10 Reasons Why I Avoid Prescription Drugs

This is not to say that I never have used, or never would use prescription drugs (I have on a couple occasions because I didn't know what else to do...like for a bee sting, a toothache, and a urinary tract infection, and for anesthesia at the dentist), but on a fairly frequent basis, I butt heads with those who believe that prescription drugs are necessary to medicate all manner of human conditions and behaviors. I don't take this stance because of influence by someone else or because of friends or family. This is MY view so please give me credit for thinking for myself, and also if you find fault with my reasoning I take responsibility for listening to your feedback.

What I can figure out about why I choose natural medicine OVER conventional medicine is that I see that acute care is one thing (which can help in an emergency when nothing else is available), but chronic use of drug therapies can be destructive in the body... leading to clogging the liver and altering the body chemistry. I try to avoid doing anything that alters my body chemistry negatively.

Here's an overview of why I start dragging my feet when drugs are promoted to me, it is because:

1) Searching for the root cause when at all possible is better
2) I am in control of my own destiny and a partner with my doctors
3) I have a dependence on nature and not on manufacture
4) I think I'm being pragmatic and practical
5) I believe in unlimited healing ability
6) I feel a greater freedom
7) It's a different paradigm than the one I am in
8) Safety during times of social-political-economic crisis
9) I have an objection to being a cash cow for the disease care industry
10) The survival of the fittest, actually, is a good concept

WARNING: This article is long.

1) SEARCHING FOR THE ROOT CAUSE IS MORE LOGICAL TO ME VS. MEDICATING THE SYMPTOMS - NEVER DEALING WITH THE CAUSE