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See book keywords and concepts | | According to a study, people who use tanning beds frequently experience effects similar to those of some addictive drugs.
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center say that the ultraviolet (UV) light in tanning beds appears to trigger the production of endorphins, brain chemicals that are linked to pain relief and euphoric feelings.
THE STUDY
The study compared eight people who used tanning beds often (eight to 15 times per month) with eight people who used them infrequently (no more than 12 times per year). |
Melody Petersen
See book keywords and concepts |  Drugs on Schedule II are the nation's most addictive drugs that also have a medical purpose. Only Schedule I drugs, which include cocaine, heroin, and other drugs with no legal purpose, are more tightly controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
With children getting ready to return to school in August 2001, Celltech ran ads for Metadate CD, a pill made with methylphenidate, which is also the active ingredient in Ritalin. It can swiftly become a habit if it is misused. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Those who have long histories of various opportunistic infections or used "poppers" regularly in the past, or had anal sex, received blood transfusions and took poisonous addictive drugs, belong to the risk group for AIDS, with or without HIV. Because all these factors severely damage the immune system, the individuals being in this risk group are the most likely candidates to "acquire" the Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The health risks specific for each group are responsible for the particular types of diseases. | | To become truly rehabilitated, though, they will need to deal with the underlying causes of the pain that originally led them to take addictive drugs. The bottom line is this: The body's natural pain signal is a perfectly normal response to an abnormal situation—simple dehydration. In many cases, the body's blood vessel walls, liver bile ducts, lymphatic ducts, kidneys, intestinal tract, and other organs of elimination are so congested that chronic dehydration becomes inevitable. To restore health, the body needs to be cleansed and nourished properly, which is the main theme of this book. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  In terms of neurochemistry, addictive behaviors are similar to addictive drugs. For example, cocaine works in large part by boosting dopamine levels in the brain. The drug blocks the normal breakdown of dopamine, thereby maintaining higher levels of the neurotransmitter. The sense of euphoria induced by these drugs is actually related to high dopamine levels, but it's the cocaine that artificially creates those high levels. Underlying the addiction to cocaine is an addiction to dopamine.
Sometimes L-dopa, a dopamine-boosting drug used to treat Parkinson's disease, can lead to bizarre behavior. |
Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey
See book keywords and concepts |  No wonder the DEA classifies it as a Schedule II drug, along with morphine, opium, and cocaine, the most dangerous and addictive drugs that can be legally prescribed [5] [6]. Is there any doubt that few, if any parents, told of these dangers of Ritalin and the amphetamines and told that ADHD has never been proved to be a disease—that their child is normal—would give "informed consent" to treat.
Taken alone these are shocking statistics. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  The most addictive drugs are alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine. Out of 198 drugs approved for public use by the F.D.A. between 1976-1985, 102 were later found to cause serious side effects warranting withdrawal from the market or better label warnings (Dr. Julian Whitaker). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  It's a brilliant system for manufacturing, promoting, delivering and selling deadly, addictive drugs to children, adults and seniors while generating corporate profits and tax revenues for cities, states and nations.
And that's the raw truth about the War on Drugs. You may not like it, but now, at least, you know why it exists.
So I have a common sense question for all the people in this country. If you support the War on Drugs, then why are you taking so many drugs yourself? And why are you allowing your children to be drugged? |
Mike Adams
See book keywords and concepts |  The amount needed to produce the wake-up and stimulation effect increases with regular use, as is typical of addictive drugs. Larger and more frequent doses are needed for the same effect, and symptoms can develop if we do not get our "fix." Eventually, we need the drug to function; without it, fatigue and drowsiness occur. So caffeine is a natural stimulant with both physical and psychological addiction potential and withdrawal symptoms similar to the symptoms of its abuse.
- Elson Haas M.D. |
Henry Hobhouse
See book keywords and concepts |  Unfortunately, addicts would also drive cars, operate machinery, beat up both enemies and loved ones, perpetrate murder and suicide and so forth. So addictive drugs are "controlled," but only during this century and the control has never been universally successful.
