| Have you been taking the same medication for ten | | | | with herbs is a good idea. You can also get specific |
| years, or even twenty years or more? Are you still | | | | formulas to cleanse the liver and kidneys, so they can |
| taking the same dosage that you did when it was first | | | | continue to do their jobs correctly. |
| prescribed? If so, you may be in danger of prescription | | | | It's also the reason why you probably should not be |
| poisoning. | | | | taking the same amount of medication that you took |
| Stop and think about the changes in your body that | | | | ten years ago. |
| you've observed over the past 10 or 20 years. Your | | | | You want to trust your doctor, but the sad truth is, |
| muscle tone is probably different, your balance or your | | | | many doctors are unaware of and unwilling to learn |
| hearing or your eyesight may not be as good. You | | | | about the differences in prescribing for young people |
| may have had to make alterations in your diet | | | | and seniors. |
| because your digestion has changed. | | | | A study done at Harvard University found that in |
| Those are the things you can see. The things you | | | | one-quarter of over 6,000 medical records they |
| can't see are changing too. | | | | reviewed, seniors were taking dangerous levels of |
| For instance, both your liver and kidney function | | | | their prescription medication. |
| change and slow down as you age, and that affects | | | | Symptoms of prescription overdose can include |
| how your body uses your prescription medications. | | | | mental impairment, confusion, memory loss, fatigue, |
| Because drugs are foreign substances, your body | | | | dizziness, weakness, loss of balance, impotence and |
| naturally wants to remove them. The liver and kidneys | | | | constipation. |
| work hard to do this, and doctors take that into | | | | Is it possible that rising levels of dementia are caused |
| consideration when they calculate your dose. Thus, | | | | not by aging, but by the more widespread use of |
| they give you more than you need, knowing your | | | | prescription medications? |
| bodily functions will remove part of them. | | | | If you suffer from any of these symptoms and are |
| But if you've taken this drug for many years, that dose | | | | taking prescription drugs, ask your doctor to review |
| was calculated based on a younger liver and kidneys. | | | | your dosage. If he or she refuses to consider drug |
| Your now older organs have a harder time processing | | | | side-effects as the cause of your problems, and |
| those drugs and removing the excess. | | | | refuses to review the dosage and learn if your |
| Over time, those drugs and toxins that aren't removed | | | | medication is appropriate for a person your age, seek |
| will slowly build up in your body - poisoning you. | | | | a second opinion. |
| This is one reason why doing a periodic "detoxification" | | | | This is your life, and your body. |