She was not really sick, nor severely ill;
only taut, tense, tired, anxious and stressed.
But when she asked the doctor for help
he had swiftly prescribed her the pill:
from a sedative class category, valium
or diazepam, dissolving anxiety, attending
to her panic attacks, enabling her unbending,
relaxing at last her nerves and atrium.
But it did not take too long for her to get
addicted to the devious tranquilizer drug.
She lost her appetite, she felt dizzy and tight;
her anxiety back, she woke up shaking in sweat.
Primum non nocere, oh physician, please,
abstain from doing harm, Hippocrates warns.
Medical interventions carry gloomy risks,
the cure might be worse than the disease.
Yeah my man is totaly against frequent use of pharmaceuticals, yor poem was wise and aweinspiring. Kudos fos the rhyme too. Pls review my latest too, a busybee poem.
agreed, The medical practitioners should be discreet enough what they prescribe for their patients. apart from the hallucinating drugs, the anti biotic are the most abused drugs in the world...Thank you Paul..
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Primum non nocere, oh physician, please, abstain from doing harm, Hippocrates warns. How farsighted these ancient philosopher was! The same caution has been noted in ancient holistic science of Ayurveda. Thank you for this very nice poem.