| Ilena Rose 2005-01-01, 7:08 pm |
| >This subject is not properly investigated and doctors cover up for each other
>when death occurs due to errors in prescribing medications.
>
It has been virtually impossible for women in my support group to find
any Plastic Surgeon's who would testify against another ...
On 01 Jan 2005 19:36:55 GMT, bluerhymer@aol.com (BLUERHYMER) wrote:
>
>This subject is not properly investigated and doctors cover up for each other
>when death occurs due to errors in prescribing medications.
>
>"Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for
>medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine
>for magic."
> --Thomas Szasz, M.D.
>
>Women at Greater Risk of Drug Reactions
>Taking more than one medication at a time is always a risky business, since it
>increases the likelihood of an adverse drug reaction (ADR) - a harmful,
>unintended, or unwanted effect of a medication. In the United States, ADRs are
>a leading cause of illness and account for as many as 106,000 deaths annually
>
>Prescription Drugs Anyone?
>by
>Raymond Francis
>
>Prescription drugs are one of America’s leading causes of disease and death.
>The problem with prescription drugs is very simple…they do nothing to cure
>disease. All they do is suppress the symptoms of disease by disrupting normal
>cellular functions. Abnormal cell function is the very definition of disease,
>and since prescription drugs cause our cells to malfunction, then…
>
>Yes, drugs cause disease, but we obscure this fact by calling these diseases
>"side effects." Ironically, the "side effects" are often more dangerous than
>the disease being treated in the first place. A recent study in the Journal of
>the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that in one year over two million
>hospitalized patients suffered serious drug reactions, resulting in 106,000
>deaths. Some side effects! But this is only the tip of the iceberg. Too many
>adverse reactions cause public concern and scrutiny, so just imagine a
>hospital’s incentive to understate them. Another article in JAMA estimated
>that only 1 in 20 reactions are reported. In truth, tens of millions are
>injured and an estimated 400,000 are killed every year by these dangerous
>poisons. Anyone taking a prescription drug will be harmed to some degree by
>these drug-caused diseases.
>
>Consider that disrupting even one cell function will ultimately have a negative
>effect on the entire body. A single prescription drug can disrupt multiple cell
>functions causing thousands of biochemical changes. Introducing a second drug
>can cause tens of thousands of changes, and a third can produce hundreds of
>thousands. Since the average patient over 60 is on four drugs, you can begin to
>comprehend the extent of the biochemical chaos being created. This is not
>healthy! Very often a second drug is prescribed to suppress the problems caused
>by the first, and then a third drug to suppress the symptoms caused by the
>first two, and so on.
>
>Statistics show that prescriptions for antibiotics are still on the rise,
>despite medical journals warning doctors to cut down on them. Excessive
>antibiotic use has bred "superbugs" that the strongest antibiotics cannot kill.
>Right now, there are people sick with infections that are immune to all known
>antibiotics. Another commonly ignored "side effect" of antibiotics is that they
>also destroy normal gut flora, leading to maldigestion, malnutrition, and
>cellular toxicity. The damage antibiotics can do is scary, often permanent, and
>getting worse as doctors continue to overprescribe them.
>
>Nobel Prize winning chemist Linus Pauling predicted that the use of toxic
>chemicals to suppress disease symptoms, which he called a toximolecular
>approach, was a blind alley that would lead nowhere. Where it has lead is to a
>catastrophically expensive and ineffective disease-care system, where people
>are killed and injured daily, where they remain chronically ill, and where the
>costs are projected to double in the next ten years. When someone is sick, they
>are already in toxic overload. Why compound their problems by giving them more
>toxins? Pauling proposed an orthomolecular approach where one provides
>molecules that are natural and helpful in supporting and restoring normal cell
>functions, allowing the body to heal and restore itself to health.
>
>If you are now on prescription drugs, recognize that you are choosing to take
>them, and that there are safer, more natural, and more effective alternatives.
>You may want to find yourself another doctor, one practicing orthomolecular
>medicine, who will address the causes of your problem and help you get well,
>rather than prescribing poison to suppress your symptoms. To make a sick person
>well, you have give their cells all the things they need to function normally,
>and keep them away from the things that disrupt normal function. Prescription
>drugs disrupt normal cell function. When cell function is normalized, you
>cannot be sick. This is what the orthomolecular approach is all about. It's
>using vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and natural remedies to rebalance the
>body and make it well again. The obsolete approach of using toxic prescription
>drugs to suppress symptoms is guaranteed to make and keep people sick—yet
>pharmaceutical companies grow as sales go up every year. Go figure!
>
>Raymond Francis is an M.I.T.-trained scientist and an internationally
>recognized leader in the emerging field of optimal health maintenance.
>Copyright 1999, Raymond Francis
>
>Prescription Drugs.
>
>Though some drugs save lives, unfortunately, many to most drugs create unwanted
>side-effects, toxicity and death.
>
>Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure
>diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.
>--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]
>
>Over 200,000 people a year die from "adverse reactions" from drugs, and
>another 80,000 die from medical malpractice, whereas 41,000 die in auto
>accidents, according to the pharmacy industry magazine, Drug Topics, October
>23, 1995, pg. 14-16! That's one death every two minutes!
>
>"Millions of Americans swallow pills that are supposed to make them feel better
>— physically or mentally — but covertly wreak havoc with their body and
>brain. Many older folks are dismissed as senile, when in fact their drugs are
>causing their memory lapses and confusion." Dr. Julian Whitacker, MD
>
>The number of drug company lobbyists increased from 2001 to 2002, along with
>the amount spent on lobbying activities. In all, the drug industry spent close
>to $100 million--a record amount.
>
>Drug companies are most interested in influencing issues related to
>prescription-drug benefits for Medicare recipients, generic drugs, and imported
>prescription drugs from Canada.
>
>I hear that prescription Drug coverage is being dropped from many corporate
>health plans. Partly due to expense and partly due to drug side effects.
>
>Bernie Sanders, Vermont's Independent Representative June 24, 2003
>
>SEE ALSO:
>
>Gangsters In Medicine - Rense.com Gangsters In Medicine By Thomas Smith
>Valley@healingmatters.com. c. 2002-3 By Thomas Smith All rights reserved
>12-23-2 ...
>http://www.rense.com/general33/gang.htm
>
>The Journal of the American Medical Association recently reported that as many
>as 106,000 deaths occur annually in US hospitals due to adverse reactions to
>prescription drugs that are properly prescribed by physicians that use them as
>directed by the drug companies.
>
>Even worse, the National Council for Patient Information and education reported
>that an additional 125,000 deaths occur annually due to adverse reactions to
>drugs that the physician never should have prescribed. In these deaths the
>doctor did not follow the instructions on proper administration of the drugs.
>For example, Glucophage, a diabetic oral hypoglycemic, should never be
>prescribed for patients with Kidney disease or Congestive Heart Failure because
>it can cause fatal Lactic Acidosis in these patients. A warning label is
>prominently placed on the medication container to warn of this potential misuse
>.
>
>"I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the
>profession [of medicine] and that it is injurious to mankind."
> --Mahatma Gandhi
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