DOTmed December 15, 2025
America has a drug problem, and I don’t just mean the headlines about fentanyl or opioids. I mean the everyday reliance on pills to treat nearly everything that ails us. Got back pain? Here’s a prescription. Can’t sleep? Try this pill. Even kids with sprained ankles are sent home with bottles of medication.
Pharmaceuticals have saved lives, no question. But we’ve also built a healthcare culture where drugs are often the first (and sometimes only) line of defense. That approach comes with a cost: side effects, dependency, and a growing sense among patients that they’re managing conditions, not actually healing.
The question we should be asking is simple: What if we could treat more people effectively without sending them to...
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