Kevin Trudeau
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 You cannot cure yourself of disease if you are taking non-prescription and prescription medication. You cannot heal yourself if you're taking non-prescription and prescription medication. If you routinely take non-prescription and prescription medication, you are absolutely assured that you will develop more and more illness and disease. You will become sicker and sicker, you will age faster, your energy levels will diminish, depression will increase, obesity will increase. All aspects of quality of life will decrease for you. |
Hyla Cass
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 Nearly 50 percent of American adults take at least one prescription medication, and nearly 20 percent take three or more. Over half of sixty-five-year olds take three prescription drugs or more daily. There has also been a steady and dramatic increase in money spent on prescriptions—nearly $200 billion in 2004. That's four and a half times the amount spent in 1990.
The question is, are we healthier for it? Are these new drugs really improvements over older versions? |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 As general rules:
• If you're taking prescription medication, don't take any herbs that are not regarded as safe for all people without first checking with your healthcare practitioner.
• If you're taking medication for a particular ailment, you shouldn't also take herbs for that ailment without first checking with your health-care practitioner.
Of course, many herbs, especially those that are nutritive and flavorful, can simply be a delight in their own right. Enjoy them whenever you like! Experience the simple pleasures in life! |
Eric R. Braverman
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 While I will show you how certain medications can be used for other functions than those initially prescribed, never take any prescription medication without consulting with your doctor first. hormones
Ninety percent of all hormones are produced in or regulated by the brain. They are the brain's messengers, which are sent to all other parts of the body to control the specific functions of cells and organs. Hormone replacement therapy can effectively alter brain chemical processes, although not as quickly as prescription medications. |
John A. McDougall
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 This class of medication, often referred to as antiulcerants, is the second leading category of prescription medication sold in the United States, with annual sales of nearly $ 11 billion and an average prescription cost of $109. Two antacids, Prilosec and Prevacid, ranked second and third in 2001 for raking in the largest sums of money spent on any prescription medication, with sales mounting to over $7 billion in the United States in that year alone—for just two medications. |
Elaine Magee
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 Hg or use prescription medication to help control high blood pressure. Keeping blood sugar levels steady will also help stabilize blood pressure and cholesterol problems.
6. Eat six to seven servings of fruits and vegetables a day. In a recent Danish study, the participants who did this were 28 percent less likely to suffer an ischemic stroke than those who ate only one or two servings a day. What's going on here? People who eat diets low in vitamin C or potassium are at greater risk of stroke, and fruits and vegetables are rich in both! |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Even if you take only one prescription medication, you'll probably feel the need to add in one or two over-the-counter (OTC) medicines from time to time. Even medicinal herbs can interact harmfully with prescriptions or OTC drugs. More and more drugs, together with herbal preparations, are available over the counter, with no consultation or prescription required.
Let's say you're taking a couple of prescription drugs . . . you add a few herbs and a dose or two of Tylenol here and there . . . and, of course, your nightly beer or glass of red wine (or two). |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Because the majority of people with type 2 diabetes take at least one prescription medication, a question comes to mind: how well is conventional drug treatment serving their needs?
A 2006 study published in the journal Diabetes Research and
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Clinical Practice sheds light on the question—and the answers. The investigators evaluated 532 patients from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2002 who had diabetes to see how effective their antihypertensive, anti-diabetes, and anticholesterol medications were in controlling cardiovascular risk factors. |
Melody Petersen
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 The federal government should collect statistics on the number of accidents caused by each type of prescription medication and warn the public about those causing the most danger on the roads.
Stop the fraud.
By 2007 just about every major pharmaceutical company was under investigation for fraudulent marketing or other illegal business practices. Prosecutors have tried to discourage the fraud by imposing fines of nearly a billion dollars on some drug companies. The pharmaceutical executives appear to consider these fines as little more than a cost of doing business. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It is a fundamental tenet of food and drug law that foods and food ingredients are presumed to be safe and have to be established to be adulterated only if they present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury
I am in favor of the Dorgan amendment that enables Americans to get a fair price on prescription medication.
