Doctor2008's Weblog

Ever since I moved to KL, I've been doing a lot of work in the healthcare industry. It's an industry I thoroughly enjoy as it teaches me new things each day and we sometimes get to create communications and programmes that help people.

Just wanted to share this wonderful nugget I found while reading a doctor's blog.

It sums up healthcare really well and brings the sometimes unfair expectations of the "miracle" of medicine back to a place that's more realistic.

"The art of medicine is really an imprecise science applied to an even more imprecise subject -the human body. Sometimes it may be better to stay on the older time-tested pills than to reach out for the new ones!

The decision whether you need to take a particular medication or to do a test requires a thorough discussion with your doctor. All medications carry side-effects of varying importance and taking them is on the premise that the pros outweigh the cons. After all, the ancient Roman poet Ovid said, “Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.”

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My take away is to stay healthy so you don't need to be in a situation where you have to take your chances on medications whose benefits outweight the side-effects.

And if you do need to take medication, your doctors will tell you that meds aren't the silver bullet that's gonna cure you. You need to make adjustments to your lifestyle through diet & exercise as well.