Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts |  Because I had degenerative disk disease on two levels of my spine for more than 12 years, as well as a variety of sports related injuries, I have used most of the commonly prescribed pain medications. There are very few pain medications that I have not tried. Physicians readily prescribe them if you tell them that one is not providing enough relief.
My experience is that they do little to actually relieve the pain, but they do deliver a mind-altering buzz. pain medications are problematic because of their addictive nature. |
Mark Sircus
See book keywords and concepts |  Most pain medications are not safe; even the over the counter pain medications hold unforeseen dangers. Despite more than a decade's worth of research showing that taking too much acetaminophen can ruin the liver, the number of severe, unintentional poisonings from the drug is on the rise, a new study reports.10 The drug, acetaminophen, which was approved by the FDA in 1951, is best known under the brand name Tylenol. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts | | There are very few pain medications that I have not tried. Physicians readily prescribe them if you tell them that one is not providing enough relief.
My experience is that they do little to actually relieve the pain, but they do deliver a mind-altering buzz. pain medications are problematic because of their addictive nature. Beyond addiction, the problem is that when you are taking pain medication you are "on drugs," and your decision-making is just as impaired as when you drink alcohol. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  I suspect it's because 11 of the authors on the study -- 11 -- were on the payroll of drug companies that make pain medications. Now, you know it's one thing to do spin for business -- and people do it all the time -- but not when you're killing tens of thousands of people unnecessarily a year with that. That's just not acceptable.
Mike: Those reading this right now are somewhat used to hearing this from critics of conventional medicine -- these are the people who focus on alternative medicine. But you are an M.D.?
Teitelbaum: Right.
Mike: Yet, you are saying this. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  There is enough documentation to show that pain medications may have fatal side effects. They can cause gastrointestinal bleeding, which kills thousands each year. The morphine-type compounds these legal drugs contain can also lead to serious, life-altering addictions. When the famous radio host, Rush Limbaugh, announced on his radio program that he was addicted to pain medication, his life was in shambles. But he is not alone in this. |
Mark Sircus
See book keywords and concepts | | Transdermally applied magnesium chloride easily belongs in the middle of every pain program and can be used in conjunction with all other pain medications.
References
1 See: www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020923/favaro_ magnesium020923/CTVNewsAtll/story/
2 Koinig H, Wallner T, Marhofer P, Andel H, Horauf K, Mayer N. Magnesium sulphate reduces intra-and postoperative analgesic requirements. Attest Analg 1998; 87(1):206-210.
3 Xiao WH, Bennett GJ. Magnesium suppresses neuropathic pain responses in rats via a spinal site of action. Brain Res 1994; 666(2): 168-172. |
Anne Harrington
See book keywords and concepts |  He took himself off all pain medications and put himself instead on a diet of steady positive effect: Marx Brothers films, reruns from the television show Candid Camera, and humorous literature.
The first evidence that the "laughter" treatment was working, he reported, came when he discovered that "10 minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep." This was just the beginning. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts | | Pain medications are problematic because of their addictive nature. Beyond addiction, the problem is that when you are taking pain medication you are "on drugs," and your decision-making is just as impaired as when you drink alcohol. It is difficult, if not impossible, to change your mindset and lifestyle to improve your health when you regularly take pain medication. If you have severe pain as a result of an injury, or you are in recovery from surgery from a chronic condition, there are an abundance of drugs that can numb your brain, but not the pain itself. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Drugs That May Cause Constipation
• pain medications (especially narcotics)
• Antacids that contain aluminum
• Antispasmodic drugs (given for gastrointestinal cramping or diarrhea)
• Antidepressant drugs
• Tranquilizers
• Iron supplements
• Anticonvulsants for epilepsy
• Drugs for Parkinson's disease
• Calcium channel blockers (given to treat high blood pressure)
Calcium
Aluminum antacids, H2 blockers, and PPIs decrease calcium absorption from food. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, with the average male body containing 2. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts |  At the end of treatment, it was shown that subjects taking Aloe vera had identical scores to those on placebo with regard to maximal grade of toxicity, duration of Grade 2 or worse mucositis, quality-of-life scores, percentage of weight loss, use of pain medications, hydration requirement, oral infections, and prolonged radiation breaks (Su et al, 2004).
