Post from Acudoc Say not to drugs

[Guest guest]

THis was posted by Acudoc on another list and approved my posting it to

this list.

 

In a message dated 9/24/2004 11:28:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,

acudoc11 writes:

 

It is also eventing here in the US that the 'allopathic system controllers'

are working quietly to pull homeopathic remedies away from all except

MDs/DOs.

Just check with the manufacturers and suppliers and they will confirm that

the move is on to stop selling firstly to anyone without a license and then

ultimately NOT to sell to a Chiropractor or Acupuncturist.

 

Yes it is a battle, this why I give all my patients the below information.

You might be supprised how fast patients start telling MD's " No thank you,

I'll

go to my herbal doctor.

 

 

JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS!

This catchy phrase from the federal anti-drug movement of the Reagan era is

still very relevant to the medical consumer of today.

The increasing popularity of alternative or natural medicine is partly based

on the public’s awareness of the limitations and dangers of pharmaceutical

drugs. Hundred’s of thousands of adverse effects, including deaths and

hospitalizations, are directly attributable to pharmaceutical drugs. Properly

 

researched, regulated, prescribed and properly used drugs are the fourth most

 

common cause of death – but they are never reported. (Source, Journal of the

American Medical Association). Therapeutic drug use (not illicit drug use)

each

year; Kills as many as 198,815 people, puts 8.8 million people in hospitals,

accounts for 28% of all hospital admissions, and costs as much as $182

billion

dollars (American Medical News. Jan 15, 1996, p.11 )

The media goes crazy over reports of side effects from ephedra, tryptophan,

and vitamin A, but nowhere do we read about the deaths and illnesses people

suffer because of prescribed drugs. Greater than 26,000 times more people

die

from preventable medical misadventure and properly regulated, properly

prescribed and properly used drugs than from dietary supplements. Granting

the fact

that under certain circumstances drugs can be life saving and must be used,

let me just recap the four main reasons why you should say no to

pharmaceuticals as much as possible.

Except in instances of overwhelming bacterial infection, no drug works to

eliminate the cause of the disease. Drugs are only palliative treatments

which

suppress the manifestations of a disease without altering its fundamental

course. They work by temporarily manipulating human physiology for the sake

of

symptom relief.

Drugs are extremely costly. As a general rule today each drug that a patient

must take will cost approximately $100 per month unless there is some

insurance coverage. The elderly are especially vulnerable since many of them

are on

fixed incomes, and they often end up with multiple prescriptions. The

habitual price gouging of American pharmaceutical companies is

unconscionable.

Drugs are a dangerous double edged sword. Although they may relieve

symptoms, they all have a significant chance of causing side effects. The

risk of

adverse interactions increases exponentially as the number of drugs taken

increases. For example, the elderly in nursing homes may be taking more than

ten

different prescription medications. Surprisingly, it is NOT routine

procedure

to punch the list into a drug interaction database, so every day these

patients are vulnerable and in fact succumb to serious drug-drug

interactions.

Consider the benefits of a natural medicine approach whenever possible. Carl

Pfieffer, PhD said that for every pharmaceutical agent there was a natural

substance which had similar effects with a lower probability of harm.

Properly

prescribed natural agents when used in a science based medical practice like

Caring Medical, often get closer to correcting the root cause of many

diseases and they are safe. Dietary supplements have averaged less than 5

confirmed deaths per year over the past 25 years in the USA, and most of

those relate

to a single batch of genetically engineered tryptophan introduced in the

late 1980’s. (Source, CDC/FDA)

America has been sold a bill of goods. The pharmaceutical industry in

cooperation with the Federal government and the FDA have succeeded in

creating a

near monopoly over innovative medical problem solving in this country in

order

to enhance and secure corporate profits. Physicians and consumers

breathlessly await the newest “generation†of pharmaceuticals, as the

nation

’s overall

health and vitality continue to spiral downhill, and society buckles under

the exhorbitant costs. Drugs don’t solve most medical problems, they are

dangerous, costly, and there are excellent alternative treatments available,

many

of which are safe, effective, and inexpensive. Get off the merry-go-round.

Just say no to drugs.