High Blood Pressure
I am sure everybody shares in the feeling of (almost) surprise to see how our loved ones changed after 4 years of absence.
We grow older, fatter, slower, funnier, more stressed, less stressed & unfortunately, sometimes, sicker.
What is it with modern medicine that a lady of 74, with osteoporosis, can be prescribed 13 different pills to take daily and she is feeling sicker than she has in years?
Or a man of 75, who has never been sick in his life, now has high blood pressure and ends up taking 4 tablets a day - 1 for the high blood pressure, one for cholesterol, one for the diarrhea brought on by the other 2 and one for the headaches he now regularly gets!!
Has medicine gone mad? Or are we too readily accepting the diagnoses of wellmeaning but overworked health workers?
We grow older, fatter, slower, funnier, more stressed, less stressed & unfortunately, sometimes, sicker.
What is it with modern medicine that a lady of 74, with osteoporosis, can be prescribed 13 different pills to take daily and she is feeling sicker than she has in years?
Or a man of 75, who has never been sick in his life, now has high blood pressure and ends up taking 4 tablets a day - 1 for the high blood pressure, one for cholesterol, one for the diarrhea brought on by the other 2 and one for the headaches he now regularly gets!!
Has medicine gone mad? Or are we too readily accepting the diagnoses of wellmeaning but overworked health workers?
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