My aunt Kate died a few years ago at age 99. Several years before her death, she decided to stop taking all prescribed medications. Her thinking was the Meds had too many bad side effects. The decision appeared to be a good one but I would stop short of recommending it.
On the other side of the issue, it is widely known that better than twenty- five percent of prescription drugs are driven by patient requests. I can understand how this happens. Oldsters like me sit on their butts watching too much TV and we digest one drug advertisement after another. Chances are good something hurts us some place. Therefore, we make a mental note and during our next social outing, which is at a physician's office, we ask the doctor for the drug. The doctors write the scrip just to 'keep-the-line-moving.'
I saw a med ad on T V just the other day...here are the side effects: gas, diarrhea, headache, stomach pain, black stools, nausea, vomiting, dark urine, fast or slow breathing, irregular heartbeat, throat pain, trouble swallowing, fever, chills, sore throat, red-swollen or blistered skin, swelling in hands ankles or feet, tiredness, weight gain, weight loss, dizziness, suicide thoughts, vision changes, yellow eyes, yellow skin and rooting for the Chicago Cubs.
Gotta get some of those 'pills!'
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