Information Based Medicine: The Antidote To An Over-Medicated Medical System

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Information Based Medicine: The Antidote To An Over-Medicated Medical System
Dec 25, 2013 | GreenMedInfo | Rob Kress, RPh

"Over the past two decades the pharmaceutical industry has moved very far from its original high purpose of discovering and producing useful, new drugs. Now primarily a marketing machine to sell drugs of dubious benefit, the industry uses its wealth and power to corrupt every institution that might stand in its way, including the US Congress, the FDA, academic medical centers, and the medical profession itself."

-Marcia Angell MD, Former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine

Every day I encounter people who are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. They are often the folks who have fallen victim to the mantra "a pill for every ill", or the belief that vaccinations are a fool proof bet to prevent disease; they have been riding on the medication merry-go-round for far too long and they want off.
I personally would like to see my colleagues making more recommendations on diet, nutritional supplementation, drug induced nutrient depletions, and mind-body medicine. These are core to the history of pharmacy, not the vaccination indoctrination which seems to be the flavor of the day.

I believe in the body's inherent ability to heal itself when provided the environment to do so. More often than not, the environment will not be found within a prescription bottle. Addressing multiple factors including ones thoughts, emotions, beliefs, diet, exercise, and most importantly- taking 100% responsibility for one's health is what's needed. This does not mean, "do it all yourself", this means that if you are going to attain 100% vital health- it won't be by handing your health over to someone else- you must become an active participant in the decisions which are made.

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