Is melatonin just for jet lag and people who can't sleep?HouseMD wrote: ↑January 11th, 2018, 3:58 amOh I'm quite the pharma skeptic myself. I have a real hate for the new blood pressure guidelines and really push to keep my patients on as few medications as possible. I'm also pretty well versed in alternative medicine, but I only use the stuff that is well studied and works- melatonin, St. John's Wort, lavender, valerian root etc. I avoid pain killers like the plague, as their use is more an effect of the American mentality that we should never feel pain or suffer than they are a thing people need (chronic pain is highly cultural). Sleeping meds are another one I'm very reluctant to toss out to people. I could talk for hours about my issues and agreements with medicine though, I won't bore you here.
You say you are against pain killers. Which ones? Is taking Tylenol or Ibuprofin a bad thing?
I got a minor injury on my shin, and some vericose veins developed in the area. The nurse practicioner treating me, a guy btw, back when I was a poor grad student said if I was prone to vericose veins, baby aspirin might be a good thing for me. My blood pressure is always on the low side of normal whenever I get it checked. What do you think about baby aspirin either for people with cardiovascular problems, or just people of a certain age in general? Is it close enough ot a natural substance to not be a big deal?
Btw, what are the new blood pressure guidelines?