Ulcerative Colitis
To investigate the efficacy and safety of Aloe vera gel for the treatment of mildly to moderately active ulcerative colitis, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was performed. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts | | Mike: That's astounding to learn, especially with all the advertising and marketing money going into prescription pain medications. Now, you said you call it "media spin." Can you elaborate on that a little more?
Teitelbaum: Well, let's take a look at the numbers. You have $3 billion being spent on just NSAIDs like Motrin and billions more on Vioxx. You have $4 billion being spent on treating the side effects of Motrin-family medications when people get put in the hospital -- because, as I mentioned, there are over 16,500 deaths a year. |
J. Douglas Bremner
See book keywords and concepts |  If your kids get an ear infection, wait three days before taking them to the doctor, and treat them with pain medications. If they get very high fever, have recurrent vomiting, or look toxic, take them to the doctor.
If you have to take antibiotics, I recommend taking probiotics with them. When you wipe out your normal colonic "flora," or bacteria, with a course of antibiotics, you can be affected by the colonization of more harmful bacteria like Clostridium difficile and Escherichia coli (E. coli), which can cause antibiotic-associated diarrhea. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
See book keywords and concepts |  Narcotic pain medications are wonders of modern medicine for patients with serious pain who are under the care of physicians."1 So said the Director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHA) in 2004.
So far, so good.
Unfortunately, there is more. "When diverted from their legitimate use," continued the Director, "[these drugs] are highly addictive narcotics that the body perceives exactly as if the person were taking heroin."
I showed the quote to Fran first thing next morning. "They are hiding more than they are revealing. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
See book keywords and concepts |  Georgia had muscle cramps in her legs and feet. Even pain medications and physical therapy hadn't helped.
Two decades earlier, Georgia had reported depression; her doctor thought this problem was probably a spin-off of her divorce. Ten years later, with a new diagnosis of fibromyalgia, she sought help at a pain management center. Several medications and injections later, though, Georgia was still in pain, but as she put it, "I decided I'd just live with my problems. I don't like to take drugs because they cloud my thinking."
But her poor health didn't let up. |
Mark Sircus
See book keywords and concepts | | Furthermore, pain medications are not substitutes for magnesium. Pain signals may be temporarily suppressed, but the condition that caused it goes unaddressed.
NMDA receptor activation and the concomitant release of pro-pain substances such as substance P (SP), nerve growth factor (NGF), brain derived nerve factor (BDNF), and nitric oxide is believed to drive the process of central sensitization. A recent text stated that the 'recruitment of the NMDA receptor appears to be the pivotal event in increasing the sensitivity of the nociceptive (pain) spinal circuits to (painful stimuli)". | | Prescription medications, such as antidepressants, tranquilizers and pain medications, only treat the symptoms. Magnesium treats the symptoms while it simultaneously addresses the cause of much of the pain and disease we experience. In fact, it could be surmised that pain and disease is one residual effect of magnesium deficiency, or a mineral imbalance.
Intravenous infusions of magnesium sulphate reduced intra and postoperative analgesic consumption in a recent clinical study.2
Why is magnesium not promoted by doctors as the pain relief medicine it truly is? |
J. Douglas Bremner
See book keywords and concepts | | Just administer pain medications like Tylenol or, if you have them, local medications to reduce ear pain.
Research studies bear out the advantages of the wait-and-see approach. One study of 240 children ages six months to two years showed that treatment with amoxicillin compared to placebo reduced duration of fever from three to two days and symptoms at day four by 13%, with no difference in pain on ear examination. The authors concluded that "this modest effect does not justify prescription of antibiotics at the first visit, provided close surveillance can be guaranteed. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
See book keywords and concepts | | In most cases, pain medications don't help much.
A study at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota looked at vitamin D levels in people who hurt all over (muscles and bones) but had no diagnosis that explained the cause of the pain. More than 90 percent had D levels below 20; 28 percent had levels of 8 or less. (A normal vitamin D level is at least 35.) Participants were African Americans, East Africans, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
Those who took vitamin D supplements saw dramatic resolution of pain, fatigue, and muscle cramps. Study author Dr. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The patient can expect significant pain or cramping for up to six months, treatable with pain medications and anti-inflammatories, and most fibroids will reduce approximately 50 percent in their size. This is more successful for treatment of pain from fibroids than bleeding, but it can improve bleeding.
