Over-The-Counter Medicines Don't Really Work, Expert Says: 3 Surprising Treatments That Are Ineffective

People use treatments, whether medicinal or self medication, believing it will do well to their bodies. However, a new study exposed some medicines that are not really serving their worth.

Daily Mail reported, there are a lot of cure and remedies out there that don't work properly according to evidence. However, the doctors still prescribed these medications as the patients believed that these things are worth trying, as per Dr. Rob Hicks.

"Quite often you don't have strong scientific evidence," the London-based general practitioner said. "But so long as it will do no one any harm then why not try it?'

Hence, the doctor revealed some of the usual therapies people often do. Check out some of the three enlists medicine and exercises that are not truly effective.

Cough Medicines

Cough medications are one of the most sought over-the-counter medicines believing it can instantly cure all kinds of coughs. But, in the study made by Cochrane organization, it found cough medicines only have a little proof of its effectiveness.

Over-the-counter medicines are not verified to cut down the patients cough period. Also, it is not yet confirmed if it can help to expedite the healing.

Pills For Light Depression

Prescribed antidepressants, too, is included in the most bought medicines in the National Health Service (NHS). In fact, its sale rate doubled to 57.1 million in just a decade in 2014.

Drug companies are to blame for bringing the hype of taking depression pill that can instantly manage the condition. These corporations are deceivingly portrayed every kind of depression as "chemical imbalance" that needs "chemical solution" in the form of depression pill.

Calcium Drugs For Bones

Since time immemorial, calcium pills have been known to help improve the condition of one's bone. It is a cure for osteoporosis that keeps strong bones, prevent fractures and more, as the advertisements revealed.

However, in two studies published in the British Medical Journal in 2015, there is no evidence that Calcium drugs can really stop the bones from being frail and it "should not be recommended." In fact, young and old people should get their Calcium in their everyday meal naturally and not through pills.

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