Everyone I know, and some, is taking a mouthful of pills every day nowadays, which they never used to. 

Some of these are what I might classify as “real medicine”, meaning chemicals typically requiring a prescription and designed to either treat a specific ailment, manage a chronic illness or prevent (or at least defer) the onset of afflictions that are likely to get to all of us in the fullness of time. ..

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