What Are Those Prescription Drugs Doing in Your Body, Anyway? – You live in your body – not your doctor, Part III
It was a long and arduous process, but after years of research and millions of dollars, various drug companies have probably managed to offer you remedies for some of your ailments. These remedies came in a little brown bottle full of pills expertly prescribed by your physician. Probably, some pills made you feel better, some made you feel worse and others just plain didn’t work. They usually come in a small pharmacy bag with all manner of warnings stapled to […]
How Numb Can We Get? …A lot Numb
Last week the New England Journal of Medicine published an alarming fact. When drug makers tried to reformulate OxyContin so that it was harder to get “a high” from it – people did reduce their OxyContin usage. And then they switched to heroin. When I read this I laughed. I mean I could not stop laughing for days. “Oh, the human condition, how we cannot be thwarted from our addictions!” I chuckled. I shared this story with others and made them […]