I am in favor of any Grassley amendment that offers an independent office within the FDA to monitor the safety of drugs already on the market. |
Hyla Cass
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| Even if you take only one prescription medication, you'll probably feel the need to add in one or two over-the-counter (OTC) medicines from time to time. Even medicinal herbs can interact harmfully with prescriptions or OTC drugs. More and more drugs, together with herbal preparations, are available over the counter, with no consultation or prescription required.
Let's say you're taking a couple of prescription drugs . . . you add a few herbs and a dose or two of Tylenol here and there . . . and, of course, your nightly beer or glass of red wine (or two). |
Kevin Trudeau
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| You cannot heal yourself if you're taking non-prescription and prescription medication. If you routinely take non-prescription and prescription medication, you are absolutely assured that you will develop more and more illness and disease. You will become sicker and sicker, you will age faster, your energy levels will diminish, depression will increase, obesity will increase. All aspects of quality of life will decrease for you.
I was recently at a health spa where I met an incredible 93-year-old man and his lovely wife. This gentleman is a lawyer living in New York City. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| Laws allowing direct to consumer advertising of prescription medication should be repealed.
• Pharmaceutical corporations should be levied a surcharge on their profits, such funds to be used to create a responsible, independent system for reporting and tracking adverse events.
• In compliance with NAFTA and WTO, foreign suppliers should be willing to undergo strict inspection and regulation before peddling drugs in the U.S. All drugs made by U.S. corporations in foreign countries should be subject to inspection and reimportation tariffs. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 In 2002, about 10 million children took prescription medication for chronic conditions—that is, for three months or longer. During that same time period, retail sales more than doubled, from $72 billion to $182 billion, which is about $700 per capita. In 2001, prescription medicine expenses accounted for 18.5% of total health care spending in the United States.5
What is obvious and significant and central to this book is that in the brief period of seven years Americans are taking more drugs and spending more—much more—for them. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Please ask your healthcare provider(s) before taking any over-the-counter medication, prescription medication, or herbal and nutritional supplements.
Recreational Drugs
Before conception and during pregnancy, especially the first trimester, it is important to avoid using recreational drugs, even those that may seem harmless at other times, as consequences to a developing fetus may be serious. Genetic material can be damaged by marijuana, for example; in animals, it has been linked to an increase in fetal deaths and malformations. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Neurontin. This prescription medication can also reduce pain. To avoid side effects, start by using 100 to 300 mg, one to four times a day.
•Tricyclic antidepressant. A prescription tricyclic such as amitriptyline (Elavil) can relieve nerve pain. To avoid side effects, use a low dose of 10 to 50 mg.
What Is Mesotherapy?
Mesotherapy has been used in Europe for more than 50 years for relief from pain that is caused by injured muscles, as in some chronic back pain and in arthritis. It is a virtually painless technique that involves injecting natural compounds—i.e. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 If you are taking prescription medication for depression, you should consult your doctor before taking 5-HTP. Excess levels of serotonin in the blood can be dangerous in case of coronary artery disease.
4 capsules as directed daily for fifteen days; stop for one week, then continue with maintenance dose of 2 capsules daily.
Follow doctor's directions for dosage.
Must be prescribed by your health practitioner. Individuals with hormone-related cancers should not take DHEA. |
| If you are taking prescription medication for depression, you should consult your doctor before taking 5-HTP. Excess levels of serotonin in the blood can be dangerous in case of coronary artery disease. magnesium
Up to 1,000 mg May take six weeks or more for effects to be felt. melatonin
300 mcg-i mg two to three nights per week
Tolerance may develop with regular use. Long-term effects of nightly use are unknown. vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
Increase daily dosage from 50 mg to 150 mg. Do not exceed a daily supplement of 150 mg.
Must build up to a therapeutic level. |
Bottom Line Health
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| See your doctor for a prescription medication that treats insomnia effectively and quickly.
•Melatonin is a hormone that affects the body's sleep-wake cycle. A recent review by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) showed that it is not an effective sleeping pill but is useful in changing the timing of sleep.
Best if you: Have trouble getting to sleep before 3 am or 4 am and then sleep until noon. This is most common among the elderly, adolescents who have insomnia and travelers who have jet lag. Melatonin can help bring bedtime back toward 11 pm. |
| They can interact with prescription medication.
Do not let topical capsaicin come in contact with your eyes or other mucus membranes—it can cause pain and burning.