The new fibroid treatment that conventional medicine is investigating is selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRMs). Ru-486, the only currently used SPRM, is in investigative trials for treatment of fibroid pain and bleeding and helps by reducing the size of fibroids. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
See book keywords and concepts |  It can result from ingestion of antidepressants, pain medications, diuretics, antibiotics, and antacids that contain aluminum. Antacids, however, can further aggravate the very symptoms they're taken to alleviate (i.e., heartburn, indigestion).They also inhibit phase I detoxification in the liver (discussed in Chapter 4) and can cause damage to this organ. Constipation is but one of many symptoms that can result from antibiotics, which destroy both good and bad bacteria in the digestive tract. Antibiotic use can result in overgrowth of yeast and fungus with the attendant problems. |
Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts | | Drugs That May Cause Constipation
?Pain medications (especially narcotics)
?Antacids that contain aluminum
?Antispasmodic drugs (given for gastrointestinal cramping or diarrhea)
?Antidepressant drugs
?Tranquilizers
?Iron supplements
?Anticonvulsants for epilepsy
?Drugs for Parkinson's disease
?Calcium channel blockers (given to treat high blood pressure)
Calcium
Aluminum antacids, H2 blockers, and PPIs decrease calcium absorption from food. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, with the average male body containing 2. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Other oral medications include amitriptyline, imipramine (used for pain), hydroxyzine, antispasmodics, muscle relaxants, and numerous pain medications. PPS is the most studied conventional medicine for IC. Unfortunately, it only shows about a 30 percent efficacy rate.
Medicine can also be instilled into the bladder. Until PPS, DMSO was the only approved medication for IC. The medication is placed directly into the bladder through a catheter weekly or biweekly. Another intravesicular (within the bladder) therapy is Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). | | Over time, hopefully, the need for pain medications will decrease.
Many alternative practitioners have experience with natural therapies not included in this book such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and hands-on techniques that may offer effective help for many women with menstrual cramps. I often encourage women to try an herbal or nutritional product for a couple of hours during acute pain. If no relief is accomplished within that amount of time, then switch to a pharmaceutical method of pain control. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
See book keywords and concepts | | 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. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The major sources of methylxanthines in the diet are coffee, tea, chocolate, cola beverages, some other soft drinks, and certain pain medications.
In a 1981 report from Ohio State University Hospital, 45 women with fibrocystic breast disease stopped all methylxanthine consumption. Of those 45 women, 37 (83%) had a complete resolution of breast cysts, 7 were improved, and 1 was unchanged. Another 28 women decreased methylxanthine consumption by more than half. Of those, 7 (25%) had a complete resolution of cysts, 14 were improved, and 7 were unchanged. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  I had already withdrawn myself from the pain medications, and the staff assured me nothing I was taking could induce these things. When the surgeon stopped the Tagamet, the nasties went away.
For the second operation, I listed cimetidine as a drug problem, but they gave it to me anyway. I knew within an hour something was seriously wrong and fortunately didn't have to take any more.
I was assured that the incidence of problems is low, but I'd hate for others to go through what I experienced.
A. Cimetidine (Tagamet) has been linked to hallucinations, depression, confusion, and disorientation. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Many were also able to reduce pain medications, but no long-term change in blood-sugar control was observed.288 Bladder control problems, a complication of long-term diabetes, responded to acupuncture treatment with a significant reduction in symptoms in both controlled289 and uncontrolled290 trials.
DIARRHEA
Diarrhea is any attack of frequent, watery stools.
Diarrhea can be triggered by many different conditions. Acute diarrhea is often caused by an infection and may require medical management. | | The exact amount of the herbal combination used in the trial is not given, however, and patients were allowed to continue their other pain medications. Clinical trials on willow alone for RA are lacking. Some experts suggest that willow may be taken one to four weeks before results are noted.100
Topical applications of several botanical oils are approved by the German government for relieving symptoms of RA.101 These include primarily cajeput (Melaleuca leucodendra) oil, camphor oil, eucalyptus (page 673) oil, fir {Abies alba and Picea abies) needle oil, pine {Pinus spp. | | Medical treatments
Over the counter pain medications, such as ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil), naproxen (Aleve), aspirin (Bayer, Ecotrin, Bufferin), and acetaminophen (Tylenol), may provide relief from premenstrual pain.
Prescription drug treatment is directed primarily at relieving symptoms. |
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