A series of recent articles in various newspapers and magazines bring to light some issues that concern me, and may be of concern to you. Read on for a synopsis and my thoughts:
Injected Wrinkle Fillers Need Stronger Warnings, FDA Says
The FDA panel is debating if there should be stronger warnings on wrinkle filler products. Presently there are only short term side effects listed, like swelling and local redness. No mention is made of long term side effects on the package. Shouldn’t the “adverse events that are serious and unexpected” (like scarring weeks or years later and, by the way, one wonders what is not mentioned?) be included in the warning label? I hold that there should be longer and larger studies submitted before approval of drugs in the first place.
November 19, 2008
Researchers Find Increased Blood Clot Risk
New information printed in JAMA shows a stronger relationship to the formation of life-threatening blood clots with the use of the cancer drug Avastin than realized ever before.
Sanofi Halts Anti-Obesity Drug Trials
A new anti-obesity drug, Acomplia, has just been taken off the market because of psychiatric side effects, including increased successful suicides. Twenty-four thousand patients in 50 countries are involved in its development, and had sales of $69.3 million dollars in the first half of 2008. Another drug company discontinued development of a similar drug because of psychiatric side effects.
My comments:
The potential side effects to drugs are never-ending. Add scarring of the face in wrinkle areas, another drug with increased blood clot risk, all discovered after the drugs have been approved and on the market. With increased emphasis on looking younger, desperate customers are lining up for magical youthful appearances, when simply relying on healthy, natural nutrition and simple natural principles of health would benefit their appearance greatly. What about the overall well-being of the 24,000 obese individuals who were given a drug trial that increases suicidal thoughts and suicide risk? 24,000 is a significant number of victims. Maybe we are all victims when we buy into quick fixes that are based upon unsound foundations.
Fortunately, we are surrounded by information that can keep us healthy, without the first-line option being drugs. Healthy alternatives to drugs exist for almost all conditions, especially if addressed early.
A fib; it seems that the number of people who develop it are older folks. Is there a reason for this, is it related to the body not absorbing nutrients like it used to when we were younger? Any suggestions for treatment?
Atrial fibrillation is an abnormality in the electrical conduction in the heart which causes the atrium to contract at such a fast rate that the ventricles don't fill properly and blood conduction is not as strong as it should be. The more important problem is that the atrium have a greater chance of forming a clot with a subsequent break going to the brain (called a stroke) or to the lung (called a pulmonary embolus). Causes that we can correct are the following: 1) basic nutrient deficiences that can be corrected with a good diet and strong supplement program 2) energy deficiency that may be able to be corrected with CoQ10 200-400 mg per day, L-Carnitine 1000 mg per day, and Ribose or Authia (a special form of thiamine called TTFD) 3) mercury (which is an incredibly good conductor of electricity) gets into heart muscle and can be corrected with appropriate chelation. Sometimes, even when those three conditions are corrected, medications are needed to control the fibrillation, or even surgery (ablation). Instead of coumadin (which causes plaque formation inside blood vessels), we use nattokinase to decrease to chance of clotting. Let me know how it all turns out.
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