You were taught ‘Just Say No To Drugs’. So why give them to your pets?

The prescription drug industry has monopolized the health industry. These days you can “shop” on Television for a drug to treat (rather “suppress”)an injury or ailment. All prescription drugs have potential for side effects ranging from nausea and vomiting to respiratory problems and heart failure.

Here are some frightening details: “On a daily basis, prescription pills are estimated to kill more than 270 Americans—more than twice as many as are killed in automobile accidents. Prescription medicines, taken according to doctors’ instructions, kill more Americans than either diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease….”

Even the experts agree: “America has become “a grossly overprescribed nation,” says Dr. Arnold Relman, professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School and the former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. “Again and again you see examples where patients get far more medication than they need. The average senior in America is probably taking twice or three times the medications they require.”

Essentially, doctors are prescribing one drug only to create new problems for the patient with the pill’s side effects.

So why are we freely giving prescription drugs to our pets? Especially for First Aid symptoms such as aggression, anxiety, bladder infections, flu, constipation, depression, ear problems, fur balls, travel and motion sickness, weight loss and for healing (among others).

We at Pet Herbal Remedies believe in natural herbs that the earth has been producing for over two millenniums. Our ancestors and their descendents used herbs effectively for healing purposes. And animals that live in the wild care for their ailments or injuries by eating plants that heal. (Read More on the Rise of homeopathic and herbal remedies….)

We also believe that in both emergency situations and in health crisis’ Western medicine and practices are essential. Certainly an herb can’t treat a broken limb and it's essential that emergency services are sought after. However an herb may quite effectively expedite the healing process, with no side effects.

Here is a chart that Pet Herbal Remedies has put together for you. We derived all information regarding Prescription Drugs, their uses and side effects from a legitimate Veterinarian site. This information is meant to be used as purposeful information not to serve as a substitution for what your holistic practitioner or pet expert may advise.