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2007-10-11 11:51:22 · 20 answers · asked by I don't know 6 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
disagree. a simple example is Streptococcus Pyogenes. water borne, easily contracted through a cut in the skin, devastatingly aggressive with dangerous and even fatal results if not treated. Depends upon the malady
2007-10-11 19:30:48 · answer #1 · answered by Dr weasel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 years ago I would have agreed with you immeadiatly, however that was before a drunk driver took away my "LIFE", I had my 2 beautiful daughters in the car as well, my baby only 14 weeks old at the time, & thankfully I was the one with the major injuries, my daughters had no mother for 3 years as I refused to be medicated, I was in so much pain all I could do was lay on the bed & cry, but now I can function as a Mother, wife, & contributing member of the community because despite my inner turmoil about the effects, I take Morphine to control the agony I live with 24/7, I also see a therapist twice a week to deal with my frustration at what I can no longer do, so no meds are not always the answer, but at times some people have no other choice.
2007-10-13 09:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by The Boss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. And sometimes, it doesn't have to be a resort at all.
Over 90% of the health issues facing us today are dietary. Viruses are less of a problem. And there is some consideration to DNA and hereditary issues. But most of us have no thought as to long term effects of those delicious things that will be our end.
If most ailing people, for just a little while, shifted their concentration to ingesting what the body needs to function as it should, and detoxed the rest out... medicine sales would plummet to an all time low...
And that would really upset the pharmaceuticals wouldn't it?
2007-10-11 20:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by grey horse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Disagree.
You can't make schizophrenics brain tissue grow back by talking it out. Therapy will NOT make the chemical imbalances of obsessive compulsive disorder or depression- and yes, serious depression is a chemical imabalnce, not just a really shitty life- go away.
Medicine can be improperly subscribed by psychiatrists, used as a crutch when therapy would do better, and taken to get high, but that's no reason to look down on it when it makes millions of people's lives better.
...That said, I think medicine and therapy should work together. You shouldn't really use meds as a substitute for therapy.
2007-10-11 19:06:27 · answer #4 · answered by killerjenx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that medicine is not always the answer.
There are many areas of life where other avenues are available and open to choose instead of immediately reaching for "medicine"
Science has not got the answers for everything.
Nature has.
We are nature, the body is of nature, our energetic is nature, so to me, dis-ease is best served to be treated "like attracts like", with nature, either energetically, homoeopathic, Chinese medicine, herbs, hands on healing, neurolink or EFT, all understand the nature of the beast of dis-ease, far more than a chemical preparation.
As a last resort, this depends on the person, some dis-ease is minor, some major, and you would have to be specific for me to answer this to the best of my ability.
2007-10-11 19:44:47 · answer #5 · answered by Astro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to agree with you , but my doctors may not . They seem to think that the 375mg of effexor and 1mg of risperdone make me a more happier person and that the 75 mg dicflonic, the vicodan, and flexrel and the 50 mg of codeine that i have to take a day seem to work on the pain that i have.
As for me I don't really know, I don't seem happier and my back still kills me even with the medicine.
But i guess the doctors at the VA hospital know best.
2007-10-11 22:19:37 · answer #6 · answered by R B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100% that Medicine is not the answer, but it is the last resort.
2007-10-11 21:40:38 · answer #7 · answered by a.vasquez7413@sbcglobal.net 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't say that it is a last resort but i don't always think that medication should be the first resort either. each person is different and some people can only be effectively treated with medication, like my mother who is bipolar and has been controlling it with medication for 13 years.
2007-10-11 18:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree to a point...some medications are a breakthrough for longevity when in the past death was eminent....and some medications are designed for comfort which could be replaced for different lifestyle...and then theres the pleasure medications..which again could be replaced for a different lifestyle....all in all if you watch some of these commercials for simple everyday temporary ailments...the side effects are worse.
2007-10-13 00:43:04 · answer #9 · answered by Aymee L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It's not the last resort.
It's all in the mind.
Where all medicines fail, will power does the miracle!
Correct and guided use of will power cures anything! Just anything!!
I have done it and seen many people having done it!!!
2007-10-13 17:33:21 · answer #10 · answered by Kapil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