AANP ABSTRACT

1) Contact Information

S.A. Decker Weiss, NMD FASA

B.S. Western Illinois 1987

N.D. Southwest College 1997

Resident Arizona Heart Hospital 1997-1999

Fellow American Society of Angiology 2000

Practice
Better Heart, Better Life
8575 E Princess Drive Suite 111
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255
Phone- 480 515 3600
Fax- 480 538 0200

doctordeckerweiss@yahoo.com

2) The abstract is being submitted for

Oral Presentation 90 minutes

3) Title
Does a Conventional Pharmaceutical Approach to Digestive Disorders Cause Hypertension as
Opposed to a Naturopathic Approach?

4) Short Description
Dr. Decker Weiss, Naturopathic Cardiologist will explore nutrient depletion, side effects, and
physiology of pharmaceutical digestive approaches to digestion and make a case for them causing
hypertension. Dr. Weiss will contrast this with Naturopathic approaches for digestive disorders
and make the case that not only do they help prevent the onset of hypertension, but can treat
hypertension as well.

5) Abstract

a) Clearly stated learning objectives

1. The attendee shall be presented with the common classes of pharmaceutical medications,
their side effects, nutrient depletion, and physiology.
2. The attendee shall be presented with a Naturopathic approach to a matching set of
digestive disorders.
3. The attendee shall be presented with a contrast and comparison of the pharmaceutical
versus the Naturopathic approach to digestive disorders.
4. The attendee shall be presented with the physiology of hypertension and it’s relationship
to nutrient depletion, side effects, and the Naturopathic concepts of liver and kidney
 toxicity.
5. The attendee shall be encourage to form an opinion as to the validity of the theory that
the conventional approach to digestive disorders can cause hypertension.

b) Presentation Outline

I Introduction to the Topic

1. Digestive disorder statistics
2. Hypertension statistics

II Classes of Pharmaceutical Digestive Disorders

1. Mineral Salts- Heartburn
a. Physiology
b. Side Effects
c. Drug Nutrient Depletion

2. H2 Blockers- heartburn/ulcer
a. Physiology
b. Side Effects
c. Drug Nutrient Depletion

3. Proton Pump Inhibitors- heartburn/ulcer

a. Physiology
b. Side Effects
c. Drug Nutrient Depletion
III Hypertension
1. Relationship to nutrient depletion
2. Relationship to physiologic side effects
3. Potential links to causing hypertension

IV Naturopathic Approaches to Digestive Disorders

1. Heartburn/Ulcer
2. Hiatal hernia
a. Manipulation
b. Nutraceutical/Botanical Approaches
c. Nutrient Depletion
d. Mimic and Restore

V Comparison of Paradigms
1. Physiology
2. Side Effects
3. Non-toxic VS Toxic
VI Conclusion
1. A case for the link between a pharmaceutical approach to digestive disorders and
hypertension
2. A case for Naturopathic treatment of digestive disorders.
3. Choices

c) Pharmacy Discussion
Is expected during this presentation
 d) Target Audience
Clinicians of all types and pharmacists

e) This is not a research abstract

6) Biographical Sketch

Dr. Weiss is the first naturopathic physician to complete a residency program in the Columbia
Hospital System, the Arizona Heart Hospital and the prestigious Arizona Heart Institute. He is
also the first naturopathic physician to be on staff at a conventional hospital, the Arizona Heart
Hospital, where he served for ten years. Dr. Weiss travels around the world training physicians
and pharmacists on safer ways to use fewer prescriptions and provide more vitality to their
patients with natural medicines.

Dr. Weiss holds several appointments, including Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Southwest
College of Naturopathic Medicine and maintains his own private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona.
He also holds positions on several scientific and research advisory boards and was the first
naturopathic physician to be chosen as a Fellow of the American Society of Angiology.