To
take or not to take myasthenia gravis medications—that is the question.
Myasthenia
gravis is an autoimmune disease. The main characteristic of myasthenia gravis
is weakness of muscles, which can affect the limbs, the eyes, and the throat.
Weak muscles of limbs may result in immobility; of the eyes may result in doubt
vision and other vision problems, of the throat may result in difficulty in
swallowing food. This muscular dysfunctional condition is believed to result
from an immune disorder that causes the neurotransmitter acetylcholine
to become less effective.
According to conventional Western medicine, there is no
known cure, except controlling its severe disease symptoms through medications.
To
take or not to take myasthenia gravis medications?
Consider
the pros and cons of medications to control the disease symptoms of
myasthenia gravis.
The
disease symptoms can be distressing, devastating, debilitating—even life
threatening if there is difficulty in swallowing due to weak esophagus muscles.
Getting the autoimmune disease changes completely your way of living.
Remissions
and relapses are common even with medications.
The
severity of the disease symptoms varies considerably even from day to day. As a
result, it may be difficult to control the dosage of the medications taken.
Mestinon, Regonol,
and Prostigmin are the most commonly
used oral medications to treat muscle weakness without affecting the underlying
disease that causes it. Therefore, these drugs are often given in conjunction
with other treatments. All these drugs have different side effects: narrowing
of the muscle of the iris in the eye, causing the pupil to become smaller;
increased nasal and bronchial secretions, as well as increased saliva and
urination; loose stools, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps; and urinary
tract infections, among many others.
Doctors
may be dangerous, and so are their drugs. Is the doctor just treating the
disease symptoms or the patient? This is an important factor to consider. After
all, myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that involves the whole body
of the patient. Does the doctor have a holistic approach to the disease? Does
the doctor give advice to the patient about diet and exercise other than just prescribing
the medications?
Western
doctors are taught in medical schools that illnesses are self-limiting—that is
to say, we can get better on our own. If that is the case, then why do some
doctors readily prescribe drugs to their patients?
It
is a fact that the multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry has been
aggressively promoting their products with little or no regard for their safety
and long-term side effects. In addition, the media have been convincing the
public with myths about the potency of pharmaceutical drugs. Of course, the general
public also plays a pivotal part in the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs.
According to a journal of the American Psychiatric Society, the seniors are
using prescription drugs three times more than people in the general
population.
Modern
Western medicine has led many of us to believe that healing is a complex
process, involving high technology, complex drugs and procedures. It is human
nature not only to learn but also to accept belief systems, theories, and so-called
facts without challenging them. Truly, medical professionals are experts in
their respective fields, and, obviously, they know more than we do, and have
more experience than we have. However, that does not imply that we must accept all
their opinions without fully understanding what they are.
Most people are just too ready and too willing to look
for a quick fix. They overlook that the human body is equipped with its own
self-healing organism; this is demonstrated by the fact that when you
accidentally cut yourself, the wound will heal by itself. Unfortunately, many
of us may have doubt about the body's own capability in self-healing. Instead,
we are willing to go along with what our doctors say, although many mistakes,
even fatal ones, are made by these professionals. As a matter of fact, according
to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, more than
100,000 Americans died in hospitals from the side effects of dangerous drugs in
1998.
Because
of the abuse and misuse of dangerous drugs, millions of people are suffering needlessly
as a direct consequence of the unconscionable zeal of the pharmaceutical
industry to rake up billions of dollars of profit aided and abetted by
scientists and researchers who have been paid handsomely, even to the extent of
falsifying test and research results.
It
is a fact that billions of dollars are spent on treating diseases, while
relatively little is spent on investigating the causes of diseases. This partly
explains why many individuals have now begun to explore the avenues of
alternative medicine for natural healing. They would just love to tell their
doctors: "Doctor, you're fired!"
Take
control of your health, and escape the sickness industry. This informative and
inspirational book by Elaine Hollingsworth, the movie star turned heath
crusade, explains in detail how understanding dangerous drugs, unreliable
medical tests, and often-times unnecessary procedures may help you escape the
sickness industry through natural self-healing.
Empower
yourself with knowledge to make the right medical decisions regarding your
health, especially your myasthenia gravis.
Teach
yourself self-responsibility—your greatest weapon in improving health, and your
first step in beginning natural self-healing against any autoimmune disease.
Stop
taking dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, especially steroids, to begin your long
but safe self-healing process!
Read my book for information on how I cope with my myasthenia gravis.
Stephen Lau
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