Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The entire training curriculum of a pharmacist is, of course, centered on treating symptoms with drugs. They're very good at what they've studied, and most pharmacists are quite intelligent and capable in their particular field. But no pharmacist is required to learn anything substantial about nutrition, superfoods, exercise, medicinal herbs, sunlight therapy, homeopathy or other safer, more natural modalities for preventing and reversing disease.
As a result, pharmacists are one-trick ponies: For every health symptom observed, they see drugs as the primary treatment option. |
| A clever way to get there is to shift some drugs to "behind-the-counter" status first, meaning they are essentially prescribed by a pharmacist. Once the industry becomes comfortable with that, the FDA can shift those same drugs to over-the-counter status, bypassing both doctors and pharmacists. It's a two-step plan designed to ease drugs into an over-the-counter status.
The AMA, of course, is likely to fight this move, arguing that doctors play an important role in knowing which drugs can be safely prescribed to which patients. |
| But no pharmacist is required to learn anything substantial about nutrition, superfoods, exercise, medicinal herbs, sunlight therapy, homeopathy or other safer, more natural modalities for preventing and reversing disease.
As a result, pharmacists are one-trick ponies: For every health symptom observed, they see drugs as the primary treatment option. If you only carry a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. If you only know drugs, every health concern looks like it needs a pharmaceutical.
What the drug companies really want: A pharmaceutical vending machine! |
| As the FDA stated in a Federal Registry notice: "Some groups have asserted that pharmacist interaction with the consumer could ensure safe and effective use of a drug product that otherwise might require a prescription. Because pharmacists have the training and knowledge to provide certain interventions, they may be able to ensure that patients meet the conditions for use and educate patients on appropriate use of the drug product. |
| They can even set up Rx vending machines with voice interaction that claims to offer a "virtual pharmacist" to prescribe drugs! But in the end, the only people stupid enough to actually use these machines will be the same people who frequent soda pop and junk food vending machines right now: The ignorant, easily-controlled segment of the population that still somehow believes drugs are good for them and that the FDA is looking out for their best interests. |
| Patients purchase drugs by name by asking their pharmacist for whatever they think they need. No doctor required. No medical exam necessary.
4. Patients self-medicate by taking the drugs they purchased from the pharmacy. When they run out, they purchase more.
This is the system that Big Pharma would prefer to see. It would dramatically boost drug sales while eliminating the need to spend so much money bribing and influencing doctors.
When it comes right down to it, what the drug companies really want is a pharmaceutical vending machine. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 If necessary, the physician or pharmacist should also give oral instructions on how the tea is to be prepared (see Sect. 1.6.6).
6. The signature appears at the bottom of the prescription blank and should be handwritten by the prescribing physician.
Formulas for Tea Mixtures
Tea formulas may be found in textbooks of phytotherapy (e. g., Weiss, 1982), books on medicinal plants (e. g., Braun and Frohne, 1987; Lindemann, 1979; Pahlow, 1979), and handbooks (e. g., Wurm, 1990). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The term 'pharmacist' means a person licensed by a State to practice pharmacy, including the dispensing and selling of prescription drugs.
(iv) The term 'pharmacy' means a person that--
(I) is licensed by a State to engage in the business of selling prescription drugs at retail; and
(II) employs 1 or more pharmacists.
(v) The term 'prescription drug' means a drug that is described in section 503(b)(1). |
Devra Davis
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 What happened to the pharmacist after that?" I asked.
"She lost everything. Her family had owned the pharmacy for several generations. This is an industrial area. Most of the people either work at the industrial facility or know someone who works in the industry or in the service companies. The local industry stopped using her pharmacists for their needs, and so their customer base dried up."
With such a load of pollution in Louisiana, I couldn't resist asking, "Why does the state's license plate say Sportsman's Paradise?"
Without missing a beat, Robinson replied. "That's easy. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Now you, your doctor, and your pharmacist have to be registered on a computer (www.ipledgeprogram.com) with evidence of a negative pregnancy test and one month of being on two forms of birth control before your pharmacist can fill your Accutane prescription.
