“If medicine worked, you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription”

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Entry from December 22, 2022

“If medicine worked, you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription”

“If medicine worked, you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription” is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want cures, but wants to keep people taking its medicines.

“If medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription #foodforthought” was posted on Twitter by 🐜Ant Havenots🐜 on October 16, 2016. “IF MEDICINE WORKED YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO REFILL YOUR PRESCRIPTION” (shown on an image) was posted on Facebook by Ferguson Life Chiropractic Centers on October 19, 2016. Authorship is unknown.

Twitter
🐜Ant Havenots🐜
@AntHavenots
If medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription #foodforthought
5:17 PM · Oct 16, 2016

Facebook
Ferguson Life Chiropractic Centers
October 19, 2016 at 7:08 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
IF MEDICINE WORKED
YOU WOULDN’T NEED TO
REFILL YOUR PRESCRIPTION

Twitter
AL’R
@iAmberLashae
If medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription #ijs
6:12 PM · Oct 24, 2016

Twitter
MineralDoc
@MineralDoc
If medicine worked, you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription month after month. I wish doctors would focus on #nutrition first. #FPSBS
7:17 AM · Mar 26, 2017

Twitter
MineralDoc
@MineralDoc
#BizHour If medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription month after month. I wish doctors would focus on #nutrition first.
9:37 AM · Mar 27, 2017

Twitter
MisterHappi.com
@BeatzandStringz
“If medicine worked, you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription”
#herbsforlife
#naturallyhealthy
1:56 PM · Aug 7, 2017

Twitter
Tina M
@MucciTina
If medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription.
11:05 PM · Sep 21, 2018

Twitter
Tina M
@MucciTina
If medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription.
1:54 PM · Jan 16, 2019

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lex
@xelessence
“ if medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription “
3:39 PM · Aug 3, 2020

Twitter
NewsOnChain
@NewsOnChain
If medicine worked you wouldn’t need to refill your prescription 💔💉🤡
(The saying is also shown on an image.—ed.)
1:33 AM · Dec 10, 2022

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Thursday, December 22, 2022 • Permalink

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