Office Polices
Fragrance Free Policy: The Francis Holistic Medical Center maintains a fragrance-free environment due to the chemical sensitivities of a number of our patients and staff members. We appreciate your efforts in refraining from smoking and being careful to use only unscented toiletries when visiting our office. Please click the following link for more information on our fragrance-free policy.
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Notice of Patient Privacy
We keep your information private.
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Medications & Allergy Testing:
IMPORTANT: Discontinuing certain medications must be done under the strict advice of your physician, as the medications may be vital to your health. If you have an elevated blood pressure, it should be controlled with medication other than a beta-blocker if possible. You may also want to address our preventive medicine approach to diagnosing uses of essential hypertension without synthetic drugs.
Accurate allergy testing usually requires the following.
1. No antihistamines or antihistamine containing medication within two to six days of testing.
Benadryl - Avoid two days before testing.
Chlor-Trimcton and Zyrtec - Avoid three days before testing.
Claritin - Avoid four to six days before testing.
Atarax and Seldane - Avoid six days before testing.
Hismanal - Avoid six to eight weeks before testing.
2. No alpha or beta-blockers within one week of testing.
3. No MAO inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, or phenothiazines within four weeks of testing.
4. In regards to cortisones (steroids), most cortisone inhalers are okay, and occasionally short courses of cortisone by mouth or injections are okay. The everyday use of cortisone by mouth for a long period of time may prevent allergy testing. Discuss this with the nurse or physician before or at the time of your initial office visit.
Certain other medications, which are not listed here, may also interfere with allergy testing. Please consult our office before scheduling your testing appointment. You can also contact our allergy department at (508) 854-1380 x. 207.
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