from Virginia Hopkins Health Watch JUST SAY NO

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JUST SAY NO

All Prescription Drugs can Compromise Your Health

 

Assuming you're eating well, sleeping well, exercising and tending to your

relationships, the next best optimal health step you can take after the age of

fifty is to avoid prescription drugs. All prescription drugs-without

exception-have side effects. The most common cause of side effects is the simple

fact that prescription drugs are highly concentrated and usually not found in

nature, so they're hard on the liver. Once your liver is chronically stressed by

taking a drug every day, any other stress you put on it, such as exposure to

toxins (think car exhaust, paint fumes, pesticides, excess alcohol etc) can

compromise your health. As we age, the liver loses some of its efficiency, so

prescription drugs add insult to aging.

 

Once you start mixing drugs the side effects multiply and magnify. Side effects

can be subtle at first, and you may not attribute them to the drug you're

taking. Common examples include mild symptoms of:

 

a.. Fatigue

b.. Muscle weakness

c.. Forgetfulness.

d.. A bit of dizziness when you first stand up

e.. Trouble thinking clearly

f.. Uncharacteristic depression

I'm convinced that millions of Americans over the age of fifty are tired, weak,

depressed and mentally dulled out because of prescription drug side effects, and

yet are blaming it on aging. Yes, aging can have all those effects on us, but

prescription drugs can advance and accelerate the process.

 

There are times in all our lives when we need a quick patch or remedy for a few

days or a few weeks, but the minute your doctor suggests that you need to be

taking a drug every day indefinitely, the hairs on the back of your neck should

stand up. That would be a good time to ask the simple questions mentioned above.

 

 

 

 

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