This story (follow the link) tells you one reason why we are so often seeing these days some new miracle drug being advertised with much fan fair only to see it being advertised by the ambulance-chaser law firms for of five years later. Drugs are simply not being adequately tested for safety before they go on the market, particularly, for long-term problems that may show up only after you take the drug for several years. Of course, all prescription drugs have side effects, but the FDA and it's advisors have decided that the side effects are not serious enough, or occur too seldom, to not approve the drug. One thing that is not even considered is what affect these drugs can have on our psychic and spiritual bodies. They simply have no way of testing for such things. So even a drug that seems safe in terms of it's physical effects, may not be so safe when you consider how it affects the spirit. 

    So what can we do about it? Well the best thing is to follow this hierarchy for taking care of your physical health:

1. Eat right and exercise. So many illnesses can be prevented, eliminated, or reduced if we did just this step.
2. When we do get sick, try natural treatments like herbs, acupuncture, massage, sound/vibration therapy, etc. before resorting to drugs.
3. When the illness is bad enough that you have to use drugs, do it, but with the idea of trying to eliminate using drugs as soon as possible by looking at steps one & two above and seeing if you can improve any in those steps.

With all of these steps, prayer can always improve the results. Note: I am not advising anyone to stop using prescription drugs when they really need them. I use them myself. I am only saying that we should try to reduce or eliminate the need for them.