bleuchick said:OT:
Dad took a flu shot and my mom[a nurse] got so upset at him! :sheesh:
why - she is so skeptical of the "contents" in these flu shot. To this date, she says no doctor/nurse can really tell you what is in a flu shot or where it comes from. Plus, one of her colleague tested positive for HIV after taking the shot...
Piel said:There are lots of intelligent people here at G.S. I would like to know some of your ideas on how best to provide medical care to the citizens of the U.S.A.
bronxgirl said:Sorry, not true that a flu shot gives you HIV. If that colleague tested postitive there were other factors that your Mom may not be aware of (eg, personal risk behaviors or occupatinal exposure at work)
I can say the above from experience of over 9 years as an infectious didseases doctor working with HIV patients. Let's not scare people from taking flu shots who may need them!!!!
Western Medicine does focus on some preventive medicine provided it makes a profit. Trouble is the side effects are very often dangerous. Recent news of arthritus drugs are now banned and how many people took them for years and finally had a heart attack? The Statins (lowering cholestrol) are coming more and more under suspicion. The depression drugs are causing suicides. The list goes on. IMO, long term use of any drug is dangerous. If a drug doesn't cure me, I refuse it.pennyfromheaven said:Western medicine as we know it today focuses mainly on treating the symptoms of whatever is wrong. I would like to see the emphasis placed more on preventative medicine; preventing the illnesses that plague Americans today as obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc. That makes more sense to me than just putting a bandaid on an infected bed sore so to speak.
bleuchick said:I agree with you that the flu does not cause HIV and that there are other factors involved in how my mom's colleague tested positive for HIV. What I do know is that HIV and Influenza do have something in common...the RNA virus. Today, there is no link between the two but who knows what might be in the future...
Joe, I took Vioxx for at least 3 years. Before the drug, I could barely walk or even climb stairs. I had asked my pharmacist what he thought and he said -- to be honest, I don’t know what to think. I then questioned whether this drug had gone through testing for many years and he said yes. He said it had to. Now, my little devious mind wonders if politics are involved here??? :sheesh:Joesitz said:Recent news of arthritus drugs are now banned and how many people took them for years and finally had a heart attack?Joe