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Originally posted by Raven@Feb 11 2005, 11:20 AM
I'm with you, Grimm.....lithium has such a narrow range for toxicity....just a tiny bit too much can be lethal...
We don't have foxglove plants around our house, because dogs can eat it and die.
What people don't know can kill them and often does. They listen to the hype and call their docs...the docs prescribe..and the people believe this magic bullshit of advertising.
The one that has me roaring these days is the nexium commercials, and yes I realise I'm moving away from natural herbal products...this acid reflux thing....Christ, give me a break.
Change your damned diet.....stop eating the foods that give you heartburn.
Tums is another one. It has ingredients in it that make you need it more.....the more often you use them, the more you need to take it. It's called sales.
We as a people do not want the hard road. We continue to eat the foods which hurt us...take pills which only mask symptoms for the short term...we live our lives as if our bodies and minds can adapt...and the body and mind will do anything to avoid pain....it adapts as best it can....and, then we are surprised when the body says 'you win' and explodes.
All these disorders....did it occur to anyone that they are just another marketing campaign?
We all had ADD as children. Go look at the list of symptoms for ADD.....it's a syndrome..a set of behaviours...there isn't a child in the world that didn't qualify....
Acid reflux? Give me a break.
Depression? Who hasn't been depressed?
Peaches....I don't know anything about your headaches, but let me ask you this? Were you given an EEG before they diagnosed you with migraines?
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the acid reflux stuff is for real.. there is a valve that controls backflow from your upper GI system into your esophagus.. i have a good friend who had this before all those prescription, now OTC medicines.. but people think heartburn is acid reflux all the time. sure, a prilosec will treat the symptoms of heartburn, but because it works doesnt mean your esophogeal valve is weak.
as for dogs.. cocoa beans are lethal, the theobromine in them can killl a dog. dont have cocoa beans? probably have a hershey bar laying around though
