Should Doctors Consider And Advertise Alternative Treatments, Or Should Doctors Continue Using Medication?

In recent discussion of pharmaceutical industries, a controversial issue has been whether the pharmaceutical companies have been taking advantage of medication. On one hand, some argue that unnecessary medication can cause severe side effects and can despair a person’s ability to live a healthy life. From this perspective, unnecessary prescriptions can trigger chemical and psychological dependence on a medication. On the other hand, however, others argue that medication is the easiest and most effective treatment option. In sum, then, the issue is whether doctors should consider and advertise alternative treatments or should doctors continue using medication as the first option. My own view that is that pharmaceutical companies and doctors
This is wrong because whatever treatment they may get may be the least effective form that cause them not to receive the best results.So, although medication is a quick fix other alternative treatments are more beneficial in the long run. For example, anxiety is caused by chemical imbalances. Doctors usually prescribe medication to people as a quick fix because it requires less work and kicks in faster. Alprazolam is a very popular anxiety medication that is prescribed. “Anxiety causes chemical imbalances that are known to respond well to medicinal treatments. That's why doctors prescribe medications to treat anxiety, and why most people prefer medications to therapy (since anxiety medicines are essentially instant and require less work)” (Calm Clinic). Although Alprazolam is helpful when treating anxiety, it is usually prescribed without any other treatment. This is one reason why Alprazolam is used incorrectly. Medication shouldn’t be the only form of treatment someone is given. If they don’t develop coping skills, they can become dependent on medication. In order for someone to recover medication is important but patients need to put in their part so they can learn to function and keep themselves
Almost 99% of American doctors hand out prescriptions for painkillers that go over the federally recommended three-day limit. Opioid painkillers are very addictive. For example, “ I would march into a doctor’s office and say, “I had neck surgery and am in terrible pain.” I never asked for Vicodin by name; I would wait for the doctor to suggest it, then say, in a worried voice, “I don’t want to get addicted to pills!” Invariably, he would assure me that I would be fine and that this medication would make me feel better” (Welch). This is someone’s personal experience when it came to prescription medication and how it influenced her pill addiction. From the beginning she displayed symptoms of euphoria when she was first prescribed medication for painkillers. This led to an addiction that wasn’t monitored or considered by doctors although she insisted that she didn’t want to get addicted her doctors disregarded that and gave out the prescription. Regardless if she did it on purpose this shows how easy it is to get a prescription for