Archive for November, 2010

Get Off Prescription Medications

November 26th, 2010

Do you want to get off prescriptions? A prescription medication is what a physician prescribes for a symptom. In order to stop meds, there are some steps you can take.

Step 1. Tell your doctor to monitor you while you’re making healthy changes.

You do not have to ask their permission, but let them know what changes you’re making. If there is a reasonable conflict, then change your plan. For example, say you wanted to go on a grapefruit diet but were taking a prescription medication that prohibits that. The doctor would be able to let you know that grapefruit has been shown to interfere with some enzymes that break down certain drugs in our intestines and liver, increasing blood levels of the drug which could lead to a higher risk of serious side effects. For this reason, any grapefruit product including dietary supplements that contain grapefruit flavonoids, can cause the same problems. In this situation, you would change your plan. Let’s continue with the steps.

Step 2. Nourish your cells.

This is a big step. If you don’t take this step, there’s NO WAY you’ll ever get off prescriptions. The reason? You cannot eat the foods necessary to provide your body with the nourishment it needs to stay healthy, fight illness, and prevent disease. Unless you eat foods grown in nutrient dense soil, allowed to ripen on the vine, and eaten without processing, it is impossible to get balanced nutrition. Plants get nutrients from the soil as they grow and ripen. If you pick an orange from a tree that hasn’t got good soil, it will not have the 90mg of Vitamin C that it should have. Especially if picked early. Shipping foods, changes in temperature, and storage are also factors that deplete foods of nutrients. Then, we process the food. When I first heard about processing, I wasn’t exactly sure what people were talking about. As I learned, it’s not just fast foods, it’s basics foods.
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DTC Prescription Medication Ads are Ridiculous

November 26th, 2010

All it takes is one bad day, one sleepless night, or one intimate situation gone bad, and you have a problem. The truth is, medication like, Viagra, Zoloft or Prozac, and Lunesta are all innovative helpful medications to people actually suffering chronic, reoccurring problems. The problem is direct to consumer prescription medication ads have people going to their doctors in search of a medication, not a solution to their problem (which they might to even have).

One of the major problems is the free one week or one month samples. Clayton Norlen of the Daly Utah Chronicle says it best.

“Late one sleepless night, you saw Lunesta’s ad and its offer for a free week trial. Being the informed and inquisitive consumer that you are, you researched Lunesta’s Web site and tried the seven-day free sample. Wow, you did get eight hours of comatose sleep, and it was great. But then your sample ended and you went in to the doctor hoping to get the prescription the commercial told you to get.”

“If addicts went in asking doctors for what they knew would make their day a little easier, they’d be labeled addicts. But because the TV and not some hipster on the street turned you on to this wonder drug, it’s socially acceptable.”

So where do we draw the line? Do you think more strict regulations should be placed on direct-to-consumer prescription medication ads, or should they be done away with all together? In my opinion, patients should seek a professional who has years of medical council under their bet, than to let a company who’s profits drive their motives.

Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Cathlene_Martinez

Procerin as an Alternative to Prescription Drugs for Hair Loss Treatment

November 26th, 2010

Many men who wish to stop hair loss due to androgenetic alopecia have tried to use Propecia, a prescription hair loss treatment, yet experienced side effects from the daily dosage of Propecia. Finasteride, Propecia’s active ingredient, causes a small number of users (about 2-3%), three types of sexual dysfunction as a side effect. The side effects include a decrease in sexual desire, a problem maintaining an erection, and a decrease in ejaculated semen amount.

Men who experience these side effects usually discontinue the use of Propecia. Stopping the dosage of Propecia, will stop the side effects, although it may take approximately 4 weeks to regain normality.

Unfortunately, Propecia must be taken indefinitely to stop hair loss. Once it is discontinued, any hair re-growth from the drug will discontinue. The hair’s condition will revert to the previous state.

There are many alternatives to Propecia. Yet there are very few that are as simple to use.
Many of the hair loss products require the use of messy creams or oils. Some herbal formulas require the consumption of 8 to 10 capsules a day. And, finally many of the alternatives to Propecia are very expensive.

Procerin may be considered an alternative to Propecia. It is in tablet form, and also includes a scalp treatment. This hair loss remedy is an all natural product that works very much the same way Propecia does, yet it uses natural ingredients to inhibit the production of DHT (what Propecia does to stop hair loss), which is one of the main causes of male baldness.

Procerin’s all natural supplement tablets work internally without reacting with testosterone (as some prescription medications do). They inhibit dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which can be excessive in a man’s scalp and cause hair loss. Porcerins topical treatment cleans the scalp of excessive oils and sebum which allows the hair follicles maximum growth and nourishment.

This particular hair loss treatment is simple, since you just need to take the tablets once in the morning, and once before bed. Most men report that they stop losing their hair within 8 weeks of consistent use of Procerin. Some men report re-growth within that same period.

Procerin’s one side effect reported is an upset stomach experienced by some men who first start using it. It is recommended to be taken during or after eating a meal to alleviate these side effects.

If you have tried Propecia, yet found you suffered from sexual dysfunction side effects, you may wish to try Procerin. It costs about the same as generic Propecia, it is simple to use, and no sexual dysfunction side effects have been reported with its use.

Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michelle_Dixon