That was an optimistic screw-up!

The conventional medical establishment preach gloom and doom. Well they must! It is the GP and neurologist - specialist’s job. Their duty is to promote and distribute the pharmaceutical drug manufacturer production line. Hell odds are pretty damm good that their medical training was sponsored and supported by the big pharmaceutical and drug manufacturers like Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co. et al. This is where the tunnel vision is nutured and promoted.

Let me present my evidence:

I mentioned acupuncture to my neurologist and she shot it down as utter rubbish – ineffective. So what if acupuncture bought a couple hours of relief – “You must have your Rebif injection 3 times a week – don’t miss a day“.

I wonder if the Serono pamphlets, charts and free sample packs in her office swayed her decision?

A more complete study of the current medical establishment is given in the book – “Selling Sickness” – a must read for anybody who gives a shit about their health or that of their loved ones.

Desperate to walk again – stand mostly vertical, I figured I’d give neurologist prescription drugs the benefit of the doubt – effective until proven otherwise. A month later and peeved with the headaches which Rebif mentions in the fine print – instead of a big frigging warning label. I should’ve listened and heeded the experiences of those who posted their experiences with multiple sclerosis and treatments.

What can I say – it’s a genetic defect of being a bloke – tough guy – don’t need help – can do everything myself ;-(

To date, a change in diet has been the most effective treatment against multiple sclerosis. Best of all you don’t need a prescription – no need to stuff a so called doctor’s bank account.

The dietary change does work – well mostly – until MS decided to attack my vision.

Optic Neuritis swelling or inflammation of the optic nerve. In fact, optic neuritis is often the initial sign of MS.

For myself, the first MS symptom was a loss of mobility and balance – living with that was bugger – but nothing compared to an assault on my vision ;-(

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Each new drug product release – together with some clever marketing – “disease mongering” – generates the hope of a better life.

So the average man / layman on the street buys this hope.

By maintaining, developing and promoting the drug addiction, the pharmaceutical company profits are protected and continue to increase every year.

The customer lifetime value (CLV) of using the drugs every day / week / month is their cash cow.

In “Selling Sickness – How drug companies are turning us all into patients“, Ray Moynihan gives examples of how the cooperation between drug companies and the medical profession can make healthy people believe they are sick!

Drug companies are using their dominating influence in medical science, to market fear in order to re-define human illness. Together with company-friendly doctors and sponsored patient groups, the all-powerful pharmaceutical industry is helping to widen the very definitions of what we call disease.

Suddenly the normal ups and downs of life are being turned into frightening conditions that have us all buying and using drugs!

After my multiple sclerosis prognosis, I started looking at a change in diet as my medication – not a three times weekly Merck Serono International subcutaneous Rebif injection!

If my neurologist didn’t have a box of Rebif information pamphlets and samples donated by the local pharmaceutical industry representative, would my prognosis have been the same, unbiased? Mmmm…

Perhaps if you listen to Paul Zane Pilzer’s “Wellness” and give “Selling Sickness” a read, you’ll understand why I strongly believe that MS has just been marketed as an “incurable disease” and can be healed without drugs!

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