The medicine box
I just read an article on yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_he_me/medication_nation
This article discusses how more than 1/2 insured americans are taking some sort of prescription medication. This includes all age-ranges.
The sad part is...children are taking medications that we once only saw adults taking. If they are on these medications now, and constantly need stronger doses year after year, what are they going to do when there are no stronger doses? What are they going to do if they are taking 20 medications, and they all interact in a negative way?
Why do we sacrifice our quality of life?
This goes back to the blog I wrote last week regarding the time it takes to prevent v. the time it takes to treat. Or, the cost of prevention v. the cost of treatment.
It is always less time consuming and less costly to prevent.
Quality of life, productive years, significantly decreases with disease and illness, to the point that, it is no surprise that rates of depression in this country are at an all time high.
It is up to us to change our own lives and to promote change in others lives. If it is your children's lives, it is up to you, their parents to teach them good habits that will give them happy and productive adult years. Let us do right for ourselves, for our families and friends, and perhaps more importantly, for our children so that they may stave off life-long illness.
cheers!
This article discusses how more than 1/2 insured americans are taking some sort of prescription medication. This includes all age-ranges.
The sad part is...children are taking medications that we once only saw adults taking. If they are on these medications now, and constantly need stronger doses year after year, what are they going to do when there are no stronger doses? What are they going to do if they are taking 20 medications, and they all interact in a negative way?
Why do we sacrifice our quality of life?
This goes back to the blog I wrote last week regarding the time it takes to prevent v. the time it takes to treat. Or, the cost of prevention v. the cost of treatment.
It is always less time consuming and less costly to prevent.
Quality of life, productive years, significantly decreases with disease and illness, to the point that, it is no surprise that rates of depression in this country are at an all time high.
It is up to us to change our own lives and to promote change in others lives. If it is your children's lives, it is up to you, their parents to teach them good habits that will give them happy and productive adult years. Let us do right for ourselves, for our families and friends, and perhaps more importantly, for our children so that they may stave off life-long illness.
cheers!
posted by Dana M. Ellis, MPH, R.D. @ 8:16 AM
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