How many times have you taken medication to ease body pain? In a recent study found by the U.S. DEA the prescription pain killer Oxycotin was involved in over 464 overdose related death in the last two years. This pain reliever is known as a “chemical cousin” to heroin. It relieves pain twice as long as a generic pain reliever would. This causes many patients to suffer from excruciating symptoms of withdraw after it wears off. Oxycotin is just one of many abused pharmaceutical opioids such as Xanax, Valium, Lorazapam and Tramadol. Pharmaceutical related overdose deaths have doubled since 1999 and now outnumber illegal drug deaths that involve dangerous drugs like heroin or cocaine combined in America. People in American need to improve the…show more content… These are a few arguments to why people want to choose pharmaceuticals but herbalist notions will be better in the long run. First off, Herbal remedies cannot treat sudden illnesses as modern medication can but are great for other things. For example, “An herbalist would not be able to help an appendicitis, handle modern diagnoses and surgeries” (Pauli par. 6). An herbalist cannot help a patient heal from a major issue as a conventional doctor can use modern tools. Herbalist is a great alternative for allergies, flu and other mild problems but is not recommended when it comes to having a serious surgery. It helps in a slower process but may be a better alternative for some patients that can handle using the natural herbs grown right out of the garden. Secondly, Herbal medication lacks dosage instructions. An example of this is, “The subject of appropriate dose is probably the most controversial aspect of contemporary western herbal medication” (Dosage and forms par.1). The argument does have a valid point but scheduling an appointment and seeing an herbalist would be the best option for a patient. It may take a few trials and errors to get the correct dosage but in the end it has fewer chemicals than over the counter medication does. It would be worth all the time in the end by not tainting a healthy body with the dangerous chemicals found in most legal drugs. Lastly, most herbal medications are not FDA approved. For example, “which means that they have not passed any safety, efficiency or human clinical trials” (Roller par. 2). The FDA only requires herbal supplements to follow manufacturing procedures for quality control. Which can be a great thing for America considering the FDA approves of harmful GMOs and other things that we should not be in taking in our body. The FDA will not approve of the Herbal medications because they are also looking
