Sixty-six percent of Americans are estimated to be on at least one prescription, and the average person has nine filled annually, yet this study showed simply discontinuing the least necessary ones resulted in a 23% lower death rate.
Discover the four most widely prescribed drugs that are the most unnecessary and dangerous.
- Many commonly prescribed medications are given to patients despite the risks often outweighing the benefits
- Acid-suppressing drugs are among the worst offenders, with their overuse fueled by a lack of understanding about the crucial role of stomach acid throughout the body or that acid reflux is due to too little stomach acid (as the stomach acid of digestion gives the stomach’s opening a signal to seal and not let any more food in)
- Deficient stomach acid causes many chronic health problems (e.g., macular degeneration, a myriad of autoimmune disorders such as asthma, and less overt forms of reflux that cause many common diseases of the ears, nose, and throat such as allergies, coughs, and sinusitis)
- Acid blocking medications cause a variety of severe side effects, including a 19% increased risk of death and a comparable increase in cardiac events, kidney or liver disease, numerous infections, and bone damage
- Thankfully, many safe natural treatments can effectively address acid reflux and many of the complications of a chronic stomach acid deficiency
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