Joseph E. Mario
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 Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs SEE anti-inflammatory drugs.
IsoNicotinic Acid (IN A) An anti-tuberculosis drug interferes with Vitamin B6.
I .axatives Do not use over one week, can make the intestines dependant, and cause intestine and colon damage. Caused 2,176 cases to seek medical attention in 1990. One is better off eating a whole-foods diet with extra Fiber, drinking more water, and exercising well.
Mebrobamate/miItown Discovered in 1955; less addicting than barbiturates, for anxiety. Withdrawal symptoms of hyperexcitability, intense anxiety, and some convulsions. |
Bill Sardi
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 Researchers have shown that adding a dietary regimen of fish oil, to those taking COX-2 inhibitor anti-inflammatory drugs, synergistically reduces colon cancer in animals. [Cancer Research 65: 8022-27, 2005]
A patient is often prescribed an anti-inflammatory drug after having a non-cancerous polyp removed, meaning the drug will pose a greater threat to life than will the polyp.
Aspirin and colon cancer
Aspirin, like the COX-2 inhibitor drugs, is often recommended for prevention of recurring polyps. |
Andreas Moritz
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 They include overeating, consuming fried foods, excessive alcohol consumption, heavy cigarette smoking, drinking coffee every day, ingesting soda, eating large quantities of animal protein and animal fats, and subjecting oneself to x-ray radiation, cytotoxic drugs, aspirin, and other anti-inflammatory drugs. Food poisoning, highly spiced foods, iced beverages, dehydration, and emotional stress also cause gastric distress. All of these also cause gallstones in the liver and gallbladder, thereby starting off a vicious cycle and creating major disruptions throughout the GI tract. |
Carol Simontacchi
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 As of this writing, Bextra (valdecoxib) is on the ropes, too, and question marks hang over the entire class of COX-2 inhibitors, part of the family of NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). What are people in pain supposed to do?
A GROWING PROBLEM
The anti-inflammatory drugs were introduced into the marketplace for a good reason: increased inflammation. Arthritis—both rheumatoid and osteoarthritishas, of course, been around for a long time, as have the other disorders associated with chronic inflammation. (See the inset at right. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen sodium) sleeping pills steroids (cortisone, prednisone, anti-inflammatories)
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Don't panic. As I said at the end of the test you took in Chapter 1, don't begin to agonize if you currently use or have used one or more of these drugs on the list. My RENEW program will help you minimize your need for these drugs in your life—even if you must continue using a particular prescription drug and even if you choose to drink coffee and alcohol. |
Dan Buettner
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 It's also one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory drugs ever found. During my recent trip to Ogliastra, I spoke to a guy who told me that sheep do not eat this kind of plant, while goats do. Therefore one may ask whether goat's milk in this region is richer in arzanol, thus acquiring anti-inflammatory properties."
The region's unique geographic properties certainly provide a piece of the puzzle too. |
Hyla Cass
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 Like Boswellia, ginger acts as a natural NSAID, with a broader enzyme-blocking action than anti-inflammatory drugs. Ginger also contains many antioxidant compounds. "In vitro" (test-tube) research and "in vivo" studies (using animals and people) find that consuming ginger most often successfully reduces inflammation and pain.
Dose: Consume ginger as part of your diet and supplement with up to 4 grams per day of powdered ginger.
Turmeric/Cur cumin
Indian food is well seasoned with turmeric, a pungent yellow member of the ginger family that is an excellent natural anti-inflammatory. |
Ron Garner
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 The reason is because most of these contain acetylsalicylic acid or similar anti-inflammatory drugs. And while these drugs may give some temporary relief from pain or stuffiness, they also lower the body's fever below ioo°f (37.8°c), thereby allowing the virus to multiply unchallenged and spread throughout the body.4 A young or relatively healthy body may be able to handle this interference, but the elderly and those with weak immune systems may develop serious conditions such as encephalitis or pneumonia, which can lead to death.5
While body temperature is above ioo°f (37. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Like Boswellia, ginger acts as a natural NSAID, with a broader enzyme-blocking action than anti-inflammatory drugs. Ginger also contains many antioxidant compounds. "In vitro" (test-tube) research and "in vivo" studies (using animals and people) find that consuming ginger most often successfully reduces inflammation and pain.
Dose: Consume ginger as part of your diet and supplement with up to 4 grams per day of powdered ginger.
Turmeric/Cur cumin
Indian food is well seasoned with turmeric, a pungent yellow member of the ginger family that is an excellent natural anti-inflammatory. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 When you take NSAIDs [nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil], you're suppressing key parts of your body that could have helped you heal. With Wobenzym N you're getting at causes, not merely the suppression of the pain. The differences are dramatic."
