Sea of Pills
Remember back then when doctors did not have to half ass on treating the sick. Well I have a feeling that today's healthcare revolves around the pill bottle.
You go to a clinic to check on your ears-Pills
You go to a hospital to check on a frozen shoulder-Pills
You go to the Doctor for a bad cold-Pills
Pills do not solve everything and in fact it is so easy to give out these pill papers that you do not even need a degree in medicine to give a patient nothing but pills and to be honest it makes our healthcare in America look like a fucking joke now a days.
Then again can pills be a good thing or a bad thing?
You go to a clinic to check on your ears-Pills
You go to a hospital to check on a frozen shoulder-Pills
You go to the Doctor for a bad cold-Pills
Pills do not solve everything and in fact it is so easy to give out these pill papers that you do not even need a degree in medicine to give a patient nothing but pills and to be honest it makes our healthcare in America look like a fucking joke now a days.
Then again can pills be a good thing or a bad thing?
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Well since the pill bottle is "SCIENCE!" people think it is good for them. Typical dumbed down arrogant society.
All you need to do to fool a leftist is put on a white labcoat, say you hate religion, and shout "SCIENCE!"
Leftists don't know what science actually is.
All you need to do to fool a leftist is put on a white labcoat, say you hate religion, and shout "SCIENCE!"
Leftists don't know what science actually is.
Leftists as in liberals?
The disclaimer enumerating the side effects of some of the crap peddled on TV is longer than the positive aspects.
Drug Ads are too damn positive in general even as they explain the long list of symptoms and what nots they can hinder life or possibly kill you.
I do not watch tv anymore, just dope on video games.
I do not watch tv anymore, just dope on video games.
I'm selective about what I watch, no major networks, they just show trash!
Cheap and good for setting up universal health care. Look up the placebo affect. Some of these pills actually do more bad than good. What if doctors went in full assed? We'd be spending more money on health than we do on military, and that says a lot. Let's admit it, the Roman bread and circuses strategy doesn't work. Rome fell. Americans are unhealthy and brainwashed. We need to fix people up, but we can't even do that, so we just tell people to pop pills. Hey, it keeps a society in check.
They're a good thing when they help to correct the problem effectively. They are a bad thing when they don't treat or correct the problem.
Pain killers are a wonderful thing for someone who can't function because they hurt so much. They are a very bad thing when they are given to people who do not need them or cannot use them responsibly.
Mental health drugs are very good for people who have an actual physical inability to produce the right chemicals. They are a bad thing when the problem is environmental and the drugs just cover the symptoms without addressing the actual issue.
Antibiotics are a good thing when they are used correctly to kill bacteria. They are a bad thing when they are given in excess or for viral infections.
And so on with everything.
Some doctors are of the idea that the best way to treat a patient is to listen to symptoms and throw pills at them. Some doctors believe it's best to try other methods whenever possible and use medication as a last resort.
I believe, overall, that to many doctors in the US prescribe to many drugs. I believe that many people go in and ask for specific drugs because they have seen ads for them, or insist in drugs because they themselves believe that medication fixes everything and want a little magic pill for every problem they have, whether it's something they can fix themselves or not. I believe that the people who go to hospitals and doctors offices to sell new medication, and the companies trying to sell it, are pushing medication harder than it should be pushed and are not educating the doctors properly on the medications, side effects, and conditions it can treat.
But I don't believe that medication, et al, is a bad thing.
Pain killers are a wonderful thing for someone who can't function because they hurt so much. They are a very bad thing when they are given to people who do not need them or cannot use them responsibly.
Mental health drugs are very good for people who have an actual physical inability to produce the right chemicals. They are a bad thing when the problem is environmental and the drugs just cover the symptoms without addressing the actual issue.
Antibiotics are a good thing when they are used correctly to kill bacteria. They are a bad thing when they are given in excess or for viral infections.
And so on with everything.
Some doctors are of the idea that the best way to treat a patient is to listen to symptoms and throw pills at them. Some doctors believe it's best to try other methods whenever possible and use medication as a last resort.
