Live from the Institute for Functional Medicine Annual International Conference 2019

Physician’s journey through addiction

Addiction is not a moral failure, said Stephen Loyd, MD, at the 2019 Institute for Functional Medicine Annual International Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

As a young physician, Loyd was teaching students and treating patients in the hospital. He was experiencing pain and stress and turned to opioid medications as a solution to his anxiety and depression. But he was able to get help through a functional medicine, mind-body-soul approach, which shaped the way he treats patients suffering from addiction.

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