An arguable topic is the correlation between exercising and taking medicine. When people who are on multiple prescription drugs provided by physicians start exercising, they are able to slowly start weening off of those prescription drugs because they are starting to take care of their bodies and their bodies no longer need the drugs to function.
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Exercise is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful body movement produced by muscle action that increases energy expenditure.6
- A person exercises because they want to have physical, mental and social well-being, not simply absence of disease (health).1
Medicine is “a substance that is used in treating disease or relieving pain and that is usually in the form of a pill or a liquid.”1
- A person will take medicine when they are not feeling well. Medicine is usually prescribed by a physician or can be an over the counter drug.
Quantity Vs. Quality:
- According to the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost on Medicaid.gov prescriptions can cost from less than a dollar to $17,150. The pricing units are ML and EA.
- In my hometown of West, TX the pharmacist Dr. Mike Sulak stated that the average amount that customers spend on prescriptions is about $50, with them paying 20% and insurance paying 80% on average.
(http://tinyurl.com/gn89wfk) Physicians are also more prone to prescribe prescription drugs rather than exercise. And the sad fact is that they are prescribing their patients pill after pill for symptoms that can be helped with exercise. For example, a person can be on multiple blood pressure pills, prescriptions for diabetes, reflux, anti-inflammatory, anti-depressants, cholesterol, the list is continuous.
- Exercise, depending on how and where you partake in it can cost nothing, or nothing compared to what a person would have to pay if they were on a pill for every little problem the doctor “treats” the patient for. The quantity of the prescriptions a person takes can be reduced by the quality of the exercise a person decides to partake in.
A person will exercise or take medicine to feel better, sometimes both. However, those who are exercising are coming out with better quality results because they are working physical, mental, and social well-being, instead of taking medicine to fix a disease/ illness. If a person chooses exercise they could take the chance of getting off of some of their prescription drugs or even prevent themselves from having to take some prescriptions. Therefore, saving money and having a better well-being.
2(2015, September 22). Retrieved from Pinterist.com: www.MotiveWeight.blogspot.com
3NADAC as of 2016-9-14. (2016, September 15). Retrieved from Medicaid.gov: https://data.medicaid.gov/Drug-Prices/NADAC-as-of-2016-09-14/nxzv-5ndn
4Piper, K. (2015, September 22). Medicaid Prescription Drugs: National Survey of Average Drug Acquisition Costs. Retrieved from Piper Report: http://piperreport.com/blog/2012/09/15/medicaid-prescription-drugs-cms-begins-national-survey-national-average-drug-acquisition-costs/
5Sulak, D. M. (2016, September 15). Pharmacist . (H. Kraemer, Interviewer)
6William D. McArdle, F. I. (2007). Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, & Human Performance. Baltimore, Maryland: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Heather,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I scrolled through titles of blogs in hopes of finding something I'm passionate about and yours was it. Secondly, I really like most of the references you cited; I have more confidence in what you tell me because you know how to do the research. In my field, clinical exercise physiology, our entire purpose is to help people manage their chronic disease(s) to the extent that they have improved quality of life. We can never get those people off of ALL their medications but even if they get off 1 pill, it boosts their spirits (and saves them money!); they are always thrilled! Bottom line, exercise works for certain diseases EVERY TIME, while a pill doesn't always. I enjoyed your blog. If you're interested in this, my blog is titled "Exercise--the basis of any treatment" and I believe you'll find several things we agreed on.
--Morgan
Morgan,
ReplyDeleteYou were right! I completely agree with your blog and it is a puzzling concept how exercise is not common sense anymore. I know that not all medications can be eliminated by exercise, but if just one, the person is already getting better physically and emotionally. The way our body works to keep us healthy, when we work to make it so, is something that amazes me and I am glad to see someone else is passionate about this as well.
Thanks, Heather
Heather,
ReplyDeleteAs a kinesiology graduate I understand how beneficial exercise is to the human body. With that being said, I enjoyed your blog. I fully and wholeheartedly support the use of exercise instead of prescription medication. I do not like the use of prescription drugs because of the side-effects they cause and the dependency they can cause to the individual. Physical activity can alleviate so many of the emotional and psychologically problems prescription drugs do plus, its FREE! Exercise may not solve the problem, but it can fix it. Great blog!
-Jordan
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