Do you know that nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription medication, and more than 50% take two?
Do you know that 20% of Americans take five or more prescription medications?
That within these statistics of prescribed medications, antibiotics, antidepressants and painkilling opioids are the most commonly prescribed.
And these statistics are dated. Newsweek says that the use of prescription medication continues to rise.
Consider this, prescription medications treat symptoms.
Symptoms challenge us. Symptoms disrupt our lives. Symptoms inconvenience, trouble and distress us.
Symptoms wreak havoc on our lives.
Symptoms wreaked havoc on my life and many of my client’s lives.
Consider this, without symptoms there is no longer a motivation to do what it takes to find the root cause of the symptom, to heal the symptom, to live life beyond the symptom.
The pill is that powerful. It removes the need to slow down, to eat healthy, to move your body in ways that promote vitality, but while your not experiencing the distress the symptoms cause, the problem continues to progress = you think you’re OK, you think you’re all better, thanks to the pill… while the root cause continues unabated.
Consider this, the human body was designed to be healthy, energetic, vibrant, and… heal itself.
TELL ME
Do you think pharmaceutical medications are over-prescribed today?
Do you think you could be doing a better job taking care of your body and your health?
Please do note, I am not saying that there is not a time in life to take a prescription medication. I am saying that statistics show we’re using a lot of prescription medication. I’m also saying that symptoms can be very useful, if we use them to guide us to better understanding what our body needs to be naturally energetic and vibrant again.
Tell me what you think in the comments section below.
Thank you Carol. You are rocking this!!! XO!!
SO glad you heard something in this post, Wendy! It’s so important… XO