Although the effects of Accutane on the developing brain of the fetus might well have prompted the drug company, the FDA, or the National Institutes of Health to posit that the drug might also affect the brains of teenagers and adults taking the drug, no research has been initiated to test this hypothesis. |
Andreas Moritz
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 This is how the FDA justifies its recent move, as stated in a Federal Registry notice: "Some groups have asserted that pharmacist interaction with the consumer could ensure safe and effective use of a drug product that otherwise might require a prescription. Because pharmacists have the training and knowledge to provide certain interventions, they may be able to ensure that patients meet the conditions for use and educate patients on appropriate use of the drug product. " Why do we need doctors then, you might ask? Who are the "some groups? |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| In 1829, the French pharmacist. Leroux isolated the glycoside salicin as the active principle in these extracts. Six years later the German chemist Lowig was the first to synthesize salicylic acid. Because he had extracted the parent compound, salicylaldehyde, from plants of the genus Spiraea, he named the product spiric acid. This name later became the root for aspirin (a- acetyl, -spir- spiric acid,-in suffix), first marketed in 1896. Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is better tolerated. |
| Finally, the pharmacist can compound teas as prescribed by a physician, generally preparing the tea as a mixture of cut herbs.
1.6.3.1 Mixtures of Cut and Dried Herbs
Until a few decades ago, this was the only type of tea that was widely available. An example is the "sedative tea" listed in the German Pharmacopeia, 6th ed. It is prepared from:
I coarsely cut bogbean 4 parts I coarsely cut peppermint 3 parts I coarsely cut valerian 3 parts. |
| The compounding pharmacist makes up this preparation by mixing the ready-made tinctures. The preparation may become cloudy or form precipitates, but generally this will not alter its efficacy. One advantage of liquid dosage forms in general is that they provide an alternative for patients who have difficulty swallowing pills and capsules. One disadvantage is their shorter shelf life, which may be further reduced due to improper storage by the patient (open container, too much heat or moisture).
1.4.1. |
| The superscription, written Rx, is the symbol for the Latin word recipe (take) and directs the pharmacist to prepare the medication.
3. The prescription (or inscription) lists the ingredients and states their individual quantities relatively (in parts) or absolutely (in grams). Usually the total quantity of the prescription is 100 g. The various ingredients of the prescription have different functions and may consist of four distinct parts.
I The base, or chief active ingredient, such as a bitter herb in an appetite-stimulating stomach tea. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 If you have never had your prescriptions filled by a compounding pharmacist, here are some facts you should know:
• Every compounding pharmacy is licensed and inspected by the State Pharmacy Board.
• Compounding pharmacists are educated and trained to provide information about the formulation of bio-identical hormones. In many cases, they help to educate the physician on dosing and delivery options.
• All materials used in compounding formulations are subject to FDA inspection and the agency's Good Manufacturing Procedures code. |
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| Plant extracts are generally more sensitive to environmental influences than synthetic drugs, however, and a highly skilled compounding pharmacist is needed to prepare topical herbal remedies that are stable. Years of experience and development are often necessary, and it is wise to use "time-tested" preparations as long as their pharmacologically active components and dosages conform to the principles of rational phytotherapy. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Ask your doctor or pharmacist for a complete list of foods that contain it.
•Soft drinks. The carbonation, sugar and phosphoric acid in soft drinks can greatly speed absorption and raise blood levels of ketocon-azole (Nizoral), an oral drug taken for fungal infections. Avoid regular and diet sodas while taking this drug.
•Rhubarb. This vegetable contains natural chemicals that increase blood pressure and can reduce the effects of antihypertensive drugs such as hydrochlorothiazide.
Ask your doctor about: Eating five medium stalks of celery daily when taking antihypertensive drugs. |
Amarjit S. Basra
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 In 1805 German pharmacist Serturner extracted morphine from opium, and in the 1820s a French pharmacist isolated several alkaloids from plants, including quinine and caffeine. In 1893, aspirin was synthesized. In 1906, Paul Ehrlich developed his theory of "magic bullets," the idea of a selective drug that would home in on its target while leaving intact the surrounding physical environment. Single entity chemicals, which are more consistent and easier to quantify, have been judged more specific in their therapeutic focus than medicinal plants. |
Jack Challem
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 Dosage: Follow the dosage advice of your physician or pharmacist.
