Drugs That Don't Work and Natural Therapies That Do

Excellent information that anyone taking a statin drug needs to know and evaluate. The mortality statistics of statin users as opposed to people who didn't take them are less than a 1% difference! This doctor cites the statistics with references to studies. Bet your primary care doctor has never mentioned that one! Heck, I bet they don't know that themselves. Considering the side effects of statin drugs it's sure not worth it to me. My doctor looked me straight in the eye and told me that there was no way to reverse the plaque buildup in our arteries! People used to take niacin, it's cheap and effective but you can't use the "no flush" or slow release type, has to be the kind that will give you the famous niacin flush. Also, research the use of nattokinase and serrapeptase. Read the reviews for them right here on Amazon, doesn't matter what brand. The only drawback is that your insurance won't cover them--for me it's worth it to pay outright and avoid the pharmaceuticals. It blows my mind how few people bother to investigate the pharmaceuticals that they're taking. This book covers a broad base of common medical conditions but I primarily was interested in avoiding statins. Since reading it, my husband has stopped taking the one he's been on for several years and has joined me in taking the natural supplements suggested by Dr. Brownstein.

Arrived quickly and in good condition. packaged well.

I really like this book and can see myself referring to it for a long time to come. Some drugs that we use just don't really do much and there are natural remedies that are so much better for us. This book helps us to understand the why's about how drugs or remedies work or don't work.

After hearing how this Dr. Helps his patients using natural therapies instead of using drugs that just disguise the problem and create more, I decided to give the book a try

The book was recommended by someone in the health profession. It contains a great deal of helpful information.

Be prepared to rethink what you thought you understood about drugs and supplements. Wish I had read this when it was written.

The author outlines how many modern drugs prescribed for long term, continuous use operate in the body. Most of these work by blocking or inhibiting some otherwise normal biological functionality, rather than addressing the underlying cause of the symptoms. His main, oft repeated point is that if a car's oil or warning light comes on, interrupting or inhibiting the light doesn't fix the underlying problem even though it shuts off that pesky, insistent warning lamp. If you are on any long term drugs that are supposed to alleviate or prevent certain common ailments, you should at least know how that drug works and what it will do to you in the long run. This book with certainly tell you most of that for most such commonly prescribed families of drugs. He also outlines diet and lifestyle changes as well as nutritional means to achieve better or the same results as most of these drugs are advertised to do, but with none of the bad side effects.

Interesting read, as is all the material Dr. Brownstein puts out there. Good information to help us understand the thinking of mainstream medicine and how to avoid their increasing blunders by going with approaches that do work -- like identifying the cause and treating it, not the symptoms. Dr. Brownstein explains how the medicine is suppose to work adn how that happens in our bodies -- or too often why it doesn't help our bodies.

Gave insight to improve health of a good friend after his long term illness.