Are Doctors Really Clueless?

I received an interesting piece of mail today, did you know they have yet another drug out on the market? This one is to assist people with sleep disorders, the "wake up" drug they call it. The worst part was that they give you a free trial with a card that allows you to go get some......

Should we be worried?

I got to reading about this medicine, and my favorite part of all medication they have on the market today is reading what they can do to you if you use them..... That's right the side effects.

So this new "wake up" pill is supposed to make you wake up or stay awake but not without the possibility of, skin rash, hives, sores in your mouth (ahhh that's a good one, we all want that), peeling skin (yum), swelling um mm all over, dark urine, and skin turning yellow. You can also deal with depression, anxiousness, hallucinations, aggressive behavior and other mental problems, heart problems, oh and trouble sleeping, just what we need, no sleep. What I can not seem to understand is why you would put yourself through so much just to help something that may just need a direct treatment.

Is staying awake worth so much? What if you could treat the problem and leave the mess? Would the doctors tell you how?

From my experience with the use of alternative medications, is that they are not met well, with the doctors of today, one recent event proved my point to this. I went to see a doctor not to long ago regarding pain that I could handle, but didn't know why it hurt and I was looking for an answer to that. They gave me all the usual tests and found nothing to be out of the ordinary, but the pain was still there, they could do nothing further but offer me pain med's. I told the doctor that I didn't need any of the medication, that I had stuff at home to help, the doctor asked me what I was going to use and I told him that I used natural things to assist my pain and told him I would be using Valerian. To my surprise the Doctor didn't know what that was and then tried to persuade me to get another form of pain reliever such as Tylenol. Only Tylenol isn't any better on the stomach and I like my body parts.

I do have some faith restored in the nursing communities, due to the new requirement for plant education, because the nurses were quite familiar with the herb I chose.

Regarding the new "Wake up" drug and Pain relievers in general I wanted to throw out some herbs that can be useful in place of the ones they want to make money off of, and have results directly related to pain and staying awake.

Regarding your "Wake up"

You can use five different herbs in the area of a body stimulant, to help you feel more awake and lively.

Cayenne Peppers:

  Act as a heart stimulant which regulates blood flow and strengthens the arteries. In tincture and capsules is how it may be administered. (use caution regarding people with ulcers)

Ginseng: 

Can stimulate bone marrow production, stimulate the immune system, inhibit tumor growth, balance blood sugar, stabilize blood pressure, and detoxify the liver, among many other tonic effects. You can use this in tea, tincture, and capsules.

 Guarana:

   Used to enhance athletic performances, also as a stimulant, and to reduce mental and physical fatigue. Can be taken in a tea, tincture, and in capsule form.

Gotu Kola:

 Good in helping to overcome stress, depression, fatigue and mental confusion. It can also be used to increase the development and maintenance of blood vessels, can be taken in a tea or a tincture.

Rosemary: 

 A relaxing beverage, helpful in treating depression, headaches, and muscle spasms, Is to be used in a tea, tincture, and also capsules.
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Regarding alternative "Pain" medication.

Five things you can use instead of a narcotic medication.

Valerian: 

  An effective stress reducer, has benefits to nervous tension, depression, irritability, hysteria, panic, anxiety, fear, stomach cramping, delusions, exhaustion, and nervous sleeplessness. Eases muscle cramping, rheumatic pain, migraines, uterine cramps, intestinal colic, stress-related heart problems, and hypertension.  Has also been used to treat attention deficit disorders in children and adults, hyperactivity, and anxiety headaches.

Vervain: 

 Very effective as a nerve tonic, the herb is considered a relaxant and a sedative. It is also an effective anti-inflammatory.

Cramp Bark: 

 Reliving cramps, including muscle spasm's, cramps you would experience on your menstrual, and cramps during pregnancy. It has also been used as a kidney stimulant for urinary conditions that involve pain or spasms.

 Enchinacea: 

  Known to enhance the activity of the immune system, relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and have hormonal, antiviral, and antioxidant effects.

Skull cap:

   Powerful herb, used as an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, nervine sedative . Has a  treatment of a wide range of nervous conditions including epilepsy, insomnia, hysteria, anxiety, delirium tremens, including withdrawal from barbiturates and tranquilisers. This should not be given to pregnant women since it can induce a miscarriage. This has also been an affective treatment for ADD.

It never hurts to questions the ones who we have been programed to listen to, It is your body after all, and you know it best.