Before You Take That Pill…

A recent CNN Health News article asks the question – Are you taking too many medications?  The article tells the story of Alesandra Rain, whose sleeping problem turned into a downward spiral of medications and side effects. At her worst, Alesandra Rain was spending more than $900 a month on prescriptions, seeing 6 specialists, taking 12 different types of medication amounting to about a thousand pills a month, none able to cure her chronic insomnia and depression.  She was slowly losing herself.  When you’re on that many different prescriptions it’s hard to recognize where the pills end and you begin.

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. This story happens way too often in America today. In fact, the average American fills 12 prescriptions a year. “I don’t think people really understand the nature of medication; the drugs will, by definition, have some toxic, collateral side effects,” Continue reading “Before You Take That Pill…”

True Health Care Reform

Patients’ Regular Utilization of Chiropractic Care REDUCES the need for:

HOSPITALIZATION by 60%

HOSPITAL DAYS by 59%

PHARMACEUTICAL USAGE by 85%

OUTPATIENT SURGERIES & PROCEDURES by 62%

OVERALL GLOBAL HEALTHCARE COST by 50%

Most importantly, these statistics come not from a chiropractic study done by chiropractors, this is according to a clinical and cost utilization study conducted by an independent physician association done over a 7-year period, that includes doctors of ALL licenses. (JMPT Volume 20, Issue 4, Pgs 263-269, by Richard Sarnat, M.D.) Continue reading “True Health Care Reform”