[Dialogue] Prescription Drugs

[Karl Hess]

Jack,

Thank you for your remarks.  The profession is certainly too quick to  
prescribe, but that's where the money is.  We are no different  
collectively from any other group of people - well maybe Wall Street.   
There is more and more use of herbs, and other medical systems, such  
as Chinese and Ayurvedic, but still a small group.  There are a number  
of holistic physicians in the Cleveland area and with the internet it  
is easier to find them.  I'm just beginning to see one now.

I'm very frightened by the enormous impact of tiny concentrations of  
various kinds of chemicals and hormones in our food/water supply.   
They can have devastating effects on the fetus.

Karl


On Jan 10, 2009, at 7:50 PM, Jack Gilles wrote:

> Karl,
>
> I appreciate your thoughtful replies.  I do agree that certainly we  
> can see dramatic changes with the use of chemicals.  But I do feel  
> the profession is too quick to prescribe and perhaps there are non- 
> ingestive alternatives that will work but take more time to discover  
> than most doctors seem to have to give to patients.  Plus I still  
> think we haven't seen all the effects of the chemicals we are  
> putting in our bodies.  I think the medical profession needs to  
> spend much more time observing the results of alternative  
> medicines.  I'm just glad there are doctors like you who have a more  
> holistic perspective.
>
> Jack
> On Jan 10, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Karl Hess wrote:
>
>> Searches for root causes tend to end in infinite regression -  for  
>> Christians back to the Garden and the apple. So I don't find that a  
>> very useful question.  I do think it is worth distinguishing three  
>> elements, although it is mostly theoretical and real cases are  
>> mixed.   I think it is pretty likely that for the first million  
>> years or so, hyperactive children were likely more successful at  
>> avoiding dangerous animals.  Pondering a rustling in the grass  
>> could easily be fatal.   So genes for hyperactivity would possibly  
>> have been of survival value.  Clearly they are not of value in a  
>> contemporary school.
>>
>> Then there is the question of psychodynamic aspects and the  
>> communities the kids live in. And then there is also the element of  
>> chemical pollution of the environment which fetal or child brains  
>> can be extremely susceptible to.  The commonest known of these is  
>> lead which is poisonous in doses far lower than the government is  
>> willing to admit.
>>
>> Karl
>
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