8Mud said:
I went into the hospital with Pnuemonia (8 years ago). after I was released I never had another serious headache. I guess whatever the treatment for the pneumonia was (intravenous antibiotics), also cured the infection I'd been walking around with for decades.
Treating the cause rather than the symptoms could have saved me a lot of pain and suffering over the years and a few trips to the hospital with pain pill side affects and an overdose.
I also get Pnuemonia innoculations ,for the more common strains, every couple of years and have been pretty much (other than an occasional mild one) headache free for a long time now.
If my headaches ever start up again, I'm going to grab some doctor by the ears and tell him loudly, that he better identify and treat the cause, rather than the symptoms. I'm not going through that agian.
But then the profit margin is higher treating symptons vs curing it...cure it you only visit once, treating symptoms is many repeat visits not to mention the prescription credits. Kinda like the prision system, repeat offenders are good for the legal system, everybody makes money and gets credit for doing a good job, increase budgets, increased billing, etc, a single offender, pfffft, thats a one time shot, nobody makes out. The name of the game is long term income, if someone came out with a 'healthy' pill, take it once and you never get sick again you can bet your life it would never come to market.
I had a really bad fungus infection in my toe nails, that stuff you see on TV, checked out the pills and HOLY$HIT, 5 months at $180 a month not to mention the side effects, $hits, indigestion, dizziness, ED, possible heart attack if you have heart problems or high blood pressure, a whole freaking line of some pretty nasty side effects. Did some research on home remedies and found that white vinegar was suggested so I picked up a couple of gallons of the stuff and a paint tray, put about 2" of vinegar in there and soaked my tootsies for 15 min a day for 4 weeks while I watched the news, cured, cleaned it right up, I still do it every once in a while, nails grew out, all gone. Cost about $10.....
Sinus infections, home cure is 5% mix of Hyperoxide w/saline water, kneel with head on floor, towel under your head and push the mix in with a nose spray bottle, you get some pretty nasty stuff coming out as the HP bubbles it out, just started that yesterday and will be doing it weekly, reason for the funny position is you dont' want the crud being pushed into your ear canals like if you were laying on your back with your head hanging over.
Personally I don't think the pharm industry wants fast cures, no money in that, why sell 4 pills when you can sell 30+.
Was watching a health channel report about 4 months ago on a New Mexico or Ariz prof who was trying to develop an oral sun tanning formula, he did, the side effects were an 18 hour erection and a very hightened abilty for recall. He had a tough time getting the test pills back from the testers. It's being developed for market but they want to split the 3 effects so they can sell 3 different pills. Three different pharm houses are working on it now, one happens to be in NJ.
BTW, Percocet is just oxycodone cut with acetaminophen. Hydromorphone/Dilaudid is the shizzle for serious pain though, and for addicts...
