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Why are drugs wrong?
These days it seems we live in a highly pharmeceutical society. If you have
an ache or pain - take an Aleve. If you have the sniffles there are more than 100 different types of cold medicines available from which to choose. Diarrhea? Constipation? Oh there are pills for that as well. Can't sleep? Oh their are over the counter goodies, or if you are really, really in bad shape, your doc will write you a scrip for Ambien. More than ever before there are meds for depression, anxiety, sleeplessness - even alcoholism! Nobody seems to bat an eye if you get any one of a dozen different "trendy" types of medication for any real or perceived ailment. Ok, so why is it such a god-awful sin to want diet pills? Does it show a shocking lack of self discipline? So what? For some reason, we are supposed to SUFFER when we are losing weight. Does it make us better people if we suffer? I doubt it. Will we think twice about gaining the weight again if we suffer? Probably not. I am reminded of a lady that I worked with once, during the late 1970s when "natural childbirth" was all the rage and you were considered a BAD MOTHER if you asked for medication during childbirth. My friend said to me.. "Hell with that! If I had a kid I would take every bit of medication available. Being in pain doesn't make you a better mother". So why is there so much negativity here, and everywhere, about dieting medication? Inquiring minds want to know. Em -- ------ GOT PDF? Convert any document into PDF for $1 per 100 pages. For more info email . |
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Why are drugs wrong?
Ok, so why is it such a god-awful sin to want diet pills?
Um, I never said it was a sin. I want to be able to eat Dove ice cream bars all the time and weigh 150 pounds. I also want to dip Hugh Jackman in chocolate and take him to Oz. We all want things. So why is there so much negativity here, and everywhere, about dieting medication? Everywhere? Not on the infomercials I see. For some reason, we are supposed to SUFFER when we are losing weight. Says who? Not me. Like anything in life, there might be unpleasant moments. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you're not a troll. First, it would help if you were a little more specific. By "diet pills," do you mean appetite suppressants? If so, then the information I found on legitimate scientific sites indicates that these medications a) only work as long as one takes them, and often stop working with extended use; b) give users only a modestly more weight loss than those who use diet and exercise alone; c) can have dangerous side effects. here are a few links: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutr...6/Pharmoco.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/d...di/202069.html If, in consultation with your physician, you decide to take appetite suppressants along with diet and exercise, and you understand and accept their risks and limitations, you shouldn't concern yourself with alleged negativity. As always, YMMV. Kasey 365/262/??? |
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Why are drugs wrong?
The whole drug culture is skewed to take money out of your pocket without
really making you healthy. For example, I was taking low dose hormone replacement pills because at the time it was thought they would help prevent osteoporosis and dementia as well as make it easier to cope with premenopausal symptoms. But they now know that isn't true, and the pills gave me insomnia every 28th night and that led to migraines. So I was taking Motrin for the migraines and I could have taken a sleeping pill. Instead, I dropped the hormone pills, exercised more, and the insomnia went away and so did most of the migraines. When I finished out my Motrin, I bought aspirin due to a minor heart problem thinking the aspirin might help if I had a stroke or heart attack. Because of the heart problem (a minor valve malfunction that only showed up on an echocardiogram), my doctors were after me to take cholesterol and blood pressure drugs. I refused. I doubled my exercise and then doubled it again. My cholesterol has been normal for 3 years and my BP is within the new restrictive guidelines. Since I have migraines, I ought to be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke. But since I fixed my BP and cholesterol, my risk is down around zero. And I did it without drugs. Plus the exercise itself prevents osteoporosis and dementia, and diabetes for which I am at risk because I have been overweight most of my life. There are no drugs that do these things, there are only drugs that can reverse the problems. But then you would spend about $6000 a year on drugs like that. IF you don't exercise and eat right. Now every ad I've seen for a diet pill says that you have to exercise and reduce calories -- and the ones that don't say that eventually get in trouble with the FTC for deceptive advertising. So save your money, exercise, eat right, and control the number and size of portions. "Auntie Em" Auntie wrote in message ... These days it seems we live in a highly pharmeceutical society. If you have an ache or pain - take an Aleve. If you have the sniffles there are more than 100 different types of cold medicines available from which to choose. Diarrhea? Constipation? Oh there are pills for that as well. Can't sleep? Oh their are over the counter goodies, or if you are really, really in bad shape, your doc will write you a scrip for Ambien. More than ever before there are meds for depression, anxiety, sleeplessness - even alcoholism! Nobody seems to bat an eye if you get any one of a dozen different "trendy" types of medication for any real or perceived ailment. Ok, so why is it such a god-awful sin to want diet pills? Does it show a shocking lack of self discipline? So what? For some reason, we are supposed to SUFFER when we are losing weight. Does it make us better people if we suffer? I doubt it. Will we think twice about gaining the weight again if we suffer? Probably not. I am reminded of a lady that I worked with once, during the late 1970s when "natural childbirth" was all the rage and you were considered a BAD MOTHER if you asked for medication during childbirth. My friend said to me.. "Hell with that! If I had a kid I would take every bit of medication available. Being in pain doesn't make you a better mother". So why is there so much negativity here, and everywhere, about dieting medication? Inquiring minds want to know. Em -- ------ GOT PDF? Convert any document into PDF for $1 per 100 pages. For more info email . |
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Why are drugs wrong?