How Liz Dealt with Depression
Liz, a successful artist and writer, was in her midthirties when feelings of severe depression turned her life upside-down. Antidepressant medications didn't help, and she came close to committing suicide.
She kept thinking that low thyroid might have something to do with her symptoms. She lived in the Southwest, but she never sweated.Thyroid tests showed her levels of thyroid hormones to be in the normal range. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 Check with your doctor, a pharmacist, or a registered dietitian to see if grapefruit juice is right for you.
Tips on Using Grapefruit
SELECTION AND STORAGE:
• There are two main varieties of grapefruit, white and pink/red, that can be found year-round.
• Choose firm and heavy grapefruits for their size. Avoid those that appear to have water-soaked areas or have an overly soft spot at the stem. Watch for signs of dehydration and skin collapse at the stem. |
| Talk to your doctor, pharmacist, or a registered dietitian about including mangoes in your diet.
Tips on Using Mango
SELECTION AND STORAGE:
CAN YOU SMELL WHAT THE MANGO'S GOT COOKIN'? When it's ripe, you will be able to smell the sweetness of the mango from the stem end of the fruit.
• Red and yellow are typically the color of ripeness but color is not always the determining factor. The skin should give a little when pressed.
• Avoid mangoes that are gray, pitted, or have black spots on the skin; those are sure signs of rotting.
• Mangoes can be eaten fresh, frozen, or dried. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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| They will need the help of a knowledgeable physician and a compounding pharmacist. For those who are on a comprehensive bio-identical hormone replacement regimen, it will be critical that they stick to their diet and take their supplements if they want to lose their belly fat and keep it off for good.
THE 80-20 RULE
T n this chapter I introduce you to what I call the 80-20 rule of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) and long-term weight management. |
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| Another suggestion is for the pharmacist to give the patient the literature that is in the black-box warning before they take the medication, says Dr. B. Jay Brooks, Jr., chairman of hematol-ogy/oncology at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "That would force another level of safety to be added," he says.
. «0 To find out more information on the medications that have black-box warnings, visit the US Food and Drug Administration's Office of Drug Safety at www.fda.gov/cder/ offices/ods. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You have to have a pharmacist who is going to fill that prescription, and then the patient takes it and must take it properly. So this chain of events is always occurring. The problem that most people have is that they just trust the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, the doctor and the pharmacist, and they just have that blind faith, which I try to point out in the book. As I go through the first part of the book, you can’t read without starting to realize what the truth is. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| Like a lot of drugs, this one's journey to the pharmacist's shelf began in a quest to treat a different condition, in this case angina (heart disease). During trial studies researchers noticed that it had a positive effect on erection, which turned out to be stimulating news for Pfizer. The drug was patented in 1996, approved by the FDA on March 27, 1998, and became the first pill approved for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in the U.S. |
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| If you misplace the device, ask your pharmacist for an appropriate replacement. . - For more information, contact the Office — of Nonprescription Products at the US Food and Drug Administration Web site, www. fda.gov/cder/index.html. Click on "Drug Information," then "Over-the-Counter Drug Information." Or call 301-827-2222. For a chart of drugs that contain acetaminophen or NSAIDs, go to http://familydoctor.org/otc/knowmeds.html.
Don't Play Doctor with Over-the-Counter Drugs
T t's Sunday night, and your child has a cough. -L Should you run to the pharmacy and grab a bottle of cough syrup? |
| When in doubt, consult a pharmacist.
•Measuring liquid medications incorrectly. Tableware is not for measuring medications. The most accurate measuring devices are oral dosage syringes, calibrated medicine droppers and similar products. Some pharmacies distribute them free.
•Not shaking suspensions before each use. Certain medicines are mixed with—but not dissolved in—liquids, so the medicine particles settle to the bottom. If the suspension is not shaken before each use, the initial doses will contain too little medicine—and the later doses, too much. When in doubt, shake. |
| This information should be on the label, but check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any medication or supplement.
•Talk to the chef or restaurant manager when eating out. The waiter or waitress doesn't always have accurate information about food ingredients and preparation. Ask to speak to the chef or manager instead and tell him/her what you're allergic to. Explain that any contact with the offending food can be life-threatening. |
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