The Lorax movie in a minute Twelve-year old Ted wants to impress his dream girl, Audrey. To do so, he must find a living tree. It is not as easy as you might think because they live in Thneedville, a walled town where everything is artificial and even the air is sold in plastic bottles. To find a real tree, Ted has to escape outside the city walls to speak with 'the Once-ler', the responsible of destroying all the trees many years ago, and the only one who has the last seed to plant a tree. Mr. O'hare, the mayor of the city and the proprietor of O'hare Air Company, will do the impossible to stop Ted actions because planting trees will mean free air and a threat to his empire.
The analogy O'hare Company sells fresh air. To increase sales, they plan to open new factories to manufacture bottles - which over time will make smog pollution worse - . "The more smog in the air, the more people will buy" is the main principle behind the company's strategy. The same vicious cycle occurs with the steroid addiction for controlling eczema. In this scenario, the steroid cream would be the bottled air and pharmaceutical companies would represent the powerful O'hare Company. In this scenario, the prolonged use of steroid creams will exacerbate eczema's symptoms and patients progressively will use and buy more potent steroid creams over and over again.
The solution To break these vicious cycles it is important to examine which link of the chain could be removed to be replaced for a better alternative. In the movie, by stopping the production of bottles, the air quality problem would be improved and planting real trees was the best alternative. Going back to our analogy, in the steroid addiction cycle, the problem can be fixed by stopping the use of steroid creams. In both cases, the solutions sound easy, but in reality they are very difficult to implement.
Stopping the Topical Steroid Addiction When people stop using steroid creams, they begin the process of Topical Steroid Withdrawal. This process can last from several months to several years. As soon as the steroid leaves the system, the body begins to cry out for the drug causing the skin to become severely red and intensively itchy. Many experience burning, oozing, swelling and other symptoms. In summary, it is a nightmare experience for the sufferer and the caretaker, but all this painful process worth it, because according to the International Topical Steroid Awareness Network, ITSAN, the person can be completely healed.
Conclusion It is very difficult to stop a vicious cycle like the steroid addiction when pharmaceutical companies and doctors will do whatever it takes to convince you that cortisone is the best alternative to treat eczema. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against steroids. I'm against the way the medical community prescribes steroid creams on babies and also, I'm against the way pharmaceuticals sell their products without warning labels explaining the potential of addiction. Therefore, if you are going through this process or simply believe children with eczema should be treated with safer non-addictive alternatives, please SIGN THIS PETITION.
The analogy O'hare Company sells fresh air. To increase sales, they plan to open new factories to manufacture bottles - which over time will make smog pollution worse - . "The more smog in the air, the more people will buy" is the main principle behind the company's strategy. The same vicious cycle occurs with the steroid addiction for controlling eczema. In this scenario, the steroid cream would be the bottled air and pharmaceutical companies would represent the powerful O'hare Company. In this scenario, the prolonged use of steroid creams will exacerbate eczema's symptoms and patients progressively will use and buy more potent steroid creams over and over again.
The solution To break these vicious cycles it is important to examine which link of the chain could be removed to be replaced for a better alternative. In the movie, by stopping the production of bottles, the air quality problem would be improved and planting real trees was the best alternative. Going back to our analogy, in the steroid addiction cycle, the problem can be fixed by stopping the use of steroid creams. In both cases, the solutions sound easy, but in reality they are very difficult to implement.
Stopping the Topical Steroid Addiction When people stop using steroid creams, they begin the process of Topical Steroid Withdrawal. This process can last from several months to several years. As soon as the steroid leaves the system, the body begins to cry out for the drug causing the skin to become severely red and intensively itchy. Many experience burning, oozing, swelling and other symptoms. In summary, it is a nightmare experience for the sufferer and the caretaker, but all this painful process worth it, because according to the International Topical Steroid Awareness Network, ITSAN, the person can be completely healed.
Conclusion It is very difficult to stop a vicious cycle like the steroid addiction when pharmaceutical companies and doctors will do whatever it takes to convince you that cortisone is the best alternative to treat eczema. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against steroids. I'm against the way the medical community prescribes steroid creams on babies and also, I'm against the way pharmaceuticals sell their products without warning labels explaining the potential of addiction. Therefore, if you are going through this process or simply believe children with eczema should be treated with safer non-addictive alternatives, please SIGN THIS PETITION.
