Comments on: Trying Alternatives http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/ Full-Time Working Mom/Part-Time Evening Law Student Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ana http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5396 Ana Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:50:10 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5396 I learned in my genetics class this semester that 40% of prescription drugs have either no or a negative effect on people. (I'm not sure if 40% of drugs don't work or 40% of people don't respond to drugs or if 40% of the people who take any given drug on average don't respond.) But yeah, I think that our reliance on pharmaceuticals is more cultural than anything else. Drugs, home remedies, yoga, acupuncture - it's all effective to a degree. And I think the most important thing is mind over matter - actually thinking the remedy will make you better tends to work at least some of the time. I learned in my genetics class this semester that 40% of prescription drugs have either no or a negative effect on people. (I’m not sure if 40% of drugs don’t work or 40% of people don’t respond to drugs or if 40% of the people who take any given drug on average don’t respond.) But yeah, I think that our reliance on pharmaceuticals is more cultural than anything else.

Drugs, home remedies, yoga, acupuncture - it’s all effective to a degree. And I think the most important thing is mind over matter - actually thinking the remedy will make you better tends to work at least some of the time.

]]> By: Casey http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5156 Casey Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:24:11 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5156 I am completely intrigued. Share more when you have time. I want to try stuff like this because I want to stay as far away from western drugs as possible for as long as possible. How did you find whoever you found?? I am completely intrigued. Share more when you have time. I want to try stuff like this because I want to stay as far away from western drugs as possible for as long as possible.

How did you find whoever you found??

]]> By: ptlawmom http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5140 ptlawmom Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:39:46 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5140 Good point. When a girl has to take anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds and use a second form of birth control just to handle the side effects of one medication, I suppose the homeopaths would look at "conventional" medicine consumers and think *we* are the quacks. ;) Good point. When a girl has to take anti-depressants, anti-anxiety meds and use a second form of birth control just to handle the side effects of one medication, I suppose the homeopaths would look at “conventional” medicine consumers and think *we* are the quacks. ;)

]]> By: Law Student Hot Mama http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5139 Law Student Hot Mama Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:30:40 +0000 http://ptlawmom.com/2008/04/06/trying-alternatives/#comment-5139 Hey, you know . . . why the hell not? It's not any weirder than any of the conventional medicine, right? :grin: Hey, you know . . . why the hell not? It’s not any weirder than any of the conventional medicine, right? :grin:

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