I believe, overall, that to many doctors in the US prescribe to many drugs. I believe that many people go in and ask for specific drugs because they have seen ads for them, or insist in drugs because they themselves believe that medication fixes everything and want a little magic pill for every problem they have, whether it's something they can fix themselves or not. I believe that the people who go to hospitals and doctors offices to sell new medication, and the companies trying to sell it, are pushing medication harder than it should be pushed and are not educating the doctors properly on the medications, side effects, and conditions it can treat.
But I don't believe that medication, et al, is a bad thing.
That is very a in-depth comment about medication their and I like it. Healthcare has to diversify from just pills alone it has to adventure into natural medicine or a better understanding on how each drug can effect an patient while their expercining multiple side effects.
I agree with you about doctors not being properly educated on the pros and deadly cons of medication as its still a field of medicine that we're working on and with the pressure of modern day society it can be hard to well not solve a medical issue with pills.
I agree with you about doctors not being properly educated on the pros and deadly cons of medication as its still a field of medicine that we're working on and with the pressure of modern day society it can be hard to well not solve a medical issue with pills.
my antidepressants aren't working as well as they used to. i need to up my dosage 
I think the same is happening with me. My anti-depressants were working well before, not they're not.
Quit the pills completely and follow a life of nature and fun. If you can't do that, then yeah, up the dosage.
i'd rather not kill myself, so i won't be doing that 
especially because i fucking hate nature
especially because i fucking hate nature
I think your body is building immunity to the anti-depressants if the current dosage you got right now is failing or that the life you have right now is way too strong for the current dosage to handle.
probably a mixture of both 
:/ hope you can handle the higher dosage, too much dopamine can kill you.
Pills are easier for the doctors and the insurance companies like it too since it's less expensive than actual diagnostic testing and other treatments. Our health system in the U.S. is more about maximizing profits rather than prevention and treatment.
it's less expensive than actual diagnostic testing and other treatments
That depends on the pill. Some pills (especially new ones or ones still under patent) can be super expensive - even more than the testing needed for diagnosis. And then there are other pills that pharmaceutical companies just charge a lot for but cost very little to make.
For instance:
That depends on the pill. Some pills (especially new ones or ones still under patent) can be super expensive - even more than the testing needed for diagnosis. And then there are other pills that pharmaceutical companies just charge a lot for but cost very little to make.
For instance:
NYTimes - Sept 20, 2015 - Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug that is the standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection. The drug, called Daraprim, was acquired in August by Turing Pharmaceuticals, a start-up run by a former hedge fund manager. Turing immediately raised the price to $750 a tablet from $13.50, bringing the annual cost of treatment for some patients to hundreds of thousands of dollars.Source: New York Time - Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight - www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/bus…
Yeah, the pharmaceutical companies are getting in on the money grab too. I remember hearing that story; nobody could afford those. Soon we'll be back to using leeches and witch doctors.
Interestingly enough, there has actually been a resurgence in using leeches - particularly when reattaching severed limbs. The anticoagulants in leech saliva do an incredibly good job of keeping blood flowing through the limbs while they heal. Likewise, certain types of maggots are now used to remove necrosis because they only eat dead flesh and thus can remove dead flesh to a much finer detail than any surgeon can. The use of these maggots greatly reduces the likelihood of patient infection from the rotting flesh once the patient is finally sewn up (and after the maggots are removed).
My daughter was just telling me yesterday that she learned in school (5th grade) that George Washington died from too much blood loss from overuse of leeches. So we still need to worry about leech overdose.
I can see it now - some junkie in an ally being found drained of all his blood from over-use of too much leech.
Then someone would start a rumor about vampires and before you know it people would be running around trying to pound stakes into each other.
God dammit!
Then someone would start a rumor about vampires and before you know it people would be running around trying to pound stakes into each other.
God dammit!Storm the castle! 
You forgot to take your bitch pills. 
Thanks, I already taken my concerta this morning.