IAN Pile, a non-registered health
practitioner posing as a medical
herbalist, has been found to
represent a risk to the health or
safety of members of the public by
the NSW Health Care Complaints
Commission.
Pile advised a client suffering
from metastatic colorectal cancer
he could cure her within “a couple
of weeks”.
Suffering severe abdominal
cramps from the treatments
administered, investigations by
the Commission revealed Pile’s
ignorance of adverse interactions
of his herbal medicines with the
patient’s prescribed medications.
The hearing ruled that Pile should
be permanently prohibited from
prescribing or providing any herbal
medicine to any client without
the approval and oversight of
the patient’s GP, including the
authorisation by that GP of any
treatment plan.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 03 May 16 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 03 May 16
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