Pain Relievers May Be Damaging Your Hearing—7 Natural Alternatives

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'Pain relievers may help you get a good night’s sleep, but they could also lead to hearing loss.

Most people don’t like to rely on over-the-counter pain relievers, but sometimes it’s difficult not to. Regular aches and pains, headaches, arthritis, and more can all cause pain strong enough to interfere with work and daily life, say nothing of trying to get a good night’s sleep.

According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, an estimated 20 percent of American adults (42 million people) have pain that disrupts their sleep a few nights a week or more.

We all know that lack of sleep isn’t good for us, so surely popping a few ibuprofen is better than lying awake suffering?' 

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Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal

'Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States. Fortunately, we have a real-world example of the actual effects of ending the violent, expensive War on Drugs and replacing it with a system of treatment for problem users and addicts.





Ten years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs. One decade after this unprecedented experiment, drug abuse is down by half.'


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Ibuprofen Kills More Than Pain, So What Is The Alternative?

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'Pain and unhealthy levels of inflammation are fast becoming default bodily states in the industrialized world. While in most cases we can adjust the underlying pro-inflammatory conditions by altering our diet, and reducing stress and environmental chemical exposures, these approaches take time, discipline and energy, and sometimes we just want the pain to stop now.'

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Painkiller Addicts? America Consumes 80% World's Painkillers

'According to a congressional testimony by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, 80 percent of the world's painkillers are consumed in the U.S.


BBC News reports that Americans consume enough painkillers for each of its citizens to have 64 Percocets or Vicodin.
The report said that prescription drug abuse leads to 14,800 deaths a year, which is more than what heroin and cocaine total combined.



The number of those who are taking painkillers is a 600 percent increase from where it was 10 years ago.' 

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