Entries by Dr. Rodger Murphree & Team

Cardiologist Tells Patient That My book "Heart Disease: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You" Should be Banned!

The following is a letter a received from one of my long distance patients. Dear Dr. Murphree, “I wanted to write and let you know just how well John is doing. As you know he had been complaining no energy (sic), poor memory, breathing problems, depression, and all over achy pain for almost 2 years. […]

These Fibro Drugs Aren’t Effective And Often Cause More Harm Than Good

A new study evaluating two drugs commonly prescribed for fibromyalgia, Cymbalta and Savella, shows that these drugs are often more harmful than helpful. Among fibromyalgia patients taking either of two commonly prescribed drugs to reduce pain, 22 percent report substantial improvement while 21 percent had to quit the regimen due to unpleasant side effects, according […]

Inflammation and Heart Disease

Numerous studies have shown that chronic inflammation may be the catalyst for heart disease. For decades doctors have viewed heart disease in terms of plaque build-up and clogged arteries. Cholesterol and triglycerides were the villains. The theory was that years of poor diet, fatty deposits, or plaques would start to build up within the arteries. […]

Insanity …

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein If you continue to do what you are doing now, taking the same drugs, listening to the same doctors, dabbling in vitamins supplements (little of this, a little of that), looking on the Internet for new fibro “cures,” […]