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JNelson6563

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5. I haven't seen anyone say "all drugs are bad".

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 07:31 AM

Sep 2016

I do agree that there are too many drugs being prescribed. I am surprised at how almost everyone seems to take several prescriptions these days.

I have a regular 'script, a premarin patch. It doesn't save my life but does make life much, much less miserable. I understand how that works and so do people who share my view that too many drugs are being prescribed.

Add to that supplements and OTC stuff. I marvel at how some are just obsessed with this stuff. 20 'scripts and another $150 in supplements. I know several people who do this. They all look worse every time I see them.

This is getting out of hand.

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BBC: The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs [View all] nationalize the fed Sep 2016 OP

Interesting. Don't want a quackish view on medicine but this looks like Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #1

Well, sure. He's got a fucking TARDIS. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #2

We slip statins into his jelly babies. nt Codeine Sep 2016 #6

LOL trotsky Sep 2016 #9

people act like it is normal to have a dozen prescriptions Skittles Sep 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalLoner Sep 2016 #4

I haven't seen anyone say "all drugs are bad". JNelson6563 Sep 2016 #5

I see your point, just reacting to the doctor LiberalLoner Sep 2016 #7

Where is the evidence that "too many drugs" are being prescribed? Humanist_Activist Sep 2016 #10

Maybe they look worse every time you see them because they're sick. n/t kcr Sep 2016 #14

Bingo. kcr Sep 2016 #13

It sounds to me like a quack doctor pushing his own brand of "health care"... Humanist_Activist Sep 2016 #8

+1 LiberalLoner Sep 2016 #12

Yup. n/t progressoid Sep 2016 #15

It's not a freaking binary thing! MineralMan Sep 2016 #11