Why OVER-65s need to be CAREFUL with all prescription meds

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Published 2024-05-22

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  • 71 years old. Have refused many prescribed drugs and a few procedures after doing research. I continue to weight train followed by incline walking daily since age 18. I now have added daily intermittant fasting. I look around and people look unhealthy. Men with swollen stomachs, man breasts, and skinny dangling arms. I believe people are being farmed for profits from birth to premature death. Keep the information coming!
  • @markwhite6782
    3 years ago I dropped sugar and processed foods so guess what Dr. Dhand, thanks to you I dropped 52 pounds and 7 daily medication, 4 of which were prescription. I'm 62 and on nothing👏
  • I stopped all prescriptions. I was never happy taking pharmaceuticals anyway and when Covid19 became a thing, I lost confidence in my GPs. I have takena deep dive into researching for myself and now question everything. All trust is gone.
  • @MoM-do7js
    Doc, the amount of meds that long term patients are on is criminal 🔥
  • 69 and not on any pharma rubbish. Determined to not end up like my mother who rattled when she walked with all the tablets she was taking.
  • @imbonkers3629
    Eat healthy exercise and keep medication to a minimum 😊
  • I started taking a colon motility blend with enzymes. I'm 66, and I'm too frightened to take Pharmakia poisons. I make sure I save money to see my naturopath, who actually saved my life. Conventional doctors were walking me into an early grave while taking my money.
  • @brianjosee1
    68 years old and never on prescription drugs. Take a vitamin D and C once a day. Lots of exercise and organic food.
  • @johnsonpaul1914
    Heart bypass 8 years ago. Dropped added sugar and all grain products at that time. Keto or carnivore for the last 7 years. Took myself off all meds, my numbers are perfect. I do take D3 and K2 vitamins along with potassium citrate and magnesium glycinate. 77 years old now, feel fine, active and still work 4 hours a day in a school kitchen.
  • I was brow-beaten into taking an unnecessary prescription when I was in my late 40s. My 50s were stolen from me because of them. Now in mid-60s, I'm free of that drug and feeling much better.
  • With your help my 89 year old mother is only on 2 meds and continues to eat organic blended foods, exercises and gets daily sun & fresh air.
  • @petramaas8574
    Thank you Dr. Dhand. I'm 75 and prescription drugs free, but I know many elderly are still on multiple drugs. 5 or 6 or more is common.
  • @ilsejoubert5948
    I’m 71 and stopped having physicals when I was 60 My husband is 75 - has many health issues we couldn’t ignore- he’s on 7 different meds and each year our Family wants to add more… his life his choice… I only see a Dr if I know I need some merging more than the supplements I take… I have a couple of drinks every night and took up smoking again after not smoking for 29 years when Covid hit!! Didn’t get the jab and still enjoying my drinks and smokes!! I’m fit agile and healthy and still run my own business!!
  • @chrisminifie219
    I am 71. I refuse to go on any medication long term. Instead, I have changed my lifestyle and diet. I feel angry that no doctor has ever suggested this but has simply reached for the prescription pad
  • @davidward5225
    75 here and take no drugs, I have been weight training for 58 years and practice karate. Stay active folks and “save” that muscle.
  • @Em-mr6wu
    I'm not able to edit my previous comment. Here's a new one. Exercise is important - walking daily. Take steps up and down a hill if you can. NATURE. SUNSHINE. Clean air. Learn to breathe with the wind and the ocean. Learn to navigate by the stars. Get outside. Get away from your bloody computer! Talk to a real human. Ask them how they are doing. Smile.
  • Hi, I started taking cholesterol medication back in the early 90s and I was alright for awhile, then I started having slurred speech, funny things going on in my head and other things, and I thought I was having a stroke as they were stroke-like symptoms. The doctor had me have all sorts of tests and nothing showed up. I kept getting these symptoms off and on over the years and it concerned me, never thinking it could be the tablets. Then in around 2014 there was reason for me to believe that the tablets might be causing the problem, so I stopped taking them for awhile. There was such a huge improvement in my health that I could not believe, no more stroke like symptoms. Unfortunately, my doctor kept pushing me to go back on them eventhough I told her I was feeling a lot better. After six months I did, just to prove a point, and sure enough, all the symptoms came flooding back. Squilly noises in my head, squishing bubbly noises up the back of my neck, slurred speech, tired and so it went on. I stopped them immediately and I started to come back to normal. My doctor still thinks I should be taking them.
  • @none941
    Your knowledge and openness are gifts to us all. Thank you!
  • Unfortunately, your high blood pressure readings when taken in the doctor's office could be the result of improper procedure or white coat syndrome. They may not be overall correct.