If you actually think that prescription drugs are all good, or that some-if not most doctors-prescribe drugs only drugs that help people, you're living in a fantasy land. Have you ever looked at all the side effects of drugs you take?
Perhaps you are misunderstanding me. I did not say that all prescription drugs are good. I did not say that all drugs don’t have side effects. I did not say that all doctors prescribe only drugs that help people.
(Do you believe that ALL doctors NEVER prescribe anything of value? I am not sure of your thinking on this point.)
If you are willing to concede that some, perhaps many, doctors do prescribe things that are helpful at times then we have an agreement.
I know of quite a few Mds and ODs that are far more aware of the drawbacks of medications and the value of holistic options in health care than you and I put together. (Check out Mercola.com or cancerfungus.com.)
I believe that there is a place for WISE use of pharmaceutical technology to help people get through things that they would otherwise suffer from.
My life changed (for the far better) sixty minutes after my first dose of medication for ADHD. (The only long lasting side effect was a dryish mouth, which I can live with.) All the arguments to the contrary aren't going to change the fact that there are many people, including myself, who actually need medicinal help balancing their brain chemistry, or dealing with pain, or dealing with an infection.
If one believes that drugs are never an option, my pastor and friend would have died three weeks ago when he suffered a severe infection. Without immediate medical help he would have died within twenty four hours. As it was, he still spent several days in the hospital.
There is a place for natural health cures but they are not the only course to take, and when life is in immediate jeopardy, or when there is a fundamental imbalance in the brain, WISE use of medications is "often" (not always) the best course to take.
My brain is wired differently from yours. My neurotransmitters are off balance - probably because my mother smoked heavily and ate very poorly when she was carrying me, and because I was fed very poorly while growing up. My developing brain did not get all that it needed to grow properly. In a general sense of the term, I am brain damaged.
Natural means can certainly contribute to my overall well being, but, candidly, I am too lazy to make all the changes necessary, so I rely on medications to help bring me closer to normal such that I can interact with normal people such as on this website.
I agree that drugs are over prescribed and can cause all sorts of unwanted problems. I agree that the drug manufacturers are mostly in the business to make money. I agree that they bias the medical field in their favor.
BUT, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Medications can be useful at times. It takes a knowledgeable and unbiased investigator to determine whether any given situation is best approached by a pharmaceutical or holistic approach, or very commonly, a combination of the two.
If a person is suicidal, prescribing a regimented life change without medical intervention is more likely to kill him that save him. However, getting him on the RIGHT medication can help him rebalance his life so he can eventually get off the meds and rely on a new lifestyle to keep him in the right frame of mind.
Would you agree with me that there is a place for medical help? I agree with you that it is not the only, nor in many cases the best, solution to many of the problems we face.