highlights the accusations of the state’s Medical Quality Assurance Commission against local physician Merle Janes. It brings a glimpse to the ongoing battle between big pharmaceutical companies (and their industry agencies) and those who practice alternative medicine.

It should be clear to any thinking person modern medicine does not have all the answers, nor is modern medicine, with its expensive patented drugs, the only way to heal. And yet we are constantly conditioned to think that modern medicine is the only acceptable answer.

Dr. Janes has treated me, my mom, my dad and my aunt with pro-lo therapy. Each of us had dramatic healings from these treatments. We have immense gratitude for his commitment to healing regardless of its origin or its profitability.

While I have no knowledge or experience with his current investigation, I am very much aware that state investigations have been used for appropriate reasons and they have also been used to discredit individual alternative medicine practitioners and alternative medicine as a whole. We need those in medicine who are willing to think outside the box and even challenge the construct of the box.

Stacy Cossey

Valleyford