THIS ARTICLE SHOWS THAT YOUR MEDS COULD BE MAKING A MONSTER OF YOU.
The key is to always do your own research on ALL meds your doctor prescribes. I will tell you how to get the truth on just about any drug or diagnosis.
GO SEE DOCTOR GOOGLE
Do not go to doctors online like Dr. Mercola and others. I sometimes read their information, but I then go on to my own search process to find the facts. Here is my plan of attack.
In Google search type in keywords from the diagnosis a doctor gives you. If you are checking on a drug he prescribed, type in the drug.
Then add keywords like "side effects," "dangerous," or "suspect." Add other words that reflect your concerns.
Finally, add the word "abstract." This word is very uncommon in everyday topics and articles online. The only place it is common is in research reports published by legitimate medical sites like the National Institute of Health and similar government agencies in other nations of the world.
The results you get will be heavily populated with research reports. Stay away from print media unless it is similar to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
For example, to learn if more research has been done and reported online on the topic of statins and personality changes, as in the linked site above, type something like this into Google search:
Statins personality changes violence cholesterol aggression abstract
I did this, and I found that the first four pages of listings of links was solid bad news about statins, and almost all of it was scholarly reviews of research or actual official research reports. Read to your heart's content, and you are going to get off of statins if you are sane.
Do not be put off by the very complicated trade talk in the body of a research. You may be able to psych it out if you do a lot of searching for definitions of terms. But, simply read the "Abstract" at the beginning of a research report, and then read the conclusion. Some diligence will be rewarded.
What I have just told you will help you determine if your doctor is making the best effort to diagnose the cause of your medical issues, or if he is just treating symptoms with drugs and letting the cause remain unknown and untreated.
When you carry a print out of a research to your doctor and ask him to look at it, you know you have a real doctor if he at least reads the abstract and conclusion. I can assure you, there ARE some doctors out there who approve of patients who check things at with Dr. Google. Doctors are forced to guess part of the time. This has always been the case. A good doctor will listen to a diligent patient. But, do be ready to learn that you missed some important information that the doctors knows.
If your doctor gets cranky about your checking on diagnoses and drugs prescribed, FIND ANOTHER DOCTOR. Your doctor could kill you before he admits he missed something. No doctor has the time to read every research that comes out. When you tell your doctor what you learn in searching online. be firm in your concern, but be humble. Just do not let an arrogant doctor kill you because he is too lazy to do a little more homework.
Disclaimer: In no way should you use my advice to determine how to handle your health issues. The above content is ONLY my opinion and should not be used to diagnose or treat anyone's health issues. So THERE! Do your own Googling.
Here is an example of what you can do with research sites as a concierge to your health destiny.
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