Pick A Pill...ANY, Pill!

     Some years ago, when I was first starting out on my 'journey' back to wellness, upon struggling against the ravages of Fibromyalgia, which, for most who live with this debilitating-condition, suffer, great pain, exhaustion, and, an inability to function, I, as most, endeavored a protocol of taking medication, as, naturally, it is the common, 'thing to do' in our Western society. Unless, one understands that there ARE alternative, 'courses of action' to employ, in taking care to care for our health-issues, we, in this country, tend to rely on prescriptive-medication, over the counter 'meds', and, the knowledge and opinion of a 'medical-field' who are taught, that, prescribing pills to 'mask a symptom', or 'bandage' a body's 'breakdown, in deference to discovering a root cause, and, 'fixing' that, is the proper way to treat; this, of course, done by design, as BIg Pharma, overall, is financing medical-schools across the board. There exist, of course, alternative, schools, though, but a 'handful', these, financed, independent of the pharmaceutical-moguls, and, 'schools of thought', regarding heath-care; However, these, though, becoming much more, widely accepted and practiced are, often, NOT covered by insurance(s), and, can be a bit, costly. I believe, these things true, due to the fact, that, our pharmaceutical-corporations, 'money-grubbing', ZILLIONAIRES, that, they are, desire of us to BE sick, and STAY, sick; for, naturally, a country, filled with HEALTHY-folk won't do THEM any good. All one need do is pay close, attention, to any 'ad', hawking the newest-drug, the 'flavor of the week', and, acknowledge the side-effects attached to it, to recognize the, potential, absolute, DANGER one puts him or herself in when taking it. And...what's THAT about, anyway...advertising DRUGS as if they were, any, other commodity, a thing, AGAINST THE LAW, in other parts of the world. HOW can this be right, on ANY, level? Well...it ISN'T...it's SHAMEFUL. The most, unfortunate, thing, is that, a great, majority of us fall 'victim' to this, victimization, being so, casually, conducted by Big Pharma, the FDA and, any, other, agency, in 'cahoots' with these. Once upon a time, I, too, took medication, for, either, not knowing of, or, incapable of affording, optional, modalities of care. Today, as I cannot afford to treat, otherwise, I DO take a pill to oversee my low-functioning thyroid; yet, if one day, I can treat this concern, in a holistic-fashion, I will, indeed. I do not, now,  nor, will I EVER again, take ANY of the pills prescribed, expressly, for Fibro, as, NONE of them do much of anything to assist, and, typically, only, making one feel worse, all the while, presenting with potential-problems. I understand, that, there are those who will continue to take medication(s), albeit, unhelpful-ones, for his or her lack of information, knowledge or awareness of alternative-ways. To them I say, do a bit of research...look into different-'directives', other than that of a doctor who is unwilling to 'step outside the box'. There are other answers to your questions; but...you MUST ask them! Just Sayin'...