There is much that Big Pharma and medicine do not tell us.
I and my wife are 85, neither of us use prescription medications. 35 years ago we were told to never buy a food with more than 5 ingredients. We read labels and try to abide by this.
16 years ago I moved from sea level to 5000 feet elevation.
Within 45 days I had a heart attack. They drilled out my left descending artery and told me that if I had stayed at sea level that artery would have closed and I would have died.
I started Chelation (intravenous feeding of EDTA). Took 24 treatments every other week and then a monthly treatment. I have not been to a “Heart Doctor” in all that time. My blood pressure is normal(I work at it)I try to eat right but am not perfect. The AMA says Chelation doesn’t work but I have talked to dozens of heart patients taking Chelation to know they are wrong. The NIH did a 3 year study of Chelation, one patient died so they quit. If they proved it did work many hospitals would go bankrupt, the heart is the mainstay of hospitals.
Before going to a doctor for anything I go to the internet to look up natural treatments and foods for my problem.
Just some thoughts. It is hard for me to understand why all medications have side effects, some seriously, and they just mask symptons and do not cure anything.
Chelation worked for me and it's on film. But now that I am retired I cannot afford the (absolutely non-insurance-covered) treatment at $80 a day... sort of like having a heroin habit!
Why this treatment isn't accepted is one of the great medical mysteries of our age. I have literally taken treatments with diabetics who were told they were going to lose a leg, who walked out a week later; candidates for bypass who were back on the tennis courts in two weeks. The tip-off? Many MDs take the treatment ... probably the same guys who sneak off to Chiropractors!