Message in a bottle
Cases of drug-resistant medical conditions, including high blood pressure, continue to skyrocket
Maybe all of these drug-resistant medical conditions are trying to tell us something. Cases of antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been on the rise for quite awhile, and according to a recent article I read, high blood pressure has also become increasingly difficult to reign in with prescription drugs. Essentially, these conditions are screaming at us: “The drugs aren’t working!” The message should be loud and clear. But, the medical mainstream has always had selective hearing, so they continue to keep prescribing drug on top of drug, hoping that A.) one of the myriad medications will actually work, or B.) eventually the enormous pile of pills will suffocate the problem.
According to the New York Times article on drug-resistant hypertension I read recently, a panel of experts from the American Heart Association (AHA) estimated that 20 to 30 percent of people with hypertension “could not control their blood pressure with three or more drugs, even when taking them exactly as prescribed.” So the problem seems to be with the drugs. And you’d think that would warrant a complete overhaul of the current prescription-layering system.
Unfortunately, the AHA panel of experts didn’t offer a solution for these people, but the implicit message certainly seemed to be that lower blood pressure numbers are a top priority, so people should make space in their medicine cabinets for even more drugs.
The fact is, hypertension (and other drug-resistant problems) aren’t responding to this heavy-handed pharmaceutical approach because, in many cases, it doesn’t require drug treatment to begin with — let alone a combination of half a dozen (equally useless) medications.
Dr. Wright has successfully treated hundreds (quite possibly thousands) of cases of high blood pressure over the years, and not a single one of them required a patented drug. To read about the natural approaches he’s found so effective, subscribers can refer back to the October 2006 and June 2000 issues of Nutrition & Healing by visiting www.wrightnewsletter.com and logging on to the Archives with the username and password listed on page 8 of your most recent newsletter.
Source:
“Drug-resistant high blood pressure on the rise,” The New York Times, 6/24/08
