I Trusted Prescription Drugs for 30 Years… Here’s What It Cost Me
- Life in Print Editorial Team
- Apr 5
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 6
I trusted prescription drugs for 30 years.
Then something didn’t quite add up.
It wasn’t one dramatic moment.
It was gradual.
Small inconsistencies.
Side effects that didn’t quite make sense.
Medications replacing other medications.
Until one day, you start to wonder:
Is anyone actually looking at the full picture?
It started quietly
Back in 1990, I began to feel… wrong.
Stomach pain. Fatigue. Something not quite right.
I was passed around - advice, suggestions, assumptions.
Eventually, the answer came:
Crohn’s disease.
And with it, a lifetime of medication.
The deal you don’t realise you’re making
When you’re diagnosed, you don’t negotiate.
You accept.
“Take this - it will help.”
And sometimes it does.
But what no one really explains is:
Every medication is a trade-off.
The medication treadmill
Over the years, I was prescribed more than I can remember.
Each one came with promise.
Each one came with consequences.
At one point, I was prescribed medication to replace another…
While still needing the original medication to make the new one work.
That was the moment something shifted.
When trust starts to crack
You don’t lose trust all at once.
It happens slowly.
Until eventually, you realise:
You’re being treated in parts — not as a whole.
The wake-up call
In 2017, after routine surgery, everything went wrong.
Clinical negligence.
Infection.
Triple sepsis.
44 nights in hospital.
A week in intensive care.
That’s when theory disappears.
And reality takes over.
What I learned
I’m not against medicine.
It’s saved my life.
But I’ve learned this:
Blind trust is not the same as informed consent.
If this feels familiar…
If you’ve ever:
Taken medication without fully understanding it
Felt something wasn’t quite right
Wondered if you’re being told the full story
You’re not alone.
Want the full story?
I’ve written it as honestly as I can.
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