Can you survive a LIFETIME without taking any medicines at all?

I think you're right, but if we can count aspirine and painkillers as a medicine. I know a few years back I was barely ever sick, but now I think even if you're healthy as a fish there'll still come time every once in awhile you'll have to take a medicine. A few people may be lucky tho to be healthy and not have to take any meds.

I for that matter strive not to take any medicine especially if the illness I have is only minimal or shall we say ordinary. When I felt cold,flu or got some fever I will just let my body rest and after that I will be okay. Sometimes when we have some minor illness we can actually cure ourselves with out taking any medicines by instructing your mind to get over with it. That kind of tactics works well with me and I think every year I can only take 1 to 5 medicines per year. Medicines can actually harm your body because of the side effects in the long run. It may cure you today but it will create more serious health problems in the near future.

i think there can be no person at all that could say they have not taken any medicines in their lifetime!! not even for those who thinks they don't get sick! i mean, even paracetamol are medicines, aspirin, etc.

I've been lucky in that I am a generally healthy person. However, I've not been through my life to this date without taking a single medication. It is a part of human nature to get sick from time to time and to have to take antibiotics. Plus, if you want to get technical, the vaccinations that we receive during our lives could also be considered to be medication as well. If a person tried to go through their lives without medication, then I think that their lifetime would be a very short life.

i hate to take medicine prescribed by a doctor or not.i don't know why as when i fell sick i like to let my body to cure it in natural way.it takes time longer than you go see the doctor and have the medicine. but honestly, even i hate it a lot i still need medicines to cure my illness.so i would say we can't survive without taking ANY medicines at all.

I am sure you can, I mean, before modern times people did not take medicines like we do today, and they were fine. These days we live longer because we do have more medicines though, so it all depends on how you look at it...

I think we can live a lifetime without the support of chemical medicines. Come to think of our fore-fathers - no medicine, no doctors, no hospital, and yet they lived long and strong enough for their age. When they got ill, they just gather herbs in their farms or in the woods and cure their illnesses on their own. If we can only change our lifestyle like our ancestors . . .

hi invisiblelady yes I do agree as I remember various times when I had the flu I had to see the doctor as I have a habit of flu going into bacterial bronchitis and getting very ill from it.so as I am a diabetic they always shoot me full of antibiotics so I will not go into bronchitis at all. Even in my childhood there were times when I need antibiotics for some infection or something else. So even very healthy people at times must take some medication. I am not much in to holistic medicine as I come from a family of medical people.

I don't think so. We all need an antibiotic at least once in our lives. I am sure there are some people who hardly ever get sick. Or that never take medicine. But most of us at least once get an ear infection or other common infection that needs antibiotics.

Yes. Some form of medicine is indispensable for any human being. I think, even the so called infinitesimal percentage of healthy people not having used any medicine, must be using some kind of extracts having medicinal values.

It's hard for anyone in this modern days to survive his/her lifetime without taking any medicines. The hazardous smokes from open burning, and also as secondary smokers contribute to some medical condition which requires medicines when long enough exposed. Also, polluted content of waters which fill with chemicals (the chemicals for water treatments and polluted content from dumps) also produce some medical complications for us. Well, without taking any medicines at all in a lifetime, it's impossible.