Originally Posted by DocRay
So you go on the internet to get medical advice from CPAs? I think I'll go to WebMD for 401k advice...
BTW: Most drugs purchased from Canada are manufactured in the US, it's that the CDN government negociates drug costs for the country-we don't consider people's ill health "business growth and opportunity". For every Pharma dollar spent on research, $1.50 is spent on advertising and $3 is spent on legal fees. Profits are huge.
Seriously, asthma is serious, but treatable with real prescription drugs such as inhaled corticosteroids, but you need to be accessed properly with lung volume measure and challenge tests. Allergies can actually be alleviated by excercise, adrenaline is a good treatment for inflammation. But this will not stop asthma.
My asthma was triggered by allergic reactions, so yes, exercise CAN eleviate asthma because the two are quite often closely related.
You will also note that I am qualifying most of my statements, and not stating them as absolutes. Everyone is different, and different treatments work for different people.
Your statement regarding going to CPAs for medical advice? Doesn't equate. I rarely consult other CPAs on accounting issues, much less for medical advice.
And the only doctor I consult now on my allergies is my sister, who is an internal specialist, has won a number of awards, and is considered at the top of her field. Our whole family has allergies/asthma, but she treats hers the same way I treat mine--the rest suffer and don't listen to her either.
But as long as you brought up the "profit motivation", yeah, so instead trust your health in a doctor who sees you for all of 30 seconds before writing out that prescription. How many of them do you think take the time to fully and properly assess each individual out of the 50 patients they see each day before prescribing a medication? Not many doctors are running a charity operation, and see as many patients as their schedule can handle.
Why don't you really ask a doctor to give you the honest truth? Most of the ones I know personally (and I know quite a few) will tell you that most of their patients would be far better off if they lost some weight, watched their diet, and took up an exercise program, but no one wants to hear that--they just want a pill! So they just give them what they want!