Dangers of Overuse of Prescription Medication
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame,
in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." -Thomas Edison The more we read about prescription medicines the more
convinced we are that if at all possible, stay away. Western medicine is concerned solely with treating the symptoms of a
condition after they become visible. Treatment of these symptoms
mostly involves prescribing some kind of product produced by
"Big Pharma". Truth be told most doctors don't know what the
drug contains and get most of their information from the drug
reps that call on them. "Kinda" the fox watching the hen
house. Deaths from prescription drugs have moved to the number
four killer of Americans with over 100,000 dying annually. This
is roughly three times the number killed each year in automobile
accidents. Eastern medicine on the other hand deals primarily
with disease prevention. In historic China a doctor was
considered incompetent if one of his patients fell ill. We as Americans need to begin to take a more active prevention
stance when it comes to our health. Many of the chronic conditions that affect us are now thought to
be diet and nutrition related. Quite frankly a lot of the information being presented
to the general public is nothing more than marketing
junk. People aren't aware of what is or isn't bad information
if they don't have a basic understanding of nutrition, toxins,
and their impact on the body. This misinformation deals with all supplementation including
weight loss or diet pills, cures for "new conditions", such as
restless leg syndrome, etc. People must become more knowledgeable
about what goes into their body,
what the side effects are, and what the risk / benefit scenario
looks like. Even the overuse of antibiotics is causing a major
concern among researchers. Since our bodies see these drugs so
often some bacteria are developing a resistance to them. The fear is a mutant strain of infection that is immune to
antibiotics could be catastrophic. Once again, people need to become educated and take
responsibility for their wellness. We are so used to instant gratification; we are unwilling to look
at anything that requires effort on our part. Someone will
provide a pill for whatever ails us, whether it be obesity, or
cancer, or restless legs, whatever that is. People simply must take responsibility for what happens to their
bodies and stop allowing marketing firms to make their decisions for
them.
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