Health, as defined by World Health Organization (WHO), is "a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Further
WHO also states “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is
one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race,
religion, political belief, economic or social condition”
Every individual has a right to remain
healthy, but in modern world ‘healthy’ is misunderstood synonym for ‘Disease
free’. On the other hand, so called ‘Healthy’ individuals depend on
multivitamin regimens, immunity boosters, performance enhancers (sexual and
athletic), and mood enhancers/stabilizers, stress reliever, anti-anxiety, sleeping pills, waking pills,
pills for weight reduction/gain etc.
Most of the symptoms are lifestyle
associated, for which one visits to the clinician. In modern practice, a visit
to clinician often results in a prescription with some diagnostic test,
prophylactic (preventive) pills (disease for which symptoms) to attain
health. The prescription fulfills the
mutual desire that ‘‘something be done’’ to ritually and therapeutically
justify the visit. The patient tracks down the prescription and struggles to
remember to take them on time, and also pay-off for them to restructure their
lives.
The
global pharmaceutical market is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2022,
expecting approximately $ 100 for every individual around the world if every
single individual were on medication.
This ever growing industry of medicines
keeps an eye on the health records and serves to the problems which really
didn’t ever exist. Symptomatic regimens are prepared to provide you a sense of
well being, rather than to focus on curative measures. Expect
in some fields of medicine as infectious disease and emergencies, medication
mostly control or provide symptomatic relief, which is another name for
palliation. The scientists/medical researchers should
indulge to find preventive/curative treatment rather than to palliate.
Whether by prescription or
over-the-counter, legally or illegally, effectively or mistakenly, people take
vitamin pills, pills to sleep, pills to wake up, pills to kill bacteria or
support bacterial growth, pills to quell heartburn after an injudicious meal,
pills for birth control. They take pills to lose weight, to enhance sexual and
athletic performance, to lessen pain, lift mood, cope with stress, prevent
possible future diseases (even while currently symptom-free) and,
increasingly mitigate the adverse effects of other pills.
However, life style modification is another
step that could be taken in various diseases. We believe medication is to cure
or to prevent disease and not to attain health.
