Hold Those Drugs

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From the LA Times:

HOLD Those Drugs...

" We are really trying to promote a different way of thinking about practicing, "

added Schiff, whose report appears in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Nearly half of all Americans have used at least one prescription drug in the

past month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and

experts say overprescribing is rampant. By definition, that means people are

being exposed to side effects, sometimes fatal, without the benefits that would

justify those risks.

" Often what is really bothering them is not cured with a pill, but rather

through exercise, physical therapy, or diet changes, " Schiff told Reuters

Health.

http://www.latimes.com/health/sns-rt-us-hold-those-drugstre75c5k7-20110613,0,460\

9355.story

As a profession, I wonder how we best continue to promote the benefits of

physical therapy over drugs as we educate interdisciplinary colleagues and the

public...

thanks

Kerry

Kerry R. Wood, PT, DPT

Therapy Manager

FAHC IP Rehab Therapies

Colchester, VT 05446

Fax:

www.fletcherallen.org<http://www.fletcherallen.org/>

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