Modern Medicine’s Worst Danger? 7 Tips to Avoid PolyPharmacy

What is polypharmacy? How can polypharmacy be avoided? 2 very important questions for patients of all ages, especially as one gets older. Polypharmacy can cause severe health problems and steal time and function from you and your family.

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Ken D Berry, MD, is a Family Physician and has been practicing Family Medicine in Tennessee for over 20 years, having seen over 25,000 patients in his career so far.
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[kaycee]

My 95 yr old mom ended up in hospital this summer with a broken hip. She went in to that hospital totally alert and lucid. Within 2 weeks she was a dumbed down wreck, on high morphine and unable to connect with anyone. As I visited one day, I knew in my spirit that if she stayed there any longer she would die. So I argued with SEVEN doctors and ward managers to allow her to leave. I fought for her life. They told me she will never recover. 4 months on she’s healed, walking and fully alert.

[darlafitzpatrick]

Ten years ago, my mother was in hospice care, weighed less than 100 lbs, and was prescribed "a whole pharmacy" (my dad's term), some related to her illness but some intended to treat depression, insomnia, and pain and the resulting constipation. I remember seeing an obscene number of Rx bottles lined up on her dresser. For SIX MONTHS she was completely out of it or was having paranoid delusions, trying to escape the house, falling, etc., which was traumatic for her and my dad, her primary caregiver at home. At the time, we assumed the doctors knew what they were doing. What a mistake. Her long-time hometown doctor finally told my dad to stop all the drugs -- after which she immediately improved, regained her appetite, and was remarkably lucid for her final three months of life. It was then we realized the preceding six-month nightmare was utterly unnecessary and cruel. The experience infuriated me and marks the moment I began questioning the wisdom of conventional medicine.

[foodforthought]

This is a way bigger problem than people think. When I was 55 years old I was taking 10 medications and I got married and my wife told me to get off all of them. It took me about 3 months but I got off all the medications and I felt better. My brother was an emergency room physician for 38 years and he told me he thought that 40% of the prescriptions he had written in the last 5 years were for side effects of other medications. I'm 78 years old and I take no prescription medications.

[lori-annefay]

This killed the love of my life He was perscribed 9 different medications by 2 different doctors who were not speaking to one another. One day he had a massive seizure which caused a heart attack and he didn't get CPR fast enough (not everybody does it right like in the movies) he ended up in a COMA. 6 days later his father had him removed from life support. Eric was 38 years old. He died January 5th 2016 at Boson Medical Center. DOCTORS killed him. Prior to this I was trying to get Eric medically de-escalated. Three weeks prior to his death, I took him to see my Doctor and she was horrified that he was on so much. It's been just 7 years, a blink of time and an eternity and he is still so very deeply missed. God Bless you for doing this video.

[Hootowls]

This happened to me in 2014, Pulmonologist told me to stop all meds and I would feel 100% better. I did and within 12 hours I was back to normal. These so called doctors were killing me with meds.

[tom_olofsson]

I am a lawyer. I work with seniors. When I have a client who is slipping mentally I often call a consulting psychologist to evaluate them. His first step is to review the client's prescriptions. I am continually surprised how often the apparent cognitive slide is a result of polypharmacy.

[sherricash]

I have been a pharmacy tech for 12 years. Your pharmacist would love to be your advocate. Yes they are busy, but they are the front line person, especially when it comes to DDI (drug/drug interactions). You can even make an appointment with them to go over your Rxs and OTC meds. This service is not advertised, but is always available.

[beaumains]

Wish I'd known this 20 years ago. We trusted the doctors. Looking back it feels like my wife never had a chance. At least now her suffering is over. Rest in peace, my love.

[louiseleite]

I'm 56 and under NO medication. God has blessed me beyond measure! ❤🙏

[healthreplenished]

As a Registered Nurse, I see this all of the time. It is rare to see a patient younger than 60 who is not taking at least half a dozen medications. Sadly, I am now seeing patients in their 30's and 40's taking many prescription medications. Wake up people!

[racerx]

Got off all Rx’s in 2020 and never looked back! It’s amazing how much healing has happened since ditching the meds. I feel better than ever and will never look back.

[urbannanni]

Thank you! I'm a retired nurse and I see this so much, once in my patients and now in my contemporaries. I just "detoxed" my 79 year old gentleman friend who was having bigeminal PVCs. The cardiologist wanted him on metoprolol (for starters). I asked him to go for a few days without the statins and the Claritin, Zyrtec AND benedryl before he started on the metoprolol. Dang! His heart started to act right again!
I can't tell you how many thousands of people I've seen who put anything the doctor prescribes right into their body without a little research. Mike was fine before the statins, his cholesterol was 204, but the mindset that EVERYONE needs to be on something is so frustrating! And if you need another drug to counteract the side effects of the first one, just STOP!

[nogames]

I worked in the medical field for 25 years. I had patients that were on 20 and 30 medication's at a time. You didn't know what a real symptom was and what a side effect from another medication was. And then they were on medication to combat the side effects of other medications. Absolutely nuts.

[wingabouts]

I quit all meds in 2020 after learning that most were sourced from China. I figured it would be best to detox on my schedule rather than be forced off them by a supply chain problem. One of the best decisions of my life. 👍

[elainegoad]

We need more doctors like Dr. Ken Berry ! We also need "Intragrative " Medicine covered by insurance ( Chiropractic, Massage Therapy, Natropathic Medicine, etc...) Give patients a choice instead of pharmacuitals (Big Pharma gets rich and doctors get kick backs for prescribing new medicines)

[kathyskyhorse]

No matter what your diagnosis is ALWAYS look for natural ways to fix it and which vitamin or mineral deficiencies can cause your problem BEFORE taking a pharmaceutical drug. Take the medicine ONLY if all else fails and it's absolutely necessary.

[multisurplus]

I was told by an E.R. Nurse that 50% of their visits are due to adverse reactions to prescribed medications.He also said a lot of people are waking up to unnecessary procedures and medications..

[IQTech]

I now understand that my father was a victim of polypharmacy. He suffered for decades, taking handfuls of pills that never helped. None realized that the artificial knee implanted in his body when he was a soldier in Korea was the primary cause of his illness. The joint was a metal on metal joint made from cobalt and nickel. He was suffering from metal poisoning and no one knew it.

[FlashGordon]

So true. I care for an elderly relative and once he started hallucinating after a new medication. His doctor was out of town, so we took him down to the hospital. Two days later, I get a call from them saying they believed he needed to go into a home and they had already found one for him. I politely as possible, yelled at them that before he left, I had taken his medications, looked them up on the internet, then found his symptoms were listed as a side effect of one of the medications, printed it out, highlighted them, and sent it with him to the hospital. How about just changing the medication and let him come home. Happily, a few hours later he was sent home with a new prescription.

[onyx]

I was prescribed a 'statin' while on Keto + IF. I fought with my doctor and said NO emphatically that under no circumstance would I EVER take a statin. Their feeble response was that 'THEY' were their to guide me. I replied, no I retorted: guiding me, oh no no, you are grooming me for a cascade of life long harm. You are sentencing me to a life on pharmaceutical cocktail train headed for disaster. This really hit a nerve 😳