Prescription Drugs vs Natural Healing

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS VS NATURAL HEALING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE ANY SUPPLEMENT THAT CONTAINS CHEMICALS OR UNNATURAL SUBSTANCES WHICH ALTERS OUR 150 mg BRAIN CHEMISTRY, HORMONES, OR MENTALITY. OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS WHO TOOK AT LEAST ONE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IN THE PAST MONTH INCREASED FROM 44% TO 48%. THE USE OF TWO OR MORE DRUGS INCREASED FROM 25% TO 31%. THE USE OF FIVE OR MORE DRUGS INCREASED FROM 6% TO 11%. •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ĒSCRIPTION DRUG. AT LEAST ONE CHILDREN 29.9% .9% OF YOUNG PEOPLE 12-19 PRESCRIPTION DRUG IN USED AT LEAST ONE PRESCRIPTION DRUG. 10 OUT 9 o II THE MONTH PRIOR TO 48.3% OF PEOPLE 20 AND 59 USED AT LEAST ONÉ PRESCRIPTION DRUG. OLDER AMERICANS BEING SURVEYED. 10 20 30 40 50 88.4% OF AMERICANS AGE 60 AND OVER USED AT LEAST ONE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, MORE THAN 76% USED TWO OR MORE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN THE PAST MONTH, AND 37% USED FIVE OR MORE. ACCORDING TO THE 2007-2008 DATA, THE MOST COMMONLY USED DRUGS WERE: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DRUGS PENICILLIN ANTIBIOTICS BRONCHODILATORS ANTIDEPRESSANTS CHILDREN UP TO AGE 11 YOUTHS 12-19 PEOPLE 20-59 ADULTS 60 AND OLDER KIDS UNDER AGE 6 NATURAL REMEDIES NATURAL AND HERBAL REMEDIES ARE DERIVED FROM LIVING PLANT LIFE. THERE ARE NO CHEMICALS INVOLVED. ACCORDING TO CNN, ONE-HALF OF ALL MEDICAL SCHOOLS NOW OFFER COURSES IN HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE. ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS-AMONG THEM HARVARD, YALE, JOHN'S HOPKINS, AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITIES-NOW OFFER COURSEWORK IN HOLISTIC METHODS. THERE ARE FIVE HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITALS IN GREAT BRITISH NATIONAL SERVICE. ONE OUT OF THREE DRUGS PRESCRIBED IN GERMANY IS AN HERB. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 65 TO 80 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION (ABOUT 3 BILLION PEOPLE) RELY ON HOLISTIC MEDICINE AS THEIR PRIMARY FORM OF HEALTH CARE. IN 1993, AMERICAN CONSUMERS SPENT ALMOST ON HERBAL REMEDIES-TEN TIMES MORE THAN WAS SPENT ON $1.5 BILLION OVER-THE-COUNTER SLEEPING PILLS FROM GROCERY STORES AND DRUG STORES. APPROXIMATELY $22 MILLION THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA), IN RESOLUTION #514, MUTUAL OF OMAHA SAYS IT SAVES ABOUT $6.50 IN COVERING NON-STANDARD (HOLISTIC) TREATMENTS. ONE OUT OF EVERY TEN AMERICANS IS UNDER THE CARE OF A CHIROPRACTOR. OF U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY HAS "IS ENCOURAGING ITS MEMBERS TO ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON BECOME BETTER IN-FORMED ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL RESEARCH REGARDING HOLISTIC MEDICINE AND SINCE 1992 AT THE NATIONAL TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROPRIATE INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC STUDIES OF IT. HEALTH SERVICES. PERCENTAGE OF HOSPICE CARE PROVIDERS OFFERING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES HOSPICE CARE PROVIDERS 41.8% PROVIDE BOTH HOME AND HEALTH HOSPICE CARE 22.9% PROVIDE HOSPICE CARE ONLY 54% 10 20 30 40 60 PERCENT OF HOSPICE CARE PROVIDERS OFFERING CAT TENS ART THERAPY AROMATHERAPY THERAPEUTIC TOUCH GUIDED IMAGERY OF RELAXATION PET THERAPHY MUSIC THERAPHY SUPPORTIVE GROUP THERAPHY MASSAGE 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 DISHARGED PATIENTS BY AVAILABILITY AND USE OF COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPHIES (CAT) HOSPICE CARE PROVIDER OFFERED CAT, PATIENT DISCHARGED FROM HOSPICE RECEIVED CAT HOSPICE CARE PROVIDER DID NOT OFFER CAT HOSPICE CARE PROVIDER OFFERED CAT, PATIENT DISCHARGED FROM HOSPICE DID NOT RECEIVE CAT SOURCES: http://voices.yahoo.com/prescription-drugs-VS-natural-remedies-202685.html http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db42.htm http://www.webmd.com/news/20100902/prescription-drug-use-on-the-rise-in-the-u-s 50