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"Advertising should be regulated and curtailed, as it is driving the current epidemic of multiple drug prescriptions. Drug therapy should be viewed as an invasive, problem-causing technology and not as the panacea-of-all-health solutions. It is time to turn the cornucopia of drugs upside down. THE FUTURE What will happen to our older population when the current trend continues? When over-medication becomes the normal trend? Well, the pharmaceutical industry paints a wonderful picture. All those "Anti-Aging Movements" will talk about paradise." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, installed a thirty-four-million-dollar computerized physician ordering system to streamline drug prescriptions and reduce error rates. The hospital scrapped it in 2003, after complaints swelled into a full-blown rebellion among physicians, at least one of whom was caught making routine drug errors and perhaps didn't appreciate being exposed. Other doctors simply didn't want to make the change from pen and paper to keyboard, and at least six other hospitals have shut down computerized drug-dispensing systems." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"I have organized this book by the number of drug prescriptions written, starting with the most frequent and ending with the least prescribed of those drugs that are most commonly used. Vitamins and supplements are included at the end, and I have also covered the topic of children and medicine. The chapters themselves have been organized by classes of drugs (which have similar risk factors) prescribed for certain health conditions. Organizing material by drugs typically prescribed for these conditions will help you compare different drugs prescribed for the same condition." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"He adds that in the majority of cases, "drug prescriptions for NSAIDS and muscle relaxants were virtually eliminated." (NSAIDs are over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen.) In addition to fibromyalgia, magnesium has been shown to affect kidney stones. In animal studies, you can induce kidney stones by reducing the amount of magnesium in the diet. Conversely, supplementing with magnesium— and ideally vitamin B6 at the same time—will prevent the recurrence of kidney stones." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"The article continues: A January 2006 Brandeis University study found that psychotropic drug prescriptions for teens surged 250% from 1994-2001. One in every ten doctor-office visits by teenage boys led to a prescription for a psychotropic drug. A diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, a malady that was first defined in 1980, has grown to epidemic proportions. The subjective diagnosis of ADHD was given to about one-third of the office visits during the study period." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"The psychiatrist who sells only drug prescriptions and electroshock, the psychologist who sells only cognitive-behavioral techniques, and all mental health professionals who sell only their time, in a sense, protect themselves. By not selling their empathy, kindness, and authenticity, they don't sell themselves. The more mechanical and impersonal they are, the more they protect themselves. At some level, many mental health professionals know this: "If I sell myself, then I become a consumer object." This is why many professionals would rather sell products or techniques." - Bruce E. Levine, Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy (Get the book.)

"Very few tests have been done on drug interactions with other drugs or with common foods. drug prescriptions can be a gamble of life and death that you are risking when you enter your doctor's office. The bottom line is that all pharmaceutical drugs contain poisons that have a detrimental effect on your health. Your heart pays the ultimate price for these constantly offered and highly praised "shortcuts" to health; they cut your life short." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"I will especially appreciate your passing the book on to your physicians since they are still the ones who write the drug prescriptions. We each have a responsibility to do whatever good we can. I hope you will join me in this effort to keep America from continuing to be fooled. Getting Off Antidepressants I personally know of many individuals who simply stopped taking their antidepressant after learning of the dangers these drugs present or because they did not like their side effects. I have also known of a few cases where antipsychotics were abruptly halted." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"Ask your primary-care doctor to supervise all of your health care, including drug prescriptions. If that isn't possible, ask one of the hospitalists to do it. Patients with one supervising doctor face fewer risks. Each time you're given medication: Show your ID bracelet. To ensure that you're getting the right drug (medical test or procedure), ask the nurse to check your ID wrist bracelet. Ask the nurse to tell you what each drug is and why you're taking it. Don't take a drug unless you're sure it's the one that you're supposed to be taking." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Brandeis University "Psychotropic drug prescriptions for Teens Surge 250 Percent Over Seven Years," Journal Psychiatric Services, January 3, 2006. 11 Shankar Vedantam, "Psychiatric Drugs' Use Drops for Children," The Washington Post, October 8, 2005. 12 Ron Stein and Marc Kaufman, "Depression Drugs Safe, Beneficial, Studies Say: Suicide Risk Rejected, But Critics Question Validity of Findings," The Washington Post, January 1, 2006. 13 "FDA Stance on Antidepressant Warnings Unchanged By NIMH Suicide Findings," Pink Sheet, January 9, 2006. Volume 68, Number 002, pg-16." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, installed a thirty-four-million-dollar computerized physician ordering system to streamline drug prescriptions and reduce error rates. The hospital scrapped it in 2003, after complaints swelled into a full-blown rebellion among physicians, at least one of whom was caught making routine drug errors and perhaps didn't appreciate being exposed. Other doctors simply didn't want to make the change from pen and paper to keyboard, and at least six other hospitals have shut down computerized drug-dispensing systems." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Costs and Benefits The number of drug prescriptions covered by statutory health insurance in Germany declined by 30 % from 1992 to 2001. The costs per prescription during the same period rose by 78 %. The sharp drop in prescriptions mainly affected phytomedicines (see Table Ai in the Appendix). Initially, it was hoped that these containment measures would save money, but this has not been the case. On the contrary, the overall drug costs between 1993 and 2001 rose more sharply than during the comparable period from 1981 to 1990 (Fig. 1.7)." - volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel, Rational Phytotherapy: A Reference Guide for Physicians and Pharmacists (Get the book.)

"First of all, I am not a doctor, nor do I pretend to be one by putting on a white lab coat and writing drug prescriptions to patients. None of the information I present in this report should be taken as medical advice. If you have a serious medical condition, I invite you to seek out a qualified health professional, preferably someone who is open to the idea of using lifestyle changes to improve your overall state of health. You will probably find this very challenging if you limit your search of medical professionals to MDs." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"At this time, there was a steady decline in the use of herbal drug prescriptions containing tinctures and extracts. The more potent herbal drugs such as opium and digitalis continued to be used, not as tinctures, but as single isolated compounds: the alkaloids morphine and codeine, and the glycoside digoxin. It became far more appropriate to give patients pharmaceutical preparations, mainly in tablets and capsules, with reliable dose control, rather than plant extracts." - Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson, Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy (Get the book.)

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