Why I don't trust prescription drugs anymore
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POLYPHARMACY.
When I was a transcriptionist, I typed reports wherein a patient was prescribed as many as 34 medications, the majority branded. Yes, it is driven by conflicts and symptoms and side-effects. Monstrous outcomes - $$$$
Came here to say this. Some people actually believe that drugs are safe and free of side effects. Our medical system is great at short term interventions (ER room, infections, surgery). It is terrible for chronic illnesses. If you have T2D, continue to eat carbs is the advice you get. When that leads to a heart attack, we are great at open heart surgery.
When the T2D leads to kidney failure, continue eating carbs please. Kidney transplant will likely go well.
There's no money in wellness.
There can be --- we are dangling the carrot in the wrong place.
In the past, we ate plenty of carbs and didn't develop type 2 diabetes. "Give us this day our daily bread" indicates that bread has long been a staple. The food supply is screwed up and/or other things in our environment (some theories are: too much exposure to blue light or antibiotics destroying our healthy gut bacteria, etc.) is causing us to develop chronic illnesses from things that used to be nourishing.
If you believe the old testament, all humans began as vegetarians. God after sin occurred and His punishment (flood) allowed man to eat meat. I don't think this was done without a nutritional reason.
After the damage is done (type 2 diabetes for example) all carbs are potentially harmful. Some can eat carbs and be completely healthy, but free access to carbs is not something that should be recommended to the average American.
Yes, when I worked in home health, our average patient was on 37 meds.
Haven't trusted doctors for more than 20 years, thanks to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L926GhAMNvs
That's when I stopped trusting Cadillac.. 😁
Doctors and medicines do not cure diseases, the first makes you addicted to medicines and the second "helps" you like a placebo while it damages your body internally.
Prescription drugs are like Pokémon. You’ve gotta collect them all.
Apologies for the blur. This is how I found it.
Un-fuzzy version: https://loginportal.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Pills_f6ad7c_7334449.jpg
Wow, thank you, sir!
Plus they are made in Chyna.
I never watch regular TV any more. While cooped up in a hotel room in January of 2018 in Las Vegas, I did find a channel running episodes of Forensic Files so I watched that. The commercials consisted of:
Repeat loop, ad nauseum. It was amazing.
Contrast that with an old episode of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952. The commercials consisted of (drum roll) Hotpoint appliances.
Times have changed.
At the time, only one company sponsored an entire show.
That's why the old black-and-white game shows like What's My Line had the lone sponsor's logo all over the set.
Needs more insurance.
I noticed the same thing while staying in a hotel in June 2022.
Okay, this is a humorous cartoon. But I have experienced all of those side effects -- and several more -- from prescription drugs. And none of my damn doctors bothered telling me in advance about any of them.
The law requires that advertisements for prescription drugs list all the most likely side effects from their studies.
The law is paper.
Paper is not power.
Power is power.
They can be useful in certain circumstances but in general yes they will just make you sicker
That's true. But even in the circumstances where they're useful, modern medicine doesn't seek out more natural cures that could do the same thing, but better and with fewer side effects.
I didn't know until recently even Tylenol and ibuprofen are toxic to the liver.
This meme rings close to home for me. My mom suffered from a lot of health issues for about 11 years before she passed away. She was on more medications than I can recall. To the degree that she had a list of meds to give to the paramedics when they were called. I only ever saw her decline over those 11 years. I saw first hand that taking medications only made the situation worse and that's why I avoid them at all costs and look after myself. I never take my health for granted and that's only been solidified over the last 2.5 years of the vaxdemic.
There was a similar meme here a few weeks ago:
"If medicine worked, you wouldn't need to refill your prescription."
I saw that too! Another meme that hits.
"Did someone say erectile dysfunction?" I heard that in Quagmire's voice. Gigity.
I’m losing my hair over it!
Seth MacFarlane is a goddamn communist.
It appears that you too, have commited the sin of watching "Family Guy"! Or you would not be familiar with the Quagmire charecter. It's a cartoon. Lighten up, dude. Never forget, if you can't laugh? You'll cry...
You just contradicted your own advice.
How many times are you going to say the same exact thing?
I thought that sounded familiar, and I was right--seven times in the last month.
Seth MacFarlane is a goddamn communist.
How many times are you going to say the same exact thing?
I thought that sounded familiar, and I was right--eight times in the last month.
Tom Hanks is a goddamn communist.
I don't like either of them, but good Lord man, mix it up.
You don't want to get banned for spamming, do you?
This exact situation happened to me. Quack Dr. poly drugged me on to 3 Meds. Quit cold turkey. Feel better than ever.
Having a chronic medical condition that hasn't responded to any kind of natural treatment sucks.
Pharmaceuticals don't do much better, but at least it's something.
Before my mom died in 2016, she had lupus and she was on so many pills that all began with just her lupus medication. At one point, she was prescribed ambien, we didn't even know she was taking it. She was always so sick and I don't think it was just her lupus causing it. Nausea, diarrhea, constipation, dry throat, headaches, insomnia, it just goes on and on. When she was on her death bed, her doctor couldn't even understand what was wrong with her. Personally, I think it was a combination of lupus, not enough nutrients, the pills, and I think she just gave up mentally and her body followed suit.
So true.
It's called the "drug cascade". This is why Grandma is on eleven drugs at once.
Its the revolving door of drugs.
u/#bahaha
Heavy use of steroids from childhood asthma and something prescribed every cold have lead to early cataracts for me. I knew the last heavy dose I was given was way to much and strong. I took less and it didnt matter. Within months I could barely see. Im done with modern medicine.
Search for dr bergs videos on youtube for cataracts.
Thank you!
You're welcome, fren!
Holy shit, I had asthma as a kid. That could have been me...
Someone very smart once said pharmaceutical drugs help you 15% and cause 75% of your problems.
Think about that.
The other 10% come from genetic.
I just had a lecture from someone who countered my aversion to taking antibiotics