12/01/2021
Did you know that we have received so many calls about the 25% off Vitamins through Fullscript that I actually wrote a brief tutorial for those that are new to my new vitamin & supplement system?
Fear Not if you have missed 25% off for Cyber Monday it continues until Wednesday at midnight 12/1, so you still have time to get your old supplements thrown in the trash can and new shiny ones that are not expired ready to go. I throw away any herb or vitamin that has been opened for more than 6 months as a general rule of thumb.
https://scottsdalenaturopathic.com/vitamin-supplements/
My Fullscript wholesale account for patients will always give you 20% off if you completely miss Cyber Monday as this only happens once a year!
Fullscript has been great with all the telemedicine visits, my patients immediately are emailed their treatment plan, diet, and handouts and can purchase what they want as they want to implement the new plan.
If you rely on something for a chronic disease like I do for pain, diabetes, etc I recommend getting a 3 month supply because of all of the supply and supplement shortages we are experiencing and I know many of my complex chronic disease patients rely on certain herbs and natural medicine's as if they were drugs.
I also generally recommend that everyone be on a multivitamin like Pure Encapsulations Brand, Smartypants (for kids is my fav) or FemOne. Everyone in America needs fish oil for the most part unless your are on a blood thinner I like the EPA/DHA concentrate by Pure Encapsulations as someone that relies on that for autoimmune nerve damage and Neuropathy.
Everyone needs a probiotic too. Every single day you should be eating cultured foods and taking a probiotic. I personally rely on the HMF intensive as my fav. Klaire is also a good brand. Be careful with poor quality probiotics you may just be purchasing dead bugs. Everyone also needs to stock up on Vitamin C, Elderberry Syrup, Astragalus, Lysine, Zinc and Vitamin D and just be on this at all times as I recommend on my "Antiviral Blog Link" doses for adults that everyone is always asking me for prevention from viruses and general immune support:
https://scottsdalenaturopathic.com/immuneboostingfoods/
Be sure to check with your Naturopathic Doctor before trying new things out especially if you are complicated and have chronic disease like what I specialize in. Simple things like Astragalus can throw autoimmune patients into a tailspin if they are not being properly supervised.
Thank you to Fullscript for being my Pandemic Heroes!
With my Autoimmune disease, Lupus, it has been tough to serve patients in the office with their supplement sales. As a small business owner in the Pandemic with just one employee, we quickly learned that we cannot both be sick at the same time or there is nobody to run the office!
So it is easier for her to work from home, keep our germs separate so we are sick at different times, keep our waiting room closed for my own immunocompromise from Lupus and just serve the patients that need to come into the office for their visits and exams.
We seamlessly switched to Fullscript in the Pandemic to trust getting our patients the things they need. Now my patients are saving money, I am not stocking vitamins with arthritic Lupus hands, and my treatment plans are always a success story because my patient is using the exact correct plan at the exact correct dose. Even if you don’t want to buy from Fullscript you can still take the prescriptions down to your local health food store and they can ensure you are on the correct milligrams of the exact same thing as plant parts in herbal medicine are very complicated and if you are using Dandelion Root when I need you on Dandelion leaves or vice versa it is NOT going to work!
Guess what my patients love the most about their Treatment Plan in Fullscript?
No more bad doctor handwriting!!
With Fullscript, my new typed instructions are so much easier to read, AND there is a little picture of the bottle right next to what I need you to take it for! So when you forget why you are taking that Gingko Biloba for your memory you can look on the bottle and I have typed what it’s for and how many to take! Your treatment plans are always in there so you can log in and find the vitamins and herbs you need when you run out and forget what they were!
My patients can always enjoy the usual 20% off supplements with their Lifetime Fullscript Wholesale account I offer as my gift to each patient.
The best thing is the free 2-day delivery when a purchase is over $50 even when it isn't Cyber Monday!
When I had Covid in April of 2020 I paid the $5 extra dollars for Fullscript to overnight me some elderberry syrup, zinc, vitamin C, and immune herbs and I swear it saved my life! I was super sick yet could not in good conscience go down to a health food store sick like that. Fullscript has saved my day many times! If you are having trouble finding something because of your allergens you can always call them (866) 807-3828. They have advanced search features I do not have access to that can be helpful for patients with sensitivities!
If your order does not arrive to your utmost satisfaction, just call the toll-free number above so they can make it right. Since I order so often this has happened to me once or twice but I order things weekly so it is quite uncommon. I always order my heat-sensitive items like fish oil, gummies, and probiotics on Monday so they do not spend the weekend on a UPS truck in the heat. But my point is they have great customer service and fix the issue.
