I know that there are bonafide uses for some medications for specific illnesses. But it seems like there does become a point where there are so many side effects from pills. And the next step of course is to dispense another med to fix that side effect, but wait, there is a side effect from this one too. Seems like it would be a chain reaction on the part of doctors to keep dispensing until a patient winds up taking 14 different things three times a day.
I know that is an exaggeration, but you get the idea.
2006-11-16 15:34:23 · 10 answers · asked by Gnome 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
They say that the top of the list of phobias consists of two major fears, which most people have had at least once in their life: Necrophobia and Glossophobia; fear of death and fear of public speaking.
Make room for one more and add Agliophobia to that list.
The majority of people in our world today have a generally low threshhold for pain and suffering. Whether that is caused by medicine is debatable--the reasons are many, one of which being the general sense of self-preservation that exists in most human beings. But you see the result. Most of us, at least in developed countries, are addicted to our cushy, illness and disease-free, symptom-free lifestyles. Look how much it throws us off when we get sick for any particular reason.
Yeah, we're addicted. We're dependant on our drug-store-trip solutions. Headache? Asprin. Fever, cold, flu? Dayquil or Nyquil (Look! You have a choice as to whether or not you konk out after taking it. Cool, huh?). Cough, stuffy nose? Mucinex. Cramps? Ibuprofen. ...And stay out of the water till you're cramp-free. And oh yeah, let's not forget the vitamins, the fifteen-million pills people end up taking as they grow older, the vitamin-C-plus-other-nutrients tablets to stave off colds and such... You get the picture.
We're so dependant and expectant of them that it's unsafe. People take antibiotics thinking it's a cure-all, then they don't take enough or stop taking them and end up making super-bugs, results of the bacteria recovering from the antibiotic invasion and "learning" to overcome it.
Of course they're useful. Why else would new ones be "invented" so often? Oh yeah, the whole money thing... Ahem, well, enough about that. Some of these things ARE pretty dang useful. Take that antibiotic that some idiot stopped taking before he was supposed to, and you potentially have a cure for bubonic plague (yes, bubonic plague still exists, in case anyone had any doubts). That is, depending on the pill. Those medicines have saved countless lives. And even the ones that don't save lives are pretty great. I had a test today and wouldn't have been able to take it if not for the cold pills I'd brought with me.
Of course when one pill leads to another symptom leads to another pill leads to another symptom, it's getting out of hand. And so many people have lived without taking pills in their entire life, so why shouldn't we? Really, why not? One can honestly withstand certain pains, and not everyone needs the extra years that supplements provide. And I probably could have taken that test regardless, even if it required suffering and hacking up a lung while doing so.
As you can see, the world of medicine caters to our fears. Vitamins, antioxidants, supplements--all work to extend our lives, to at least postpone death. Painkillers, antidepressants, allergy medications--they try to take away the "pain and suffering" part.
Now if they could just get the public speaking part down...
2006-11-16 16:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by dragon8rider2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The drug industry has reported that for every dollar spent on prescription medication, another dollar eventually is spent to treat the adverse effects of the first drug.
Medicine has lost its way and has become too focused on drugs. I know of no disease that is CAUSED by a drug deficiency. Therefore, drug treatment literally does not address the cause of illnesses. Yes, there are times when drug treatment is the 'best option', but most cases it should not be the 'first option'.
The truth is that writing a prescription is fast and easy medicine. It takes a lot more time, effort and knowledge to work with a patient to identify and treat causes. Drugs are easy. Real health care is hard. 'Easy' is the current accepted standard of care.
Best wishes.
2006-11-16 16:47:24 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its more than just a market driven economy, but a marketing driven economy, with corporations controlling the media to insinuate the acceptance of absurd living standards.
The bulk of the drugs touted by this marketing driven market are for increasingly contrived mental health diagnosis.
The purpose extends beyond just making money, but controlling the bulk of the population by being able to label anyone the powers that be disapprove of as being mentally ill.
The sad truth is that the ultimate purpose is to attain the goal of the ideal drug that will stamp out free thinking which questions authority. There are biblical justifications for this assessment.
2006-11-16 16:20:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, Our world is depending on pills to fix everything from insomnia to obesity to blood thinners you name it they will have a pill you know!!!!!I was also wondering a lady once told me back in her days.....they pulled teeth without drugs and afterwards pain killers!!!!!yikes to think about it now but really what was so different from now to back then?????
2006-11-16 15:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by misskmh80 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no offence but your relationship is moving too fast. you've only been together 8 months and are living together already?!? anyways. you have 3 options 1. Get out of the relationship (most sensible if you ask me) 2. Carry on the way you are and wait for him to get worse. 3. Drag him to the chemist to get a repeat prescription. Hope i helped :D x
2016-03-19 09:33:22 · answer #5 · answered by Gail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not yet, wait until technology meets pills and then people will be on drugs even if they do not need them.
2006-11-16 16:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by geniusflightnurse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All medications come with side effects whether we like it or not. People with certain illnesses have to depend on medication if they want to lead normal, healthy lives.
2006-11-16 15:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by †ღ†Jules†ღ† 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HMMN
THINK I'LL TAKE A PILL AND CHILL THIS ONE OVER....
2006-11-16 15:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are sooo many pills. i feel bad for cancer and AIDS patients.
2006-11-16 15:43:53 · answer #9 · answered by dreamer_1788 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
certainly not
2006-11-16 16:38:04 · answer #10 · answered by lrsn_try 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