CINNAMON
What it does: Helps prevent heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
Due to its antioxidant properties, cinnamon helps people who have metabolic syndrome (a cluster of factors, including excessive abdominal fat, high blood sugar and elevated blood pressure, that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes) use the hormone insulin more efficiently. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| I am also in favor of the Dorgan amendment that enables Americans to get a fair price on prescription medication.
As one of the 150 million Americans that rely on dietary supplements to keep myself and my family well, I am especially concerned that this legislation broadens FDA regulatory power to harass functional foods and dietary supplements -- which has nothing whatsoever to do with drug safety. While Senator's Kennedy and Enzi are telling us not to be concerned -- we simply don't trust the FDA and want language that protects dietary supplements in this legislation. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I'm reading to you from The Independent, a British newspaper, that says, "Vital data on prescription medication found in millions of British homes has been suppressed by the powerful U.S. drug regulators, even though the information could potentially save lives." An investigation by The Independent states that, under pressure from the pharmaceutical industry, the American Food and Drug Administration routinely conceals information it considers commercially sensitive, leaving medical specialists unable to assess the true risks. |
Kevin Trudeau
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| If you routinely take non-prescription and prescription medication, you are absolutely assured that you will develop more and more illness and disease. You will become sicker and sicker, you will age faster, your energy levels will diminish, depression will increase, obesity will increase. All aspects of quality of life will decrease for you.
I was recently at a health spa where I met an incredible 93-year-old man and his lovely wife. This gentleman is a lawyer living in New York City. He walks five blocks to work every single day. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 If you are currently on prescription medication you must get off the prescription medication under the supervision of a doctor. These drugs are so powerful that they not only cause major problems when you take them, but if you were to stop immediately, in many cases, that could also cause major problems. You must, in my opinion, get in front of a licensed alternative health-care practitioner. When you go to a licensed alternative health-care practitioner, you must understand that all practitioners are not equal. Some are excellent, some are just okay, and others are not very good. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Anthocyanin flavonoids are found in I
WARNING: If you are taking a prescription medication for lowering cholesterol, ask your doctor if you should avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice. Grapefruit reduces the activity enzymes in the liver that your body uses to break down cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs. If the drugs are not metabolized, they remain in the body in higher concentrations. This increases the risk of unwanted toxic effects, such as liver or muscle damage. |
Paula Begoun
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 Proxiphen, also developed by Proctor, is a topical prescription medication for hair regrowth, but it only takes a phone call to Proctor's office to obtain yours. Proxiphen contains a variety of ingredients, including minoxidil, retinoic acid (Retin-A), phenytoin (trade name Dilantin, an anticonvulsant and anti-seizure medication), spironolactone (a hold, slighdy sticky styling gel that can be brushed through. This contains a tiny amount of conditioning agents, likely too small an amount to provide any heat protection.
© Special Effects Spiked Out, A Water Resistant Hair Styling Glue ($7. |
| It is a prescription medication with few side effects. (This is not the same compound as the vitamin D in commercial vitamin supplements.) Calcipotriene is sold in the United States as a topical, odorless, nonstaining ointment and cream under the prescription brand name Dovonex. Other topical agents such as retinoids in the form of tazarotene (Tazorac) have also had success.
More serious systemic medications for severe psoriasis include methotrexate, which blocks a specific enzyme the cell needs to live. |
Jacky Law
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 For the first time, the federal government, through the FDA, could require that a prescription medication had to be proven effective before it could be sold as a drug in the US.'25 And the eight or nine years it took for the new medicines law to become effective in the UK can be taken as some indication of the impact it was to have on the European pharmaceutical industry.
The new infrastructure of rules covered not just the safety of a drug, but also how effective it was, the quality of its manufacture, and how to suspend, revoke or change its licence. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 In addition, thyroid hormone replacement should be used cautiously with stimulant herbs or pharmaceuticals and other forms of prescription medication, such as steroid hormone replacement, anticoagulants, hypoglycemic agents, antidepressants, and cardiac medications. The high-end dosages of these thyroid hormone preparations can be very cardioactive, and if not carefully done, can potentially cause tachycardia and atrial fibrillation, even in the individual with no history of cardiac symptoms. |
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