I recently read that medical malpractice in the USA kills something like 110,000 people a year.
I think the number is higher, as many seniors die on OR tables or from medicines, and the deaths are deemed natural or unforeseeable, not doctor caused. How many did they put into wheel chairs because of spinal damage they did? How many are on the Medicine Merry Go Round to fix the side effects of 1 drug, then the next until you are up to 10 or more drugs to just control the first? How many patients went in for simple gallbladder surgery and came out with the Vagus Nerve severed? That gets you a life time of Gastroparesis...slow motility, and believe me it is very hard to live with. Drugs for it are FDA restricted and not very effective.
Having been given the wrong scripts a few times makes me scared of drugs especially these generics which have really weirdo names. Seeing what they did to my GI track and bones I know how dangerous they are. Putting script drugs OTC like Nexium does NOT come with a high enough warning on the facts long term use causes dependence, Barrett’s Esophagus which is a per-cancer, and Osteoporosis from brittle bones because that PPI leaches Calcium, Magnesium, Collagen, and K2 complex out of your bones over time. It is meant to be a 2 week drug.
I recommend a few books all available from Amazon at reasonable prices. DRUG MUGGERS by Susan Cohen, she also has books on diabetes and thyroid issues.
Your Bones: How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones for Life - Naturally Paperback
by Lara Pizzorno
The Whole Body Approach to OP R. Keith McCormick
ALL OP drugs carry a FDA WARNING and Foreto carries an additional Black Box warning for Bone Cancer.
Safety update for osteoporosis drugs, bisphosphonates, and atypical femur fractures, A FIB, Jaw Degeneration, Kidney failure deaths.
http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/drugsafetypodcasts/ucm229800.htm
Black box warning Foreto
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=21853
Reclast UPS kidney failure, A FIB risk. Not to be given to Asthma patients.
http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/news/20110901/fda-osteoporsis-drug_ups-kidney-failure-risk