This is totally nuts.......why are parents
drugging their children? I was just reading reported statistics from
2009 in The Wall Street Journal and the numbers are simply mind
boggling. Did you know that many of the prescription drugs dispensed to
children and teens were for conditions not traditionally associated with
children. But with the changes in lifestyle and diet, kids now are
being prescribed more and more drugs for adhd, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, sleeping disorders, etc. I'm sure that the number of
prescriptions also increased over the last 4 years. Here's a glimpse at
those astronomical numbers from 2009!
- ADHD = 24.357 million
- Asthma = 45.388 million
- Antidepressants = 9.614 million
- Sleeping Aids = 307,000
- Antipsychotics = 6.547 million
- Antihypertensive (for high blood pressure!) = 5.224 million
- Statins (for high cholesterol!) = 94,000
- Type 2 diabetes = 424,000
Yes,
there is a time and place for prescription drugs but too many doctors
and parents are turning to prescriptions as their first solution or
option for everything. Besides it being a problem, in the first place,
prescribing drugs to kids instead of looking at the cause can have other
ramifications. One of the huge problems with prescribing drugs to kids
is the safety factor. In many cases, there hasn't even been enough
research (or available data) and the kids end up being used as guinea
pigs to find out if a particular drug works or not.
It's
up to the parents to be proactive. It's okay to ask the doctors for
alternative solutions. It's okay to make lifestyle modifications such as
including exercise, nutrition, weight loss, stress reductions......all
simple changes that will in many cases eliminate the need for drugs.
About the writter:
Marie-anne
is Home Business Consultant and Wellness Advisor. She has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Holistic Nutrition. Visit her websites http://www.LaunchYourDestiny.com and at http://www.MomIsTheBest.com
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