Reducing the pressure

There’s a whole bunch of people who claim we’re the result of intelligent design. That means every aspect of the bodies we now occupy while on this Earth was in the original plan. So, for millennia, we’ve had to put up with pain when the designer could have left out the pain receptors placed all over our bodies or installed a painkiller chemical dispensation system. We got adrenaline to increase the body’s performance. It would have been just as easy to give us something to calm down the pain. Would something as simple as an off-switch be too much to ask for?

So what’s pain for? Well, it’s a basic survival tool. Unlike a few insects that have eyes with all-round vision, we can easily be taken by surprise. As primates, we had a habit of walking through thick grasses and stepping on sharp objects or sleeping snakes. We were also prone to losing concentration at key moments and falling out of our trees. In our modern lives, we have surrounded ourselves with dangerous machinery. The price of not paying attention is injury. We’ve always been accidents waiting to happen. In this, it’s pain that gives us the first warning signals if we’re in trouble. More importantly, it tells us where the problem is and what kind of injury we’re likely to have picked up.

Now you might say this is good so far as it goes, but why can’t we switch it off when we’ve seen a doctor and got the treatment? The answer is simple. You and the doctor need to monitor the pain. If it starts to get worse, the treatment needs to change. It’s the same if the pain starts to spread. If you have switched off the pain, there’s no way you would know something different is needed. More to the point, if you switch off pain because you hurt your leg and then pick up a pan that’s too hot, do you have to wait to smell the cooking flesh? All the rest of your body needs the pain reflexes to be working, otherwise you might accidentally injure yourself and make everything worse.

So let’s be clear. There are no drugs in development that will switch off pain. Actually, no one is trying very hard to develop such a drug. Pain is too useful to want to switch it off altogether. In chronic cases where the pain in an inflamed joint is making life a misery, there’s a legitimate case to be made for a selective pill to turn off the pain receptors at a specific location. But no one has any idea how that would be done. All doctors can do is treat the joint itself and hope the pain will reduce naturally.

This is all building up to a message you don’t want to hear. We’re an overmedicated nation. More people die through the abuse of prescription drugs than of heart attacks. This habit is literally killing us. We should accept more pain in our lives and do without pills. If you find this unbearable, Tramadol is the strongest drug you should take. Equally important, don’t use Tramadol over long periods of time. This builds up tolerance, forcing a move to the opiates where the risk of dependence is more real.

Hair loss is one of those problems that don’t have a significant impact on health in general but can trigger significant issues in the psychological domain. You have certainly seen those men going off depressed because they’ve started losing hair. And it’s clear why since in our society image and looks are often more important than personality and skills. A lot of men use different solutions for stopping hair loss because they feel that they will be interpreted otherwise if people start noticing their bald spots and receding hairline. But is this problem really that serious and what can actually be done about it?

Hair loss phenomenon isn’t a sign of a harmful processes in your body. It isn’t the problem of poor nutrition, hygiene lack of vitamins or minerals that supplement and hair shampoo producers love to put in their every product. A shortage of a particular vital element would lead to very significant effects and health problems to the extent that hair loss would be the mildest of them all. In most men hair loss occurs due to the abundance of a particular androgen that gets accumulated through the life of the person. It is a perfectly normal process that involves different changes in the body often associated with the process of aging. But in some men this hormonal change can take place at an earlier stage of their lives that’s why they experience hair loss earlier. It’s not a disease or any pathological health condition – it’s only a natural change in hormonal balance that occurs in most people sooner or later. That’s why it is wrong to regard hair loss as an omen for worse things to come as it’s only hair getting thinner on your scalp.

Effective hair loss solution – Propecia

As for the solution to hair loss problems there are many products advertized as real effective remedies for the problem. Most of them are stated to be based on vitamins and minerals that will stimulate hair growth but apart from improving the actual quality of your hair such lotions, shampoos and other topical agents don’t significantly affect the process of hair loss. As stated previously hair loss in men occurs mainly due to the hormonal change so the only really effective measure would be preventing the build up of certain hormones that are known to affect hair follicles. There’s only one medication that is known to be effective from this point of view – propecia pills – and it’s actually the only oral medication that is approved by the FDA for treating hair loss in men. This medication is known to be beneficial for treating certain Prostate problems as well due to its hormone regulating properties so it’s a drug with numerous benefits. That’s why if you are really worried about seeing your hair getting thinner make sure to discuss the use of Propecia with your doctor.