Tell me, is it a problem, when the pharmaceutical industry has society in its proverbial grip??
When did this trend of "asking your doctor about.....cialis, paxil,...." or whatever other chemical cocktail, come into play?
Commercials listing off general symptoms, flashing a brand in front of our faces, and want us to go running to the doctor for the concoction of the week. It makes me sick.
"Do you ever feel sick...., are you tired in the morning......, do you ever feel anxious....., than you should ask your doctor about paxil......" Last time I checked, isn't it the doctors responsibility to prescribe medication?? Isn't it up to those with PhDs to figure out which medications best suit the patient. So what then , when bonuses are offered to doctors who prescribe the pharmaceutical brand of the week, when patients come in ASKING for the drug they seen on TV, when health becomes a cash cow.....
Something must be noticed about these companies, these mega-corporations that control and enforce a lot more than we can see on the surface. Ever wonder why a product like tobacco can still be sold in a day of recalls and class action suits? Like imagine ketchup was suddenly discovered to contain even half of the carcinogens as tobacco. It would be pulled of the shelves so fast, you wouldn't even have time to wonder about it.
pharmaceuticals are bad in my eyes. They sting..... No really though, I have witnessed people get on medications that are supposed to help, only to leave the person hopelessly addicted and in no better shape than when he first walked through the doctor's door. A friend of mine approached his doctor with some stresses, just wanted to talk about the negatives in his life and the options he has to resolve them. Common life stress. Although, the doctor, too quick to prescribe, seen these common life stresses as a pharmaceutical problem, something that must be medicated. No talk of a pyschologist, or any sorta anger management programs, no suggestions of ways to alleviate stress, just instant with the meds.
Look up effexor anywhere, and you will learn its is fairly common, to those taking the medication, to become increasingly despondent and suicidal, not to mention, VERY difficult to get off them. So my friend starts taking this drug, only to wind up in the hospital for attempted suicide 3 months later. After doing research, friend wants off the drug, doesn't feel that it is needed if it is making things worse, only doctors increase the dose. Then add a few others to the mix. My friend walked around like a zombie, a fraction of what he once was, but the doctors say he is progressing...... NOT ONCE DID THE DOCTORS ASK WHAT WAS BOTHERING HIM, NOT ONE DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM STRESSFUL SETTINGS. Why is it that the only solution is medications? To label it with the psychological disorder of the week? Doctors only see dollars, not patients, just hobbling, complaining dollar signs.
Medications are misused and abused by this society, I have seen with my own eyes..... I will not be hopped up on anything, I choose to remain free and as pure as I can be.
Now that explains more than I would have thought. Looks like real progress for freedom and liberty......
