Between Medicines and Supplements

This is a case about a client who delayed treatment, her sickness is getting worse and now waiting at the dying bed. Many people who believes in the Direct Sales business sometime stand a risk of the similar event. This girl was an active 'A'Direct sales dealer. When initially she felt a lump in her breast, she already suspected cancer. But she had no fear because she strongly believed that the 'A' product got all kinds of supplements which is better than western medicine because western medicine got lots of side effects.So what she did was to prescribe her own medicine, mixing all kind of vitamin pills and etc taking everyday instead of seeing a doctor. 'Don't Listen To Doctors 'the tittle of the book is some sort like that I came across in the 'A' business campaign which she proudly showed to me when she is still well. Here I don't mean to condamn about the Direct Sales business but the belief system of the people who does the direct sales business.
Firstly, these DS business employed professional motivators who can talk so well that the members would believe in the myth of the products. Most DS who has food supplement claim that their product could 'prevent' or even 'cure' the deadly disease CANCER.The story line is almost similar: Somebody already verdicts NO CURE by the doctor, after taking the products, got cured. So many ignorant people who believe in the story and join membership and pass on the myth to other people. Sometime the unlucky one who strikes in the business may strikes the deadly disease such as CANCER. This would challenge their belief system and is a time to PROVE what they believe is true. The faith in the products might go stronger because their up line friends would come to encourage them to believe in the products. So the treatment would be delayed.
Many people still cannot differentiate between Medicine and supplement. What doctors usually do during seeing a patient is giving treatment, and one of the treatment is giving medicine. Medicine is a kind of drug which contain active ingredients which can kill certain germs, bacteria or virus.Some medicine treat the symptoms such as pain killer etc. Doctors did more than giving medicine as in some cases need to do operations, transplant, chemotherapy etc. In the process of treatment doctors need to undergo investigations and observations in order to be sure of the right treatment for the disease. Though doctors also give vitamins and other supplements in between the treatments but that is only to support the treatments, and doctors know the amount to give when to give, the body mass against the dosage. Doctors had been through in the university for 5 years at least, how can he know less than an aunty who not even pass form 5, in the cases of treatment for diseases? Should you believe in the DS propaganda who is not responsible if anything goes wrong with you for taking their products?
The supplements are vital vitamins, minerals or protein which can also be found in the food we take everyday, Too much of it is a waste because the body only keep what is needed . Over dosages in the case of vitamin A can be toxic.DS company are very fond of making foul claims . They may rely on one or two cases that not really true. As in the case of my friend who suffered gout for a long time. He had been taking the medicine from the hospital routinely until he met this DS personal who claimed his product can cure his sickness. True enough after he took the product, the pain subsided. I told him the DS product might contain hidden active ingredients such steroids which also can relieve any kind of pain but overdose could be harmful. True enough after sometimes, the report about the steroid contain reveal in the newspaper. The product was forbidden.
Medicine shouldn't be taken without doctors prescription! Cause one man medicine could be another man's poison. Most products that can relief pain immediately are sure enough to contain steroid. Steroid are cheap thing but can do wonders. Not all DS company are genuine. They may not claim what is the active ingredient in the product. What they are interested in is to draw your money out from your pocket. The price you pay for the DS product is not cheap, usually is triple the price we pay outside. For example vitamin C, I paid about RM 20.00 for 100 tablets from the pharmacist whereas the DS sold me RM 75.00 for the same amount. They claim their is better. Well Vitamin C is vitamin C , how can one could be better than the other? So don't get cheated by DS company. if you are sick, see doctor immediately. Back to my client,if she get the treatment earlier, she might be able to live longer.