rightbluecheek said:

weirdozmedia said:

What's crazy is that the US allows all of those companies to push their drugs so openly, I think it's one of the only countries in the world that allows those types of ads on TV. Of course our government is heavily lobbied by those same companies.

Sorry but I'd like someone to please confirm that US TV has commercials on opioid painkillers? :-O Here in Italy, and I guess all over Europe, the only ads allowed are the ones for medications that don't require a prescription.

It may very well be the case that Prince may have died from a drug overdose. Then again, maybe not. I'll wait for the final autopsy and toxicology reports to come out before I make any judgments.

I will say this, though. It's been reported that hundreds of thousands of people who take prescription medications die each year from what is described as an overdose but is really an adverse reaction to the medication being taken. Many heart patients have been suckered into taking statins for lowering cholesterol levels, but the drugs have the adverse side effect of actually weakening the heart muscle, which makes the patient even more prone to a heart attack than the high cholesterol ever did. And the newer diabetic medications which are supposed to regulate blood sguar and insulin have the adverse effect of doing damage to the liver and/or pancreas, thus leading to increased rates of cancer. And far too often these medications are prescribed as the first line of treatment instead of a more holistic approach to using less dangerous medications and dietary and lifestyle changes.

I don't know how much pain Prince was in as far as his hip is concerned, but I've known people with serious hip pain or who had their hip replaced, and they were almost always in excruitating pain. Opioid medications are often prescribed in these cases (Vicodin, Percocet, Oxycontin), but unless they are prescribed in very small and infrequent doasges, they almost always lead to some type of addiction. Unfortunately, the politicians in this country aren't very enlightened about alternative medicine in this country, and too many of them are on the receiving end of campaign donations from Big Pharma, so we don't get to use alternative treatments like cannabis oil to treat pain. (No, you do not need to smoke weed to get its medical benefits. In fact, it's more potent if ingested orally or in suppository form.)

I know most of you European and Canadian orgers would be flabbergasted that we have so many prescription medication commercials on television, but sadly this is far too true about the influence of Big Pharma. At any rate, why would I want to take a prescription medication when it's advertised that the side effects could include internal bleeding, liver damage, foaming at the mouth, blood coming out of the eye sockets, and/or suicidal tendencies? (Pregnant women should not take Zopatrex, as it may cause serious birth defects to the fetus including scaly skin and horns growing from esch side of the skull.)

RiotPaisley said:

derrick31 said:

I agree with you. Something other than hip pain was causing him great distress. The memoir is what really leads me to believe so. I just cannot see him publishing a tell all book next year and having to answer questions about for the next 20 years. He was too private for that. Something else was wrong. [Edited 5/5/16 18:16pm]

I just keep going back to Vanity. I really think that shook him bad. I know he's had other loves/ women but when I heard about her I was like oh damn. Like I just instantly knew it was going to be real rough on him. I think when you love someone and you can't be with them due to circumstance, it's way harder to get over than oh they cheated or Whatever. The worst heartache is seriously just "bad timing."

That relationship with Vanity was a very long time ago. If he was badly shaken by her passing it was probably because it was a sobering reminder of his own mortality rather than any romantic feelings over an ancient love affair.