Prevention Learn How to Stay Healthy

There are many many articles regarding death from prescription drugs.  What I liked about this one in rural Virginia is that it shows it is out of control.  People have been conditioned to trust their doctors.  Unfortunately there are many Doctors who are no more that pill pushers.

Now I also have had wonderful, respect filled relationships with doctors who do not give me prescriptions every time I go to see them.  I had to search out this kind of Doctor and ask questions, stating that I take natural remedies to heal myself and I may need their help in identifying my problem.  Is he or she the type of Doctor I can work with or should I keep looking?  I have found a Doctor I can work with and sometimes when I tell him what I take or do he looks at me in amazement but does not try to change my mind.

I was in a accident last year, it caused me much trouble and my Doctor and I discussed what he wanted me to do and why,  because I ‘ve had him as my Doctor for about 5 years I was able to take his advice, when he felt I needed a prescription.  There are very good Doctors out there you just need to find one that will work with you.

In North America we need to become more Prevention aware and learn how to prevent ourselves from getting sick instead of getting sick and then fixing the sickness.  One reason is cost, another is our own feeling of well being when we stay healthy.

There are little things we can do, eat correctly, (get up from table before full) eat vegetables, take vitamins, eat yogurt, read and learn what we should NOT put into our mouths.  Get away from process foods.  Use natural cleansers for cleaning.  Drink alkaline water.  When in doubt pick natural not man made.  There are many more things but this is a great start.  Read, learn, listen, open your mind to a different way of being.  It is exciting and the excitement will help you stay healthy.  Exercise even for 10 min. will make a difference.

Am J Addict. 2009 Jan-Feb;18(1):5-14.

Opioid deaths in rural Virginia: a description of the high prevalence of accidental fatalities involving prescribed medications.

Wunsch MJ, Nakamoto K, Behonick G, Massello W.

Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. martha.wunsch@uky.edu

In rural Virginia, drug overdose deaths increased 300% from 1997 to 2003. Polydrug deaths predominate (57.9%) in this review of 893 medical examiner cases. Prescription opioids (74.0%), antidepressants (49.0%), and benzodiazepines (39.3%) were more prevalent than illicit drugs. Two-thirds of decedents were 35-54 years old; 37% were female. When compared to western Virginia metropolitan cases, polydrug abuse was more common, specific medication combinations were found, the death rate per population was higher, and fewer illicit drugs were detected. These rural prescription overdose deaths differ from urban illicit drug deaths, suggesting the need for different strategies in prevention, treatment, and intervention by clinicians and policymakers.

PMID: 19219660 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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