Medical Drugs and Toxicity
It has been stated that all substances are potentially poisonous and it is the dose that differentiates poisons from pharmaceutical medicines. Most medical drugs are inherently dangerous and even those that are commonly used and generally considered safe are potentially dangerous - especially if taken in large doses. The side effects and adverse drug reactions are a part of the drug's toxicity.
There are countless examples of the toxic effects of medical drugs. It doesn't present a good picture. Below is a list of just a few of the major problems that have been caused - you will see that the consequences of taking medical drugs can be devastating and in many cases the drug does not fix the underlying problem for which it was taken.
Some of the effects of this toxicity are not immediately evident - indeed we are now finding out that some of the effects take 10 to 20 or more years to show up. This is what is happening with the drug diethylstilboestrol (DES). Mothers were given this drug to prevent a threatened miscarriage. 15 to 20 years later their daughters have an increased incidence of a cancer of the vagina. There are also reports that male children have also been affected by the drug and have developed problems associated with their sperm development and their testes. Diethylstilbestrol is ineffective against a threatened miscarriage and indeed in recent times it has been used as a 'morning after pill'!
One of the most tragic examples of medical drug problems has been with the use of thalidomide (a sedative) taken during pregnancy. The babies had deformed limbs and often also heart defects. There is now evidence that the problem didn't stop with the babies that were born. These children are now grown and have had babies of their own - the condition appears to be passed onto their children as well - so the drug actually affected the DNA (the genetic code) of the babies originally affected. This had not been considered possible.
The World Health Organisation has recently stated that Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is cancer causing. It is also reported that there is an increased risk of menopausal women on HRT developing not only breast cancer but also cancer of the cervix and liver. We still do not really know the longer term affects of HRT - these affects may become more obvious as the women who have taken hormone therapy age.
Aspirin a commonly used analgesic that is used in the treatment of arthritis and heart disease doesn't cure either of these conditions but it does cause gastric bleeding and there have been deaths associated with this bleeding.
Tylenol also prescribed for the treatment of arthritis, it also doesn't fix the problem but it has cause more than 50,000 cases of kidney disease and failure each year.
Avid and Aleve are also prescribed for arthritis - they don't fix the problem, but they have caused liver damaged in up to at least 10% of the users - some so severe that they require a liver transplant.
Methotrexate an antiinflammatory drug, doesn't cure the underlying problem but is does depress the bone marrow so that the person taking it can't make platelets and white blood cells. This makes them very prone to developing life threatening infections.
Prednisone and cortisone are also used as antiinflammatory drugs. They also don't fix the underlying problems but they do depress the immune system making the person taking them more prone to serious infections and cancers. They also accelerate the process of minerals coming out of the bones.
These are just some of the problems with medical drugs that we currently know about. Many of these drugs are still being prescribed. So how many medical drugs being used today will prove to be a future problem? People assume that there is no alternative to medical drugs - for most people this is not the case. One of the most important things that can be done when faced with a health problem is to remove the toxins from the body - so that it can function properly. Medical drugs however only add to the toxicity of the body and make it less likely that the body will be able to heal. There is a large and growing body of evidence that many diseases are caused by autointoxication. The only way to effectively deal with these diseases is to change the diet, cleanse the colon and assist the body to remove the toxins from its tissues.
References
- Goyen, M. 2000, Guide to Medications: Including Prescription and Non-prescription Drugs. Watermark Press.
- Iversen, L. 2001, Drugs. Oxford Press.
- Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia. 2002, Pharmacology and Drug Information for Nurses. Saunders.
- Wallach, J., D. and Lan, M. 1999, Dead Doctors Don't Lie. Legacy Communications.
06.08.2007. 19:07
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