FREE PAIN PILLS
FREE PAIN PILLS are only for incurable terminal conditions, people who've just had surgery, and perhaps for the odd headache, or acute toothache. For the rest, rather treat the cause. Yes, I'll admit it, the title of this page is misleading. It's just that the world has become hooked on pain pills instead of treating the cause of the pain.
Joe's back
It's been a hard day, and Joe's back is killing him. His wife has some Percocet left over from a trip to the dentist, and there's that big bottle of Tylenol under the sink, so Joe grabs a couple of each and washes them down with a slug of beer, and sits down in the deep "comfortable" chair in front of the TV. Drat, he realises, that was the last beer, and heads off to the car ...
"The world is indoctrinated in medicine. Peope are born in a medicine cabinet and grow up in a drugstore. They have been brainwhashed, hypnotized, mesmerized and drugged to believe their life-force comes from the Outside-In. Chiropractic must un-brainwash them and demonstrate that health comes from Inside-out."
- Dr. B.J. Palmer, D.C.
Joe has just made a litany of mistakes. I expect you can spot a few:
Mistake I
Unless Joe has cancer of the spine, he should rather have reached for an ice pack (30 minutes on the back in a face-cloth, followed by some warmth like a hot shower) would be far more effective.Or Joe should have lain down on his bed and done a few back exercises. If you sign up for these
Chiropractic Tips (they're free)
you'll get some very basic exercises for the low back. Here are some rather
more difficult low back pain exercises.
Even a brisk walk would have been better.
Mistake II
NEVER take medicine prescribed for someone else! What Joe doesn't know is that Percocet contains Acetamenophen, as does Tylenol. He's just seriously overdosed. New frightening research is showing that those "free pain pills" he's just swallowed are very toxic for the liver. The FDA is now taking a long hard look at Acetaminophen, and about time.
"Acetaminophen overdose is responsible for more ER visits than any other medicine on the market."
- Wikipedia on Tylenol.
Mistake III
Looking for that luxurious chair is Joe's next mistake. Oodles of research shows that sitting is about the worst thing you can do if your back is killing you. Far better would be to go and lie down in the 90/90 position for twenty minutes - with your hips and knees at 90 degrees. Or on a bed with a couple cushions under your knees.
Mistake IV
Just having a big bottle of Tylenol, or any other pain killer for that matter, in his house is a serious free pain pill mistake. Under the sink?! This just confirms Dr Palmer assertion that Americans are "born in a medicine cabinet and grow up in a drugstore." Europe is not far behind either.
"Teen drug abuse is really up, especially with pain medications. It is not uncommon for kids to go to their parents' or grandparents' medicine cabinet and then go to a party and put the drugs in a bowl."
- pharmacist Kristen Binaso.
Mistake V
Swallowing his medicines with alcohol is Joe's next mistake, really a pretty obvious one, but then most people have no idea of the dangers of medicines and their side effects. Alcohol is in itself a drug, and changes the way many drugs work.
"Drinking is an issue with IBUPROFEN (a popular anti-inflammatory drug). It can lead to bleeding ulcers."
- Kristen Binaso.
Dangers of Anti-inflammatory medications.
Dangers of Anti-cholinergic drugs, 50% of the drugs on the market.
Mistake VI
Probably Joe's most serious mistake was to get behind the wheel of his car. A drugged driver he's now not only threatening his own life, but some innocent person down the road.
“Pain medications can make you drowsy.”
- again pharmacist Kristen Binaso.
I wonder if that's one of the reasons why America has such a Whiplash problem, and ranks so badly in the world when it comes to auto accidents?
Whiplash and Chiropractic.
Mistake VII
Lastly it's sad that Joe still doesn't know that the answer to his back is with his local Chiropractor! Most low back pain conditions are in the lumbar facet joints and sacro-iliac joints. There is just so much research now proving that adjustments of the spine and pelvis are the treatment of choice.
Research on the effectiveness of Chiropractic.
The lumbar facet syndrome.
Sacro-iliac Joint Treatment.
Perhaps Joe's problems are more serious. Slipped disc symptoms.
What Joe can expect at his first Chiropractic Consultation.
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9 pain pill mistakes.
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