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One good reason to change from ADHD drugs to a healthier safer alternative is that psychotropic drugs or psychostimulants are still classed as Schedule II drugs. That means that people on these drugs are considered at risk of substance abuse and are blocked form certain federal posts, the military and becoming pilots. I have just read about a student pilot who is 20 and who failed his medical because he had been on Concerta. As a result he was not able to take his first solo flight and is now looking for an alternative medicine ADHD cure. Nobody wants an impulsive pilot.

The second reason is that ADHD drugs will only alleviate symptoms so that is another reason to change over to alternative medicine. I know a kid who is 16 who is violent at school and home and has frequent outbursts and meltdowns. His parents have lost count of how many times he has been suspended from school. While the drugs do help him to stay focused, his behaviour has not gotten any better and it may even be worse. This is basically the reason why the American Association of Pediatrics has come out strongly in favour of behaviour modification or therapy as that is the most effective way of controlling behaviour in any kid. It has also been shown that in the long term, medications lose their effectiveness, even after only 14 months.

The third reason to change to alternative medicine ADHD is that I know that Facebook and other social networking sites have been invaded by some pharmaceutical companies who have built profiles and are offering some biased help to unfortunate parents. One of the companies has over 8,000 fans on Facebook. Nothing wrong with building a profile on Facebook! The problem is that there is no objective, unbiased information on these profiles or indeed on any of the websites sponsored by these companies about the negative effects of these medications. Why is there no mention of FDA warnings?

How come that no one seems to be aware of or know about the long term effects of these medications on children’s brains? Big Pharma’s best efforts do not seem to be good enough and finally they are now being questioned by prestigious institutions and researchers

If parents can take on the challenge of getting to grips with ADHD behavior modification and use alternative medicine ADHD such as a homeopathic remedy which has no side effects, then the ADHD challenge can easily be overcome.

Robert Locke is a Health enthusiast who specializes in Children’s Health. He has written extensively on ADHD. Discover what Natural ADHD treatment is available.

Cancer is the name given to any illness resulting from one of our body’s own cells growing out of control. There are many processes that control a cell’s growth and division, each of which can go wrong. Several of these control mechanisms need to be damaged before a cell becomes cancerous. There are more than 200 different types of cancers, which are categorized in to carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma and leukemia based on the cells from which they arise.

The principles involved in treating cancer are either directly destroying the cancer tissues or indirectly destroying them by depriving them of blood supply and/or their nutrition. But the irony is that whatever conventional treatment is used to destroy cancer cells do affect to some extent the normal cells also. They may damage the skin, liver, intestine the bone marrow and other rapidly multiplying cells. Sometimes the effect of the treatment is more devastating than the disease itself.

Role of Alternative Medicine in treating cancer

A larger study of Alternative medicine use in patients with different types of cancer was published in the July 2000 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. It was found that nearly 70% of the patients used at least one form alternative medicine along with the conventional treatment. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) are sponsoring a number of clinical trials at medical centers to evaluate alternative medical therapies for cancer.

Alternative medicine includes therapies like herbal remedies, vitamins, special diets, and acupuncture among others.

Acupuncture: effective in the management of chemotherapy associated nausea and vomiting and in controlling pain associated with surgery. Now used in a trial to reduce the symptoms of colorectal cancer

-Homeopathy

-Ayurveda

-Shark cartilage: Being tried in non-small cell lung cancer. it prevents new blood vessels growth

-Hyperbaric oxygen: In patients who had larynx removed for larynx cancer

-Massage therapy: for cancer related fatigue

-Pancreatic enzyme therapy along with specialized diet for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

-Mistletoe extract: for the treatment of solid tumors

-Wheatgrass therapy

-Macrobiotics: The macrobiotic diet is strictly vegetarian and requires you to consume about half of your daily calories from whole grains, about a quarter of your calories from vegetables, and the rest of your calories from beans, seaweed and soups

-Bioelectric therapies

-Moerman’s Anti-Cancer diet

-Hoxsey herbal therapy

-Essiac herbal therapy: Essiac is a herbal tea mixture that relieves pain and reduces the size of tumors. It contains four herbs- burdock, rhubarb, sheep sorrel and slippery elm

-Pau D’Arco herbal therapy

-Chaparral herbal therapy

-Laetrile (amygdalin): a chemical found in lima beans, raw nuts and the pits of many fruits. Amygdalin produces cyanide, which proponents claim kills cancer

-Alkaline diet: such as fruits and vegetables and restricting acidic foods

-Antioxidant found in fruits and vegetables

-Vitamins A, C and E: These are very good anti oxidants

-Detox therapies including Gonzales nutritional metabolic therapy, colon therapy, and Gerson therapy

The most successful practitioners integrate various components of the alternative cancer treatments for a better outcome.

Markus writes and publishes articles about Alternative treatments for diseases including cancer, and other unbiased topics on Independent-views.com.

3 Good Reasons To Change To Alternative Medicine For ADHD

Alternative Medicine for Treating Cancer