Excellent article as there really are a wide range of views on pharmaceuticals.
My view: "Evil, evil, evil" (with some minor rare exceptions)
I have too many decades of experience and research finding healthy natural alternatives that are safer and perform better than pharmaceuticals. So yes, I'm extremely biased against them.
There are some cases where a prescription item (unfortunately some natural substances they have "locked up" by requiring prescriptions) using in a proper dosage *short term* can work wonders.
If I were to throw out a "rule of thumb": never take any prescription drug for more than three months. And completely avoid the most popular and commonly prescribed drugs.
I have no problem of weighing the pros and cons and figuring out if a prescription is worth it in a cost/benefit analysis. I agree, in most cases it's not worth it, unless we're talking extremely low doses.
But, for some people health issues arise where there is a need where the pharma suits it much better than natural remedies.
And we talk about using pharma as a "crutch," like it's a bad thing. It's only a bad situation to use a crutch if you never learn to walk again. Using a crutch to get you to the point that you can walk again is smart. So sometimes people need it in the heat of the moment to get to a better situation when they can get off them again.
A different topic, but still Drama related, is that healthcare workers (as rescuers/saviors) do things that keep people on prescriptions forever (to have eternal "victims" and not have their jobs disappear). And some people like to play "victim" and complain forever so they don't want to do the things needed to get better and get off drugs. Those situations can be true at the same time as others using drugs responsibly to get better and no longer need them.
Excellent article as there really are a wide range of views on pharmaceuticals.
My view: "Evil, evil, evil" (with some minor rare exceptions)
I have too many decades of experience and research finding healthy natural alternatives that are safer and perform better than pharmaceuticals. So yes, I'm extremely biased against them.
There are some cases where a prescription item (unfortunately some natural substances they have "locked up" by requiring prescriptions) using in a proper dosage *short term* can work wonders.
If I were to throw out a "rule of thumb": never take any prescription drug for more than three months. And completely avoid the most popular and commonly prescribed drugs.
I have no problem of weighing the pros and cons and figuring out if a prescription is worth it in a cost/benefit analysis. I agree, in most cases it's not worth it, unless we're talking extremely low doses.
But, for some people health issues arise where there is a need where the pharma suits it much better than natural remedies.
And we talk about using pharma as a "crutch," like it's a bad thing. It's only a bad situation to use a crutch if you never learn to walk again. Using a crutch to get you to the point that you can walk again is smart. So sometimes people need it in the heat of the moment to get to a better situation when they can get off them again.
A different topic, but still Drama related, is that healthcare workers (as rescuers/saviors) do things that keep people on prescriptions forever (to have eternal "victims" and not have their jobs disappear). And some people like to play "victim" and complain forever so they don't want to do the things needed to get better and get off drugs. Those situations can be true at the same time as others using drugs responsibly to get better and no longer need them.
Yes, a temporary "crutch" is very reasonable. I'd love to see that become common healthcare! That would be a massive improvement.
I totally agree with your last paragraph.
An APAP may be more effective for you, but they can be more difficult to get.