Overmedicated and Under-educated

Most definitely I think that Americans take too many medications. We tend to be big fans of the quick fix and we have been socially conditioned that if we have a problem there is a pill out there that can fix it. American society, as with many other world societies have put a lot of trust and faith in our doctors, the trouble with this is that in some cases insurance and pharmaceutical companies tend to have more effect on the doctors orders than the patients immediate well being. The pharmaceutical industry is a huge money maker and more often than not a doctor will write a prescription to take care of the symptom rather than trying to find the root of the problem. If you look at the advertising in most magazines, television shows and websites, they are all pushing medications and prescription drugs for everything from headaches to “restless leg syndrome,” some commercials don’t even tell you what the pill is for, they just say ask your doctor if such and such pill is right for you.