The economic interests of any illegal drug industry may have been more powerful than those of the law-enforcement agencies in many countries; some establishments have been heavily bribed by drug dealers; in others, there has been peaceful co-existence or intermittent warfare. |
Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey
See book keywords and concepts | | The second pushes these addictive drugs on a population of children free of any demonstrable physical abnormality.
Another abusive ploy that comes from the schools and is often accompanied by the participation of physicians who should know better is to suggest a drug trail when parents resist the DSM criteria educators have identified in their children. In another example of practicing medicine without a license, parents are urged to try out some ADHD medication. If it works, then the kid had ADHD all along and it has now been confirmed. If not, well, at least now we know for sure. | | Much improved meaning, as it does today, that their behavior became more appealing according to adult standards while under the influence of addictive drugs.
A DRUG IN SEARCH OF A DISEASE
The best known of the stimulants given to children, methyl-phenidate (Ritalin), was synthesized by Ciba (a pharmaceutical company that later morphed into Novartis) in 1944, with its pharmacology described in 1954. In his excellent book, The Creation of Psychopharmacology, David Healy, M.D. | | They have been told that any conflicts they have with adult authorities are evidence of misfiring brains, just as any scratch or gouge could be used to prove there was a Monkey Man afoot, and then forced to take powerful, addictive drugs that can permanently damage them. Worse yet, these children are taught to continue inflicting harm on themselves by being convinced they have a lifetime handicapping condition and may never be "right." Not only have they been identified as monkeys by adults, they are now taught to identify themselves as such. | | A Schedule II drug is a classification the DEA reserves for the most dangerous and addictive drugs that can be prescribed legally. To educators at Matthew's school, however, Ritalin was simply a magic pill that made troublesome students easier to manage.
What of Matthew's ADHD diagnosis? Is it a disease? Was he a child in dire need of medication, somebody for whom the risks of side effects or even death were outweighed by the benefits of his prescribed drug? His parents, Larry and Kelly, do not think so. |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
See book keywords and concepts |  Four types of foods trigger biochemical effects not unlike those of addictive drugs. They are not as strong or as dangerous as drugs, but the chemistry of addiction does seem to be at work with these foods. I have described these effects in detail in a book called Breaking the Food Seduction. Here, I will summarize the main points you need to know. The four categories of addictive food are sugar, chocolate, cheese, and meat.
Sugar. Sugar is not simply sweet. In addition to its taste, it also has a mild druglike effect. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
See book keywords and concepts |  Stopping addictive drugs produces characteristic effects on both the behavior and brain chemistry of animals. The researchers found just these signs in the animals that consumed sugar and stopped. The changes in the behavior and brains of these animals were like those seen with highly addictive drugs, such as morphine, leading the scientists to suggest that the rats had become sugar-dependent.
"Laboratory rats given a high-sugar diet and then withdrawn from sugar experience changes in both behavior and brain chemistry similar to those seen during withdrawal from morphine or nicotine. |
Fred A. Baughman, Jr., M.D. and Craig Hovey
See book keywords and concepts | | In some classrooms 50% of the children are taking addictive drugs for ADHD, a diagnosis that did not even exist before 1980. This is the biggest health care fraud of all time, and it is being exported by US psychiatry and Big Pharma to all the rest of the world. Both the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Food and Drug Administration have acknowledged to us in writing that there is "...no proof that ADHD is a disease, a medical syndrome or anything biologic or organic. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The amount of caffeine needed to produce stimulation increases with regular use, as is typical of all addictive drugs. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
See book keywords and concepts | | Opioids are chemicals related to pleasure that can be activated by addictive drugs. Blocking opioid action with naloxone reduces cravings in drug addicts. In Drewnowski's work, naloxone reduced the pleasure people reported from snack foods and suppressed consumption of high-sugar and high-fat foods. Drewnowski points out that most foods people crave contain both fat and sugar (such as chocolate, ice cream, and cake) so if addiction is occurring, either or both could be implicated. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
See book keywords and concepts | | Beware of physicians who insist that addictive drugs won't hurt you; that's their own form of denial and it's no help to you.
Keep in mind that two of the primary symptoms of addiction versus a purely physical dependence are denial that there is a problem and repeated attempts to stop taking the drug, followed by a relapse. One of the requirements for getting unhooked from a drug is having the personal honesty to admit there's a problem and the courage to follow through and take action. | | Please read the chapter on addictive drugs (Chapter Two) if you are dealing with severe pain or think you may be hooked on painkilling drugs.
