(NaturalNews) Toxicology tests have now confirmed the cause of Heath Ledger's death. He was killed by a deadly combination of FDA-approved medications prescribed to him by his doctors. The drugs found in Ledger's system were OxyContin (a painkiller), Valium, Xanax (an antidepressant), Restoril, Unisom and Vicodin. This toxicology report ends any speculation that Ledger might have been killed by taking recreational drugs. The cause of death is now clearly FDA-approved pharmaceuticals.
As NaturalNews previously reported, FDA-approved
pharmaceuticals kill at least 100,000 Americans each year. While Heath Ledger's
death is certainly no isolated event, it does shed light on the seriousness of the problem. What problem? That
doctors so casually prescribe such toxic chemicals to
patients. Thanks to FDA backing and non-stop direct-to-consumer drug advertising on
television, most patients believe FDA-approved
drugs are harmless. So they take them in large quantities as if they were food supplement of some kind, much like Ledger probably did.
This casual attitude towards the safety of
prescription drugs is the direct result of the pharmaceutical industry's attempts to position its drugs as "happy pills" or health-enhancing supplements. Television ads feature healthy, natural-looking people in nature, performing Qi-Gong while pushing their drugs. Even the names of the drugs are misleading: "Restoril" implies a "Restorative" function, for example.
In reality,
most prescription drugs cause severe liver toxicity. And when used in combination, this toxicity can be multiplied by thousands of times, creating a chemical cocktail of deadly
medicine. This is apparently what killed
Heath Ledger.
While many might blame Ledger for taking too many of these pills, it is precisely the "safe" and "
natural" positioning of these drugs by the
drug companies and the
FDA that causes people to maintain a distorted perception of the
safety of those drugs. Would Ledger have taken so many pills if he really knew the dangers? Of course not. Ledger had no death wish. He simply sought medical care, and sadly, he put his trust in a deceptive system of medicine that ultimately killed him (and kills countless others each year around the world).
Don't follow Heath Ledger into an early grave. Avoid prescription drugs and seek out natural medicines. They work
better than pharmaceuticals, they're cheaper than pharmaceuticals, and they won't kill you.
About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health researcher, author and award-winning journalist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In mid 2010, Adams produced NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing website offering user-generated videos on nutrition, green living, fitness and more. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also a noted technology pioneer and founded a software company in 1993 that developed the HTML email newsletter software currently powering the NaturalNews subscriptions. Adams also serves as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a non-profit consumer protection group, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, martial arts and organic gardening.
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