Another call to check your prescription list.
Sadly, another huge celebrity’s death is suspected to be caused by prescription drug overdose.
Following the just recent sudden and tragic deaths of Heath Leger, Anna Nicole Smith and her son Daniel, the pop legend Michel Jackson passed away on June 26th.
We keep hearing about the combination of addictive medications he’d been using - anti-anxiety, anti-depressants, and painkillers, which likely contributed to his sudden death.
Continuing the theme of my past articles, I’d like to remind you that it is never too late to give your attitude toward health a new direction.
There is no such thing as an absolutely safe drug. Long-term and multiple-interaction drug studies are never done properly because of cost effectiveness and too many factors involved. And sadly, our society becomes increasingly overmedicated.
I believe a fundamental health care reform starts inside every one of us. We have to become educated and responsible consumers, not only of vacuums and cars, but of our most precious commodity - health. There is how to start:
• Make a personal choice to invest your health care costs and your time into lifestyle modifications and disease prevention (www.asthmacare.us)
• Re-examine your prescription list with your doctor. Question the necessity and dose safety of each drug. Ask about drug interactions, and the short-term and long-term side effects. Ask if your drug is habit forming.
• Educate yourself on healthier therapies and natural remedies (not all of them are safe or effective either).
• Teach your children proper attitude toward their health. Talk to your teenage children about substance abuse.
And most importantly, teach by example!
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