Office Visit Protocol
Established patients with any of the symptoms listed below must schedule either a telephone or a telemedicine consultation. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the office will continue to follow CDC recommendations for ambulatory healthcare settings. Appointments will be scheduled one hour apart so that the waiting area will not be over-crowded and to allow time for disinfection of the treatment room. All patients must wear their own masks before entering the office and temperatures will be checked at the beginning of each office visit.
Covid Symptoms:
- fever or chills
- cough
- shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- fatigue
- muscle or body aches
- headache
- new loss of taste or smell
- sore throat
- congestion or runny nose
- nausea or vomiting
- diarrhea
Patients with all other health concerns should schedule an in-person visit. Appointments for returning patients can be scheduled online or by calling the office. As always, for urgent issues that cannot wait for a scheduled consultation, you can reach Dr. Masiello by phone. Just call the office number and follow the voice mail cues. Established Connecticut patients can still book their in-person visits online or by leaving a message for the secretary at the NYC number. Patients interested in New Patient office visits are encouraged to call the office and leave a message with the secretary. She will return your call and explain the registration process.
Learn more about COVID-19 and homeopathy
Dr. Masiello has written in-depth newsletters, exclusively for his patients, about his findings to date regarding the treatment of COVID-19. In these patient newsletters, Dr. Masiello recommends homeopathic remedies and other measures to have on hand. Below is the list of newsletters with a summary of what is covered in each:
- COVID symptoms, Gelsemium, Senega, where to get remedies (March 10, 2020)
- Pandemic is here. Gelsemium, Senega, Antimonium Arsenicosum. Where to get kits. (March 24, 2020)
- When to use Gelsemium, Senega or Ant. Ars. Where to get homeopathic kits. Loss of smell and taste. (March 30, 2020)
- Remedies other homeopaths are using for covid, sources for kits, telemedicine available now. (April 1, 2020)
- Proof of Dr. Masiello’s successful COVID treatment with homeopathy. Senega as a preventive. Hydroxychloroquin. (April 8, 2020)
- COVID testing. Cases slowing in NYC (May 9, 2020)
- Dr. Masiello’s office reopened, covid screening for in-person visits. (June 17, 2020)
- NYC in Phase 4. CDC guidelines for doctors’ offices. (July 21, 2020)
- COVID-19 and upcoming flu season. Flu vaccine. (September 21, 2020)
- Supplements for immune support against COVID. (October 7, 2020)
- Senega as preventive, immune support for COVID. (October 9, 2020)
- COVID vaccines arrive. mRNA vaccines. (December 18,2020)
- Vaccine reactions, Senega as a COVID preventive. (January 26, 2021)
- Senega for vaccine reactions, Senega as a covid preventive, chronic COVID cases. (February 22, 2021)
- Get vaccinated. Stop Senega as a preventive. (March 17, 2021)
- Gelsemium or Senega for vaccines reactions. (April 3, 2021)
- Pediatric COVID vaccines. One shot at a time. (May 12, 2021)
- It Ain’t over yet! Immune support supplements. (August 29, 2021)
- Insurance reimbursement for telemedicine. (August 29, 2021)
- COVID, flu, Mu variant. Don’t mix flu and covid vaccines. (October 11, 2021)
- Omicron variant. (December 6, 2021)
- What is a vaccine, delta and omicron surging. It’s Déjà vu all over again! (December 19, 2021)
- Treating Omicron, Covid testing (December 23, 2021)
- Omicron Blizzard, Omicron Remedies (December 30, 2021)
- Isolation, Quarantine, Where to get N95 masks ( January 5, 2022)
- Omicron BA.2 variant remedies (April 11, 2022)
- Covid, Hepatitis and Monkeypox (May 24, 2022)
- Omicron B5, Covid Testing, Kits (July 25,2022)
- New Covid Vaccine, Kits, Kits, Kits! (September 26, 2022)
- Caution – Winter 2022 -Covid Prevention (October 2022)
- Covid 2023 (January 2023)
- Covid Fall 2023 (August 2023)
- Happy Holidays! (December 2023)
- Flu Watch/Covid Watch (January 2024)
Please look for future newsletter issues about the pandemic. For additional information, please also read Dr. Masiello’s blog post, found here: Homeopathy and the Treatment of Epidemics.