OVER-THE-COUNTER PAINKILLERS
Because the over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen are so common and we can buy them without a prescription, we tend to think they're harmless and that we can take them every day, but they actually have side effects that can range from uncomfortable to deadly. |
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
See book keywords and concepts |  Using information gleaned from multiple databases, including autopsy data and Medicaid physician billings, reporter Fred Schulte documented how a "small group of doctors have prescribed huge quantities of narcotic painkillers and other addictive drugs to low-income people on Medicaid, costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and adding a torrent of overdose deaths in the state." The series, "Drugging the Poor," was published November 30-December 3, 2003. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
See book keywords and concepts | | The changes in the behavior and brains of these animals were like those seen with highly addictive drugs, such as morphine, leading the scientists to suggest that the rats had become sugar-dependent.
"Laboratory rats given a high-sugar diet and then withdrawn from sugar experience changes in both behavior and brain chemistry similar to those seen during withdrawal from morphine or nicotine."43
—Princeton University scientists
These are startling findings but coincide with what little is known from work with humans. |
Sydney Walker III, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Furthermore, in cases where a good differential diagnosis reveals a disorder that traditional medicine can't yet treat effectively, I'd rather see patients turn to exercise, sensible eating, biofeedback, and other alternative techniques, than to harmful and potentially addictive drugs. Some alternative approaches are helpful and well-grounded scientifically, others are just plain silly, and a few are outright dangerous, but very few have as much potential for harm as psychotropic drugs do. |
American Medical Publishing
See book keywords and concepts | | Potential Dangers — This is one of the most controversial, and possible one of the most addictive drugs ever made. People taking this drug have also become suicidal, gone insane or have become violent. Withdrawal from the drug is extremely difficult. Many people require hospitalization just to get off Xanax.
Possible alternatives — Taking this drug should only be for extreme cases. | | Potential dangers — This is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. Many who use it quickly become dependent on it. Many people take this drug recreationally - that is, for its high and the feeling of euphoria is gives to the user. Even people who believe they have a great deal of self control find themselves quickly hooked on this powerful drug. There is a major black market for hydrocodone for people want to take if for reasons other than pain.
Possible alternatives — There are many safe alternatives for dealing with pain, including accupunture, massage, meditation. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  It was also found that these sons of alcoholic fathers had a serious risk at an early age of developing cravings for addictive drugs such as nicotine, marijuana, and alcohol. The data suggested that sons of alcoholics had psychomotor, neuroelectric, and hormonal differences from that of control groups of sons of nonalcoholics.
The closer we look at the problem of addiction, the closer we come to the idea that there is a biologically altered brain and that this is the prime cause for addictions. |
Sydney Walker III, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | She underwent months of expensive psychotherapy, and took several powerful and potentially addictive drugs. But Amanda's initial relief and optimism faded as time went on. As she told me a year later, "I'm not getting any better—I'm getting worse."
And indeed, Amanda was getting worse—because her symptoms weren't caused by the divorce, stressful as it was. They were caused by diabetes mellitus, for which she needed insulin therapy.
I put Amanda on insulin, instructed her on following a proper diet, and started her on a good exercise program. | | Doctors who don't prescribe benzodiazepines and other addictive drugs rarely regret it; those who do prescribe them, and later learn the consequences, often do. Their remorse is summed up eloquently by British practitioner J. Stevens, writing in Prescribers Journal:
In 20 years of practice, I am unaware of ever having helped a patient by prescribing a hypnotic [a benzodiazepine, barbiturate, or other "sleeping pill"], but I have written many such prescriptions and continue to do so. | | But she wouldn't be fine if she had kept taking addictive drugs as a "treatment" for her diabetes.
It's important to note here that Amanda, like many "posttraumatic stress disorder" patients I've seen, had clear-cut, unmistakable symptoms of disease. She was thirsty, she itched, and she was losing weight in spite of a healthy appetite. In addition, she had a family history of diabetes, and all of her children had weighed over ten pounds at birth—one of the warning signs of diabetes. |
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