Tag: polypharmacy

Is It ‘Mental Illness’ or Just Normal Reactions to Life Events?

Even before COVID-19 and certainly afterward, people have been anxious, depressed, stressed, and even suicidal. But are these mental illnesses or natural and expected reactions to extreme life events? Should these experiences be treated with drugs or acknowledged as reactions to deep flaws in modern culture and lifestyles? The Epoch Times spoke to several people…


Pharmaceutical Adverse Reactions Are Skyrocketing

Researchers published some shocking statistics about the dramatic rise in adverse drug reactions in the UK in a study published in BMJ Open in July. Many of these adverse reactions were related to the number of prescriptions prescribed to the study participants. “Polypharmacy,” the term for prescribing multiple drugs, is at the heart of an…