[E. Pluribus Unum]

I am never going on any medication.

I refuse to reduce my life to being a revenue stream for the big-bureaucrat / big-pharmaceutical criminal complex.

I bet I live longer that way, too.

Just watch the drug commercial on TV and all the legalese they use to absolve themselves of liability.

[RetiredScientist]

That is a laudable goal. I have high pressure in my dominant eye, so I have a prescription that keeps it down. Many men have some sort of prostate cancer later in life. It can be treated but there are side-effects during that treatment. Be thankful for your good health.

[Desparado]

You’re probably more right than you think. I worked in the medical field for 50 years. And the most healthy old patients I saw in their 70s, 80s, and even 90s, were the ones who told me they stayed away from Doctors, and took little or no medications. I have followed that pattern and in my mid seventies now still living a normal lifestyle including cutting down trees, splitting firewood and taking care of 12 acres of land and roads. No problems yet.🤞

[Pining_4_TX]

I agree. I do my best to stay away from all prescription meds.

[napscoordinator]

I am torn on this. Obviously in the 50’s nobody took “life saving drugs”, but they died earlier then today. If you can have a longer quality of life, why not take the medication that was not available for past generations.