Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

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days, an increasing number of
people
with different diseases are using
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of medicines, in the place of going to a doctor. I reckon
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is a negative development, which can lead to a lot of problems.
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make money. As a consequence, we use several
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drugs, without being consulted by a specialist, and in
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these cause more health problems.
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it is sad that the toothpaste "
parodontax
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periodontal
" is used for gingival inflammation, but the fact is that only scaling might treat properly gingival sore.
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, that toothpaste is amazing as an additional treatment, but not the main one.
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,
people
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, they buy
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, and visit a dentist once in a blue moon when the condition of their teeth
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worse. My take on
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think it is a negative development
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because a well-skilled specialist is meant to help patients
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because different types of medications have plenty of side effects, which might lead to unpleasant situations. Through thick and thin, if
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hadn't
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by their selves,
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morbidity and even mortality wouldn't have increased considerably in our society.
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, in Romania, patients come to a dentist when they
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have big problems, and it is too late to save that tooth, which will be extracted.
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I hear the same thing, I used a lot of medication for
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toothache, but the drugs didn't help me anymore. In a nutshell,
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should try to inform
people
that the prevention of a disease it's a way better thing than the treatment. So, we might think about our health, and
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make a routine
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to be consulted by a doctor.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • alternative medicines
  • treatments
  • positive development
  • negative development
  • health problems
  • usual doctor
  • access
  • personalized approach
  • holistic well-being
  • lack of regulation
  • evidence-based research
  • proper medical treatment
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