A patient sent me a text asking if she could participate in the sale even though she has not recently been in. She text me that she felt guilty for shopping through Fullscript when her weight and chronic pain problem was all fixed by my Naturopathic plan, and she didn’t need to me anymore… “But I still need the herbs you put me on. Can I still buy them with this sale?”
I laughed and text back, “I always need you on the finest herbs and vitamins for your treatment plan to work. The reason why you are better is because of what I prescribed you in Fullscript. I need you to the supplements and follow your diet plan to stay pain-free.”
She said, "Since it was prescription-grade I worried I was running out of prescriptions!"
Well isn’t that the point? Shouldn't you ALWAYS have access to the very finest herbs and vitamins?
I told her that I would feel like a pretty terrible doctor if my chronic pain or chronic disease patients in my Women’s Health practice needed to come in every month for the rest of their life.
While I love to hit a “Naturopathic Home-run” which means the patient’s problem is fixed with Natural medicine in one visit, and this does happen I want people to have realistic expectations. It is my goal to have patients at a place of perfect healthy harmony and maintenance where you don’t need me anymore around 3-6 months. If you are severely ill maybe longer. Children and teens are generally better in 2-3 months with what I do if they are compliant patient, because they have a stronger vital force of “Vis Medicatrix Naturae” and will always heal faster than us old folks.
While I am always sad to see my patients go when they are better, I am also happy to hear you are all better!
So thank you for your thank yous. Your kindness and gratitude for the women’s health service I provide keeps me doctoring through tough times. And your Fullscript Wholesale account is my gift of thanks!
Maybe you still come in once a year for an annual check-up, because you know that nobody orders labs like I do and you want me to run your blood chemistry: CBC, Metabolic Panel, vitamins, cholesterol and hormones once a year but other than that I expect my patients to follow my follow my Naturopathic instructions to always get better.
My old office manager was really upset one day after a very long and difficult call, I asked what was wrong, she said "These patients that call me and argue about their treatment plan really annoy me. The ones that follow your instructions immediately get better.... So I hope it is okay with you that I started handling them like this... 'Please just DO what she says or you will never get better. Turn off Dr. Oz, stop Googling things, stop listening to Podcasts, just turn it all off....and do what Dr. Sundene says. I know it sounds weird to you but I have worked here a long time and know that the patients that follow her instructions always get better."
We had a good laugh knowing it was very much true.
Nothing brings me joy than knowing I could help you and your Natural Medicines are working! So of course you should continue purchasing the finest quality herbs and vitamins through your Fullscript Wholesale account for as long as I am alive and doctoring!
Fullscript is my gift to each and every patient I have served, so they always have access to the finest prescription supplements at prices that Amazon cannot beat. Plus I am very stuck up and only take and use the finest quality supplements because I know there are a lot of "snake oil sales" out there!
First off, I do not trust supplements sitting in hot storage centers in Amazon. While I have had to do this from time to time myself, I do this in extreme biochemical phobia as natural items are generally very heat sensitive. So nothing is more disturbing to me than to have to take vitamins from Amazon.
Second, there are many unknown brands I have never heard of after working 27 years in the supplement industry and that also frightens me. You need to stick with the brands that I know actually work!
But even then, I am still paranoid about buying a brand I trust on Amazon because of the risk of spoilage from the items sitting in hot storage centers.
I do trust that Fullscript knows how to handle these items in accordance with how something I consider medicine should be stored.
I also worked four years in a GNC supplement store and know there is a lot of garbage quality products out there like NOW that I hate… Buying crappy supplements is the #1 cause my treatment plan will fail you.
Otherwise, I expect you to get better on the right herbs and vitamins. I have been doing this job as a Naturopathic Doctor for over fourteen years and I want you to improve and I am HAPPY to know you no longer need me. Every day I get a text message or a voicemail that says “I am feeling better so I am not going to need to come back for a while. Just wanted to let you know and say thank you!”
So please continue on that plan that is working….
Then just rinse and repeat!
It is my expectation that you are not only BETTER after working together for a few months (3-6 months) but that you also are staying better by keeping up with what I prescribed and using at all times the best quality herbs and supplements. That is what I request for us to be a team with Naturopathy, I need your treatment plan and nutritional plan to actually work! And I need you to do them at all times (well 80-90% of the time ;)
Occasionally herbs needs to be adjusted and the patient can become immune to them working, or we need to fine tune your plan. That is when you can set up a Telemedicine visit with me or pop in for your check up!
Now I can sleep well at night knowing my patients are taking Pure Encapsulations, Thorne, IntegrativeTherapeutics, Gaia, Vital Nutrients, Nordic Naturals, Vitanica …. and all my favorite PRESCRIPTION GRADE BRANDS!
I trust those brands with my very fragile, complicated, and chronic disease patients battling serious conditions like my autoimmune patients, and myself!
Dr. Nicole Sundene
(480) 837-0900
