Medications For Your Pet

Let’s face the facts, we are living in an over-medicated society.  There is a pill we can take for just about everything that is supposed to make it all better.  The pet medication industry is growing, and I suppose it was just a matter of time before prescription drugs became more common for your pets.  I realize that there are some diseases and disorders that require medication in order for our pets to get better, but I think society is taking it a step too far.

Within the past month, a pill has been approved to help our dogs lose weight and I think this is just the beginning of the problem.  Are we really looking for the best diet pill for our dogs? Is this really happening? Sadly, the answer is yes.  The pet pharmaceutical business rakes in about $4 billion dollars a year.  That figure in itself should show how over-medicated we are and how quick we are to shell out money for pills rather than getting to the real problem.

I, like many other people have tried diet pills for humans, and I quickly realized that they are not the solution.  If you do not exercise and eat right, the diet pills are no good.  The same thing is true for our pets.  If people think that giving your dog a simple pill will help her lose weight, they are wrong.  Diet and exercise is 100% more effective than any pill.  Your dog should be getting exercise regularly, and with a healthy diet, they will lose weight.

We have become almost completely dependent on pharmaceutical companies to produce medications so we ourselves do not have to change our habits.  I think we need to break away from those companies and try doing things the logical way first.  While I am not completely sure of the side effects of the diet pill for dogs, or any other medication, I know that doing things the way nature intended is better than giving our pets man made medication.

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