The medications that change who we are

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40. I only take the paracetamol in the combination pill, Tandrilax

I don't recall taking it in any other form. About 6 or 7 years ago, I was in London having terrible back pain. I had been seeing a chiroprcator for the first time in my life, and even that wasn't really helping. A Brazilian friend was in London at the same time, and saw I was in pain, and asked what my problem was. When I said "back pain," he reacted like I had said "I'm thirsty," and said, oh, well, just take one of these before going to bed. It was a big pink pill, and I had no idea what it was, but I was ready to try anything.

I took the pill before going to bed, and woke up the next morning, prepared to move VERY carefully, so as not to aggravate my back pain. To my astonishment, not only was it gone COMPLETELY, but it didn't come back. This was a Thursday night. I had an appointment with the chiropractor the next Monday, which I decided to keep, though I was fine. When he asked how I was doing, I said, great, I'm cured. He laughed and said, "right, sure you are." But then he laid me down and started feeling around, and noticed all tension gone, and asked in amazement, "how did you do THAT?" I said I took a pill. He said "ONE pill?" Yep, one pill. WHAT pill? I sent him a scan of the package with the ingredients. It was in Portuguese, of course, and he was expecting to see it laced with all sorts of exotic or forbidden substances, but there were none. He noted the name "Tandrilax," and also noted it was only available in Brazil. Anyone getting a license to import it into the USA or Europe will be a billionaire within a year. None of my doctors in Germany or the USA had ever heard of it before I told them about it. I keep a box around the house (30 pills, costing about $1 per pill), but we usually give them to friends having back pain, because we use them so infrequently.

As for my book, THANKS for that!! It still seems to inspire smiles in those who bother to read it (even Thom Hartmann said so on his show after he read it!!), which is obviously very encouraging to me.