Along with cancer and circulatory disease doctors and nurses are one of our top three killers; they kill far more people than infections, road accidents, terrorists and criminals put together. Doctors and nurses now almost certainly kill more people than cancer.
Dr Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, unpopular with the drug industry controlled medical establishment, is recognized as having issued a greater number of accurate warnings and predictions about health risks than any other doctor. This book explains why doctors and nurses are so deadly, why most medical research is useless, why original thinking is suppressed and how and why hospital staff have betrayed their patients.
The author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc is a registered medical practitioner. He was the founding editor of the British Clinical Journal, has been a professor of holistic medical science and is still a registered GP. He has written over 100 books which have sold over two million copies in hardback and paperback in the UK and been translated into 24 languages and sold around the world.
He has presented numerous programes on television and radio and has written columns for many national magazines and newspapers."The living terror of the British medical establishment." - Irish Times-What the papers say about the author and his books:
Vernon Coleman writes brilliant books - The Good Book Guide He's the Lone Ranger, Robin Hood and the Equalizer rolled into one
- Glasgow Evening: Times No thinking person can ignore him
- The Ecologist: The calmest voice of reason
- The Observer: A godsend
- Daily Telegraph: Superstar
- Independent on Sunday: King of the media docs
- The Independent: Britain's leading medical author
The Star: Britain's leading health care campaigner
- The Sun: Compulsive reading
- The Guardian Brilliant :The People The man is a national treasure
- What doctors don't tell you Revered guru of medicine
-Nursing Times: His advice is optimistic and enthusiastic
-British Medical Journal: Marvelously succinct, refreshingly sensible
- The Spectator: The patients' champion
- Birmingham Post: Perhaps the best known health writer for the general public in the
world today
- The Therapist: He writes lucidly and wittily
- Good House Keeping: The doctor who dares to speak his mind
- Oxford Mail; It's impossible not to be impressed
- Western Daily Press: Probably one of the most brilliant men alive today
Thank you, StillStanding. I'm sending max reps your way. I'm looking forward to reading this.
I was at my doctor's office just this morning for unexplained whole arm pain that has bothered me for nearly 10 days now. It gets so intense overnight that I am jarred out of my sleep in pain.
The pain subsides after I've been up and around during the day but at night, it's back.
She listened carefully as I described my symptoms and offered a referral to a physical therapist (which I declined), then ordered x-rays.
When I asked if there was something she could give me for the excruciating pain, she told me to keep doing what I'm doing (which is taking OTC ibuprofen or acetomeniphen, as needed; despite the lack of relief they bring).
Her answer: Take two of them (they're 250 mg tablets).
She actually spent more time explaining why federal laws prohibited her from prescribing me even a mild narcotic than she did offering any kind of useful advice.
On the drive home, I told myself I should have known that this would be a wasted visit. I just spent 15 minutes both ways driving to the appointment, sitting for 30 minutes waiting to see her, only to be told to keep doing what I had already been doing.
So why did I even consult a medical specialist?
My insurance will probably be billed just shy of a thousand buckeroos for that "expertise."
Somehow, the medical establishment feels that denying real pain relief to patients in need will magically curb illicit drug deaths when addicts will get their drugs of choice from the streets.
Your experience is exactly why health care in the US is so d*** expensive and in your particular case was useless.
BTW. I started my hate affair with the health care system years ago. Back when I had a normal job, I had to go the doctor for a work related issue. The drug the doctor prescribed for me for a 30 day supply was for over $600! When I did my own research on the drug, I discovered if you had to take it for more than 30 days, you should have a blood test done, because it could cause hepatitis! That warning wasn't even on the label, that was just the drug company covering their ass, as they didn't want to get sued for causing such a disease. The only warning on the bottle was "don't operate heavy machinery as it may cause drowsiness." That was bummer at the time because I had planned to use my jackhammer on the sidewalk in front of my house that day.:)
@StillStanding: I'm laughing out loud about "jackhammering while drowsy." Definitely not recommended; but sorry to hear about your "hate affair" with healthcare. I completely understand.
I also understand that something had to be done about prescribing pain killers, what with the fentanyl crisis and all. But not giving relief of some kind to patients in pain is not the right response.
Seemingly, drugs aren't as potent as they used to be, either.
I recently had surgery and upon discharge from the hospital, I was prescribed 325 mg Norco for pain as I recovered. The nurses and the packaging label on the bottle warned me about the drowsying effects of the drug. I took one the first night home and it took me 2 hours to fall asleep. I remember wishing that I'd opted to take a Tylenol PM instead.
I just don't know what's becoming of healthcare.
For the most part, people who get their drugs illicitly won't be affected by the drastic restrictions in how narcotics are prescribed. The problem was that some providers were not being responsible in the way they prescribed them.
But if you're a patient in pain who hasn't had a major surgery or isn't nearing the end of your life, then good luck with getting pain relief.
Layna a big thanks to you and stillstanding for your generosity in sharing health related resources.
Layna i suggest you buy a little bottle of castor oil and apply it to the pain areas.......often.
If you've had a lot of drugs in your system then your blood will be acidic, which helps hold inflammation in the body.
3 times a day take a flat teaspoon of bicarbonate soda in water with a pinch of natural salt (not white crap - either greyish or pinkish from minerals).
Cut coffee/tea to minimum.
There are a couple of other things you can do but i've probably overstepped the mark already lol.
Best,
Keith
@ozkeith: I don't think you overstepped the mark, my friend. I actually appreciate kind suggestions from people who have found some relief through a home remedy.
Another forum friend reached out to me via PM with a very good recommendation that I also plan to investigate.
So I am happy to get feedback on alternative options that could help. It's frustrating that patients with chronic pain are seemingly ignored.
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