Enzymes allow you to work with your body to suppress inflammation without allowing the damage and joint destruction to proceed. Drugs, on the other hand, frequently suppress the symptoms while allowing the joint to continue to deteriorate.
"Enzymes are truly the drug of the future," Gordon says. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 In an open, 3-week study of 1,528 patients with arthrosis (majority of patients) or rheumatoid arthritis, the use of Nettle leaf extract led to significant improvement of symptoms in patients on monotherapy as well as those on combination therapy with other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). Pain while resting, pain during movement, and movement limitations were parameters used to evaluate the efficacy of treatment. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in high doses reduce the development of polyps in the intestines by reducing inflammation.
Vitamin D plays an important role in regulating and defining your immune system's response to bacteria in the intestine. Your diet can either foster the growth of friendly bacteria or feed the proliferation of unfriendly bacteria that will lead to inflammation and perhaps produce cancer-causing substances. Diet seems to influence your risk of bowel cancer more than your risk of other cancers.
In 1980, Dr. |
Melody Petersen
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 The card included statistics that claimed a patient taking Vioxx was eight times less likely to die from a cardiovascular complication than patients taking standard anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen. The statistics provided in the card did not include the startling results from the VIGOR trial. Instead, the company had pooled together data from other studies it had performed, a mingling of numbers that the FDA had warned was not appropriate.
To prepare its salespeople for the increasing number of questions about the drug, Merck created a training exercise called Dodge Ball Vioxx. |
Andreas Moritz
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 They include antibiotics, anti-depressants, anti-inflammatory drugs, blood pressure medications, cholesterol-lowering drugs, estrogen, and tranquilizers. Any of these drugs can strip valuable vitamins and minerals from the body. When two or more of these drugs are combined— especially in an older patient—the risk of developing anemia rises almost exponentially. Anemia is a serious condition that can dramatically increase mortality risk for patients with chronic health problems, such as heart disease and cancer.
Many doctors and patients underestimate the risks associated with anemia. |
| This example shows once again that taking anti-inflammatory drugs versus dealing with the causes of the health condition, is not a solution at all, but leads instead to even bigger problems than those that existed before.
Consider the anti-cancer drugs that cause cancer. Tamoxifen, for example, is a common drug prescribed to high-risk women to prevent breast cancer, and it is usually taken for five years. However, research conducted in Israel found that Tamoxifen can cause cancer instead. |
John A. McDougall
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 Current focus is on three areas: acid production, medications (NSAIDs—nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), and bacteria (H. pylori). From Louise's history, I knew these were indeed the three primary factors contributing to the development of her stomach ulcer—acid production from the foods she ate, long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritis pain, and bacterial activity that thrives in the presence of NSAIDs.
High Animal Protein Means High Acid
The primary job of stomach acid is to digest protein from your meals. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You have to wonder about the over-hyping and exaggerated health claims of drugs like Vioxx, which were marketed as extremely safe anti-inflammatory drugs. We now know those drugs are even more dangerous than the drugs they were designed to replace: the over-the-counter, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. You have to wonder how a drug like PYY Nasal Spray is going to be positioned and marketed by a company like Merck. That's a legitimate question.
So this Nastech PYY Nasal Spray is something I'll be watching very carefully in the months ahead. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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| I would routinely dispense a diagnosis and then send patients down the symptom-curbing path of anti-inflammatory drugs, pain medications, antidepressants, and sleep aids. Unfortunately, I saw that my own interventions often did little to stabilize or alleviate my patients' problems, so I searched for clues that would help me better understand this symptom/disease bundle.
That was when serendipity brought me into the loop: I began to experience some of the very same symptoms that plagued my patients. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 He found that the patients' joint pain and inflammation problems actually became worse once they got on these anti-inflammatory drugs. He described the situation in his own words, stating that these anti-inflammatory drugs cause the very same symptoms they were marketed to prevent.
Prescription drugs often actually cause the very same problems they are designed to suppress or eliminate, and when they're not causing the same problems, they are causing other problems that need other prescription drugs. |
Joseph E. Mario
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| Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs SEE anti-inflammatory drugs.
IsoNicotinic Acid (IN A) An anti-tuberculosis drug interferes with Vitamin B6.
I .axatives Do not use over one week, can make the intestines dependant, and cause intestine and colon damage. Caused 2,176 cases to seek medical attention in 1990. One is better off eating a whole-foods diet with extra Fiber, drinking more water, and exercising well.
