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I’ve heard that in parts of China, doctors are only paid when their patients are healthy: the rationale being that their job is to keep us healthy and, if we’re not, they don’t deserve to get paid. I honestly don’t know if this is true or not, but the concept is appealing. Unfortunately, those demands made on U.S. medical professionals would send many of them straight to bankruptcy court. Our system seems to rely primarily on giving people drugs to relieve their symptoms – drugs which often cause other health problems and sometimes lead to addiction and dependency which, in turn, leads to the need for drug detox and maybe rehab.

Not too good.

What’s the basic difference between our U.S. health care system and those in many other parts of the world? We are primarily oriented towards treating illness, not preventing it. In that regard, we can do some pretty miraculous things. But, unfortunately, most of those miracles don’t happen until we’re closer to our death bed than we want to be.

How do you achieve ‘wellness’ rather than merely being free of an identifiable disease? One pivotal step may be getting off prescription drugs. Unless those drugs truly are life-sustaining, it’s always a good idea to find out if there is a drug-free alternative to what ails you. It may not be as easy as taking a pill – it might require exercise, healthy eating, and so on – but it will be safer. And you’ll have a much better chance of never really contracting a disease.

Personally, I’d like to be one of those 75 year olds out there running marathons. If you want to achieve that, don’t go the prescription drug route unless it’s vital. If you’re already taking them, contact a medical drug detox program to determine whether you need drug detox to get off them. If you’re not taking drugs and your doctor recommends one, ask him if there are any other solutions. And before you take no for an answer, get a second opinion.

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