According
to Western medicine, steroid medications are medically necessary to treat many
conditions and diseases. But steroid medications have major side effects on the
metabolism of calcium and bone, which may lead to severe bone loss,
osteoporosis, and bone fractures.
Steroid
therapy is the use of steroid medications, also known as corticosteroids,
to treat many types of autoimmune disease, including myasthenia gravis, lupus, and multiple sclerosis, and other disorders, such as
asthma. Steroid medications include medications like prednisone and cortisone.
Corticosteroids can be taken orally or in other ways, such as by inhalation.
In
addition to bone loss, other adverse side effects of steroid medications are
elevation of blood pressure, weight gain, decreased resistance to infection,
indigestion, thinning of skin, and potential development of cataracts and
glaucoma. For example, prednisone is a medication commonly prescribed
for ocular myasthenia. However, four factors should be carefully considered
prior to the use of steroids, especially if your myasthenia gravis is related
only to ocular muscles:
Can
steroids improve or eradicate your symptoms?
Are
there other safer forms of therapy to treat your myasthenia gravis?
Does
the severity of the symptoms warrant the risk of steroid
adverse effects?
Do
steroids reduce the chance of a relapse?
It
stands to reason that the high risk of taking pharmaceutical drugs to treat
only the symptoms without producing a cure may not warrant the continuation of
the medications over a long period.
The
bottom line: Set your goal to ultimately stop all medications.
It may take weeks, months, or even years, but that should be your ultimate goal
in your health pursuit.
Do
not stop all medications right away.
Talk to your doctor about your concern. Express your wish to reduce your medications slowly and gradually.
If your doctor does not agree to your suggestion, look for another naturopathic doctor.
No
matter what, make it your ultimate objective to stop all medications
eventually.
The
bottom line: it is your health that is the main issue; always empower yourself
with knowledge about the medications that you are taking. Always use natural medicine to heal yourself.
Stephen
Lau
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© 2018 Stephen Lau
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