We Are Taking
Too Many Drugs

This is in regards to the article on "Pharmacy closings Cause Hardship". Maybe this is a blessing in disguise.

The population is way too dependent on drugs to take care of their health issues and now they can’t even get their drugs! I’m actually excited about this!

Making drugs harder to acquire might make people look to easier and long term answers to staying out of the doctor’s office and worrying about how they are going to pay for their prescriptions that are usually prescribed for the rest of their lives.  What happened to "physician heal thyself"? We don’t give it a chance anymore!

People should be learning how to prevent and take care of their crises and not take drugs and run to the doctors for every little thing. There is an old French proverb, "A man over age 40 who is not his own physician is his own fool".

None of the drugs take care of the cause anyway, they just take care of the symptoms. What causes the "dis-ease" or the crisis in the first place? Our bodies are incredible machines always seeking balance.

I’m not sure if the people don’t want information on how to stay healthy, or they don’t know it’s available. Or maybe "Yeh, I know, but it’s too hard or expensive."

I don’t know of anything more expensive and devastating than hospital bills and lost wages due to illness. Just think of what you can do with the money you spent on prescriptions and hospital bills and unnecessary office visits.

The information is out there and the verdict is in. If you can keep your saliva and urine pH above 7.2, your body has a chance to heal and take care of itself.

Annette Robinson, RN

South Royalton