Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
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Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#2I stopped taking over-the-counter drugs years ago unless its vitally necessary. Common colds, allergies etc are not too difficult to bear in most circumstances and with the all the side-effects of pharma drugs I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc.
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#3I agree with not using drugs except if necessary (i.e. not a simple cold).
Also, I hate when an article has the word "scientists" with the quoted work "linked". Looks too much like click baiting.
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#4I stopped taking over-the-counter drugs years ago unless its vitally necessary. Common colds, allergies etc are not too difficult to bear in most circumstances and with the all the side-effects of pharma drugs I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc.
> I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc.
These alternatives clearly have the advantage of being side-effect free for most people, but I have always been very skeptical about their effectiveness. Are there actually any reliable studies on the efficacy of local honey in treating allergies? And I thought that the role of vitamin C in warding off colds had been pretty well debunked. (I assume that's what the lemons are for.)
Don't get me wrong, I really wish all this nice stuff worked. Show me firm evidence that it does, and I'm sold. (And some of it I'm happy to do even if it's not effective in the pharmacological sense, just because it feels/tastes nice.) But as I said, I'm skeptical.
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#5I stopped taking over-the-counter drugs years ago unless its vitally necessary. Common colds, allergies etc are not too difficult to bear in most circumstances and with the all the side-effects of pharma drugs I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc.
> I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc. These alternatives clearly have the advantage of being side-effect free for most people, but I have always been very skeptical about their effectiveness. Are there actually any reliable studies on the efficacy of local honey in treating allergies? And I thought that the role of vitamin C in warding off colds had been pretty well debunked. (I as…
I agree with the parent when it comes to things like the cold. I seriously don't understand people who take paracetamol and tons of other over the counter stuff for that. When it comes to allergies though (hay fever in my case) I can barely function without antihistamines (and with them I'm still a wreck). I haven't found any of the home remedies to be effective for it whereas in the case of the cold plenty of water and some lemon and ginger tea seems to improve things a bit. In fact I've noticed I feel better with that than over the counter stuff for the cold.
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#6There is still so much that we do not understand about the brain and its diseases.
When we find the source of dementia, alzheimer, etc, I won't be surprised if very common activities put people at higher risk. Artificial sweeteners, OTC drugs, THC, and drinking water out of plastic bottles can all be 'linked' to brain diseases in a similar fashion to the study mentioned in the article. __Correlation does not imply causation__.
I think the important stat out of this article is that over ~20% of people in the study ended up developing dementia. It is hard to compare this with past trends because we didn't understand brain diseases like we are understanding them today, but that is extremely scary for an aging population.
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#7I stopped taking over-the-counter drugs years ago unless its vitally necessary. Common colds, allergies etc are not too difficult to bear in most circumstances and with the all the side-effects of pharma drugs I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc.
> I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc. These alternatives clearly have the advantage of being side-effect free for most people, but I have always been very skeptical about their effectiveness. Are there actually any reliable studies on the efficacy of local honey in treating allergies? And I thought that the role of vitamin C in warding off colds had been pretty well debunked. (I as…
I haven't found any hard evidence to support the local honey for allergies thing, but honey really does have some remarkable medicinal properties, especially as a natural antibacterial:
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#8I stopped taking over-the-counter drugs years ago unless its vitally necessary. Common colds, allergies etc are not too difficult to bear in most circumstances and with the all the side-effects of pharma drugs I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc.
> I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc. These alternatives clearly have the advantage of being side-effect free for most people, but I have always been very skeptical about their effectiveness. Are there actually any reliable studies on the efficacy of local honey in treating allergies? And I thought that the role of vitamin C in warding off colds had been pretty well debunked. (I as…
One thing I've found is that honey is an amazing sore-throat cure.
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#9I stopped taking over-the-counter drugs years ago unless its vitally necessary. Common colds, allergies etc are not too difficult to bear in most circumstances and with the all the side-effects of pharma drugs I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc.
> I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc. These alternatives clearly have the advantage of being side-effect free for most people, but I have always been very skeptical about their effectiveness. Are there actually any reliable studies on the efficacy of local honey in treating allergies? And I thought that the role of vitamin C in warding off colds had been pretty well debunked. (I as…
That Placebo Effect is so strong I don't even bother to debunk natural remedies. Plus, I might be throwing the
baby out with the bath water, but right now I'm very skeptical of a lot of pharmacuticals studies. They just lied
to us so many times when it comes to the efficacy of their newest drug.
Re: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I prefer to go with alternative medicines ex. local honey, lemons, etc. These alternatives clearly have the advantage of being side-effect free for most people, but I have always been very skeptical about their effectiveness. Are there actually any reliable studies on the efficacy of local honey in treating allergies? And I thought that the role of vitamin C in warding off colds had been pretty well debunked. (I as…
That Placebo Effect is so strong I don't even bother to debunk natural remedies. Plus, I might be throwing the baby out with the bath water, but right now I'm very skeptical of a lot of pharmacuticals studies. They just lied to us so many times when it comes to the efficacy of their newest drug.
I get your skepticism, but does it not help that pharmaceutical studies are closely reviewed by the FDA before a drug can be marketed? Getting a new drug approved is far from easy.