Ten drugs to avoid whenever possible!
“It just keeps getting better and better for the medical Mafia. Continue pumping us with more toxins and just deal with symptoms. Thus- creating a whole horde of future customers (patients) – Gee I wonder why they are so set against safe nutritional alternatives??? What a bonanza!”
-Chris Gupta- www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris
1. Prozac – The wonder drug whose side effects are now being uncovered. Aside from all the known side effects, including insomnia, anxiety, anorexia and weight loss, Prozac has been known to affect nearly every system of the body. Most recently, it’s been linked with sexual dysfunction and also long-term dependence.
2. Piroxicam (Feldene) – Numerous deaths have been linked to this nonsteroidal antiinflamm-atory drug, which causes some 110 known side effects, including stomach and intestinal bleeding or perforation, depression and hair loss.
3. Predisolone – Routine use of steroids- Inhaled or rub-on steroids cause side effects associated with their oral cousins: thin skinning, growth retardation, osteoporosis, buffalo hump, dementia.
4. Dex fenfluramine. This dieting magic bullet makes you 9 times more likely to develop pulm-onary hypertension- also causes depression, insomnia, nervousness. Lab tests- it caused brain damage.
5. Nifedipine and other calcium-channel blockers. New revelations about this class of drug show they increase the risk of cancer, heart attacks, stomach bleeding and suicide.
6. Larium. At least 300 Britons are claiming severe, long-term effects from this supposed ‘malaria preventative’, including hallucinations, anxiety attacks, seizures and mood swings.
7. Septrin. This hybrid antibacterial drug, used to treat everything from diarrhea to HIV infection, is extremely toxic. American regulatory agencies warn the drug can cause the potentially fatal skin disease Steven-Johnson syndrome, which also causes death of liver tissue and lowering of blood cell count. The drug, given for HIV positive AIDS, causes symptoms uncannily like those supposedly associated with advanced AIDS.
8. Sodium valproate. Also known as valproic acid, this anti-epilepsy drug has a host of side- effects, including the capacity to cause potentially fatal liver failure in some patients.
9. Ritalin. This drug of choice for children diagnosed with Attention Deficient Hyper-activity Syndrome (ADHS), can cause seizures in susceptible children, suppress height and weight, cause nervousness and insomnia, anorexia, nausea, heart palpitations and, involuntary movements. It also can lead to dependence.
10. Minocycline. This first-line treatment for severe acne has been linked with serious adverse reactions, including liver failure, tooth discoloration, autoimmune hepatitis and lupus.
(What Doctors Don’t Tell You – www.wddty.co.uk/index.asp)
From Chris Gupta- SHARE THE WEALTH (www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris)
“We are taking way too many drugs for dubious, exaggerated ailments.”
- Dr. Marcia Angell (former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine and author of The Truth About the Drug Companies)
“What the drug companies are doing now, is promoting drugs for long-term use to essentially healthy people. Why? Because it’s the biggest market.”
(Associated Press- USA Today, April 17, 2005- www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-04-17-medication)
