De-prescribing is the planned and supervised process of tapering, stopping, discontinuing, or withdrawing drugs, with the overarching goal of reducing or completely eliminating the reliance on pharmaceutical medications.
This practice is often particularly valuable when dealing with conditions that can be managed effectively with non-pharmaceutical approaches, such as herbal, nutritional, and lifestyle interventions.
Our mission is to help people like you to reduce your reliance on pharmaceutical medicines for conditions that can be managed effectively with more natural approaches.
Pharmaceutical medicines have their place and in some cases are absolutely the most appropriate choice. But, the diseases of our modern world are not being cured by these drugs, as the underlying cause is not being addressed.
Our team are qualified in both mainstream and alternative modalities. We can help you with the whole of you; and that means you get better care.
We won’t limit your choice to just mainstream or just alternative solutions. Instead, you’ll learn about all the options available to you so you can make informed decisions about your health. Mind, body & spirit.
We will work with you to uncover your options and determine what's best for your individual situation.
Our programs are uniquely tailored to your personal situation. They can run for as short or as long as you need.
Pharmaceutical medicines have their place and in some cases are absolutely the most appropriate choice.
De-prescribing is a serious endeavour, with risks involved.
Therefore you should only follow this path whilst under the care of suitably qualified professionals. Our team includes pharmacists and naturopaths and we work closely with your prescribing doctor.
Hello and welcome. I am Diana and I am very glad that you have found your way to Med Free Me. Thank you for visiting!
I trained as a pharmacist in the late 1980s after spending my childhood on a sheep and wheat farm in an idyllic part of western NSW.
In 2005 I was happily working as a community pharmacist in a suburban Sydney pharmacy. One day a regular customer walked in with a pile of scripts and said he would return once he bought his lunch.
The scripts were for blood pressure, cholesterol and acid lowering drugs. The patient walked back in with a pie, a sausage roll and a Coke.
He was an educated and considered person but he hadn't put any thought into how his choices were affecting his drug dependencies.
I realised then that whilst my pharmacy training had equipped me to help people manage the common diseases of our age, I wasn't doing enough to actually help fix the root cause.
That night I went home and enrolled in a nutrition course, and I've been studying integrative health practices ever since.
I am a qualified and practicing pharmacist and naturopath.
I am blessed to work with a wonderful team of caring and qualified naturopaths and compounding pharmacists.
We are uniquely positioned to be able to help you with both mainstream and alternative modalities.
We will work with you to find the drivers of your health conditions and together we will create an achievable plan that will help get you back to optimal health.
John H.