Auntie Em wrote:
These days it seems we live in a highly pharmeceutical society. If you have an ache or pain - take an Aleve. If you have the sniffles there are more than 100 different types of cold medicines available from which to choose. Diarrhea? Constipation? Oh there are pills for that as well. Can't sleep? Oh their are over the counter goodies, or if you are really, really in bad shape, your doc will write you a scrip for Ambien. We live in a capitalistic society where people are trying to sell you things by advertising perceived benefits. Most advertising (which is very expensive) is designed to counter your own common sense. For example, "You deserve a break today" counters your common sense that you really ought to stay home and make a salad. IIRC the "It's the real thing" ad came out when they stopped using sugar and started using corn syrup in colas. Next time you see a claim in an ad you should stop and ask yourself why they are paying money to tell you this. Chances are because it's not true and you wouldn't believe it otherwise. More than ever before there are meds for depression, anxiety, sleeplessness - even alcoholism! Nobody seems to bat an eye if you get any one of a dozen different "trendy" types of medication for any real or perceived ailment. Whose the nobody? Do you mean that the marketing budget for non-capitalistic truths isn't at parity? How many people know that you shouldn't take antibiotics for kid's ear infections? Most people are ignorant, and even the non-ignorant ones aren't going to share their judgmental view of your pill-popping if they have one. It's your body. Ok, so why is it such a god-awful sin to want diet pills? Does it show a shocking lack of self discipline? So what? For some reason, we are supposed to SUFFER when we are losing weight. Does it make us better people if we suffer? I doubt it. Will we think twice about gaining the weight again if we suffer? Probably not. The "god-awful sin" about taking diet pills is that the cost/benefit ratio doesn't work out in their favor. It's not a sin, it's a fact, and the sin is being stupid, not being a pill-popper. I've been taking the most effective fat-loss pill for about a year now. It's only MILDLY useful, and I wouldn't take it if I didn't like the unintended side effects (and there are ALWAYS unintended side effects.) Furthermore, I've got a cheap source of it and easy access. But it wouldn't make me lose weight all by itself, I'd still have to eat less and exercise more. Do you own risk/benefit ratio. Is the cost of a pill, the side effects of the pill, the cost of obtaining the pill all worth the benefits of the pill? Chances are the answer is no. I am reminded of a lady that I worked with once, during the late 1970s when "natural childbirth" was all the rage and you were considered a BAD MOTHER if you asked for medication during childbirth. My friend said to me.. "Hell with that! If I had a kid I would take every bit of medication available. Being in pain doesn't make you a better mother". That's pretty glib. There are risks and benefits to pain medication during labor: women don't do it just to be macho, they choose to avoid pain meds because it tends to make delivery faster (pain medication slows down labor) and taking pain meds vastly increases your chances of needing a c-section (which definitely makes your a WORSE mother, at least at first.) I've had three births and done it differently each time. That was because each situation warranted a different choice based on its individual facts and circumstances. Sometimes taking pain meds is NOT the appropriate choice. So why is there so much negativity here, and everywhere, about dieting medication? Inquiring minds want to know. Because you don't need it, it's expensive, it has bad side effects, they are difficult to obtain and better results are obtained by making lifestyle choices. There, feel better now? Dally 244/179/169 |
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