If This News Doesn't Concern You, You Must Have Stock in Big Pharma

I will always stand by the notion that Pharmaceuticals have a place, a limited place, in our lives. But pharmaceutical companies are in the business of making money. That is it. No where in the literature does it ever state that drugs cure anything. They manage symptoms. And maybe just maybe by managing symptoms the body just might heal itself. Sometimes to heal we are called on to do some work of our own. I hate to say it, we generally don't. We're geared to take the path of least resistance, the one requiring the least amount of effort on our part.

So this is where we as a society end up. Selling and peddling drugs in the name of health....as long as we give the drug a specific use like a diagnosis...and to help out on the sales we'll create a bigger market by lowering the standards for that diagnosis.

{A story that demonstrates what these companies care most about - It's always about the $$$: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/against-odds-lipitor-became-worlds-080130310.html }

This concerns me as a human, a mother, and as a health professional. I encourage everyone to take a good hard look at what is really happening here. I encourage to look at where you are choosing to spend your money. I encourage you to consider other more holistic alternatives. In fact I encourage you to look at what you are eating, doing and drinking that either aids in you remaining healthy or slowly takes your health away from you.

Living healthy in today's society takes effort I know, but the side effects are wonderful and just think how much money you will save NOT getting sick and NOT spending your money on drugs. I can certainly find some other ways to spend my money!

This news SHOULD concern you. This news SHOULD encourage you to discover healthier alternatives to pharmaceuticals.

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