Mebrobamate/miItown Discovered in 1955; less addicting than barbiturates, for anxiety. Withdrawal symptoms of hyperexcitability, intense anxiety, and some convulsions. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
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 Our bodies are therefore failing to get even the
Chemicals Linked to Asthma
Air pollutants (nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and sulphur dioxide) Chlorine and fluoride
Drugs (aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) Food additives (tartrazine, or yellow dye) Pesticides (organophosphates and carbamates) Plastics
Solvents (diesel)
Toxic metals (mercury, lead, platinum salts, nickel, chromium, and cobalt) basic levels of nutrients they need to work properly. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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 In many cases, relief of pain and inflammation is rapid, and anti-inflammatory drugs are unnecessary. However, some patients do not improve significantly unless they drink a full quart of cherry juice daily. We do not know how cherry juice works or what is the active ingredient.
Nutritional Supplements
Folic Acid
Dr. Kurt Oster, a cardiologist who routinely prescribed up to 80 mg of folic acid per day for heart patients, found that this vitamin reduced serum uric-acid levels in most patients. |
| Conventional treatment of acute gouty attacks consists mainly of anti-inflammatory drugs. Preventive treatment is aimed at lowering uric-acid levels in the body, thereby reducing the tendency of this compound to crystallize in the joints or kidneys. In many cases, dietary changes can decrease uric-acid levels significantly. When diet alone does not sufficiently reduce blood levels of uric acid, doctors may prescribe drugs that either inhibit the production of uric acid or increase its excretion in the urine. Although these drugs are effective, they can sometimes cause severe side effects.
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| In fact, there is evidence that taking these drugs may even cause the joints to deteriorate faster} Furthermore, anti-inflammatory drugs can cause bleeding peptic ulcers, and they may occasionally damage the liver or kidneys. Analgesic drugs such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) may relieve pain without risking further damage to the joints. However, repeated use of acetaminophen can also harm the liver.
DR. WRIGHT'S CASE STUDY
H any Gustafson got up slowly from his waiting-room chair. Leaning on his cane, he walked slowly toward my office. |
| Conventional treatment for bursitis includes rest, physical therapy, anti-inflammatory drugs, and in some cases injection of cortisonelike drugs into the bursa.
DR. WRIGHT'S CASE STUDY
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Its my shoulder, George Orloff said. "It's hurting pretty bad again, especially if I try to move it. I've been getting bursitis on and off for years, and I'm getting very tired of it. I thought I'd give this natural-medicine thing a try."
"How long have you had bursitis?"
"Nearly 10 years. First time, I was 63. Doctor gave me a cortisone shot, it went away, but came back again in a couple of months. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
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| Glutathione also helps to prevent aging, AIDS, cancer, cataracts, infertility, Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, schizophrenia, and heavy-metal poisoning (arsenic, lead, mercury), and helps prevent ulcers caused by medications such as NSAIDS (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). Food sources include fresh fruits and vegetables, especially asparagus and avocados, and fresh meats. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are the most widely used drugs in the United States. They are used to treat pain, fever, and inflammation that occur as a result of acute injuries, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis. They are not curative, but do help to lessen pain and inflammation.
Unfortunately, NSAIDs are not without side effects, and some of these can be life threatening. For example, gastrointestinal bleeding due to use of NSAIDs kills almost 9,000 Americans each year. |
Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D.
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 This effect is extremely interesting, especially in light of the latest results showing that synthetic anti-inflammatory drugs have potentially harmful side effects that may limit their future use in colon cancer prevention. Curcumin, however, has at least one drawback: its low bioavailability (the extent to which it can be absorbed into the bloodstream). |
Jacky Law
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 At the time the Cox-2s were being developed it was known that painkillers like aspirin and ibubrofen (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs) reduce inflammation and pain around arthritic joints by blocking the action of an enzyme that is abbreviated to 'Cox'. But because NSAIDs can also cause bleeding of the stomach lining, researchers reasoned that maybe by blocking the Cox enzyme, some other function to protect the stomach from excess acid was also being blocked. Maybe there were two versions of Cox. And they were right. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) kill more than 16,500 people a year by gastrointestinal bleeding. Then the COX-2 inhibitors, which were supposed to be safer than the NSAIDs, came along, and according to studies by chief drug researcher Dr. David Graham at the FDA, they've caused more than 144,000 heart attacks, more than 40 percent of which have been fatal.
So what are we talking about here? We're talking about drugs killing more Americans than the entire Vietnam War. We're talking about it happening every year -- twice a year, in fact. |
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