Rant number 251
Since the first caveman got clonked on the head by an angry mammoth, we've looked for ways to make our pain go away. In those days, people used 'magic' berries, roots and barks to stop the pain.
hundreds of years following this, medicine was the province of shamans, witches and wizards, healers men & the like - all people who came up with ways of relieving pain and 'curing' illness.
Over the years, this evolved -as did our understanding. We removed the magic and replaced it with science.
Now, one thing has been in common since money existed and since people needed healing. Prophet.
Why do anything for free, when you can sell it?
Which is where modern medicine often falls.
If you want to get well these days, you don't need to go and find a healer. You can go to any shop or pharmacist and buy a pill or powder or cream to improve your symptoms.
Which is really great in some ways.
The thing is though, that where money is involved, competition follows, which is the only reason I can think for all these new expensive variants.
Asprin is made from the bark of the willow tree. You can intact, relieve your symptoms by chewing upon this (although I'd probably just buy some aspirin) and works as a basic pain reliever. Then there is paracetamol, ibuprofen and various opiates such as codeine.
These need to be sold in a specific quantity and using specific concentrations, so there isn't much of a way to compete with someone else with these as standard.
But that doesn't stop brands trying. Paracetamol can cost you 45p for 16 tablets in the supermarket, or about £3.50 for a name brand. As for the difference? The tablets are printed with the brands logo.
Then there are 'liquid capsules' for 'faster action' and all that rubbish. It just strikes me as a good way to buy an expensive version for no reason!
Always read the label and find out what wool they are trying to pull over your eyes.
Rant over.
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