Making
Things Worse
through Medication
(see also appendices 3 and 4)
“…serious reactions to
prescription drugs are responsible for 250,000 Britons being
hospitalised each year – with aspirin, diuretics, warfarin and
NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs arthritis the main
offenders.” Ben Ong
“The majority of the cancer patients
in this country die because of chemotherapy, which does not cure
breast, colon or lung cancer. This has been documented for over a
decade and nevertheless doctors still utilize chemotherapy to fight
these tumors.” Allen
Levin, MD, UCSF
“…at least 250,000 people have
attempted suicide worldwide because of Prozac alone and that at least
25,000 have succeeded.”
Professor David Healy
Millions of prescriptions for highly
profitable drugs are handed out each year by doctors – even though
the ‘clinical trials’ which made them available often show them
to be barely more effective than placebos. At the same time, sales of
over-the-counter (OTC) drugs such as pain killers bring in equally
huge profits – despite often leading to chronic dependency. The
counter-productivity of their possible side effects (doing the very
opposite of what they are prescribed for) and the often severe and
chronic withdrawal symptoms generated by different classes of common
legal drug medications is shown below – using information from the
makers and users of these drugs, together with the ‘small print’
in the instructions and warnings to patients that come with
them. Just as the price paid for drug medications is kept
artificially high by clever marketing – so also does the price
paid by the body for using them continue to rise.
Drug class: ANXIOLYTICS (a new name for
tranquilisers)
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms – addiction leading to acute and chronic anxiety, irritability and restlessness, panic attacks, seizures, chronic sleep difficulties and/or muscular tension
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms – addiction leading to acute and chronic anxiety, irritability and restlessness, panic attacks, seizures, chronic sleep difficulties and/or muscular tension
Drug class: SLEEPING PILLS such as
temazepam
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms: chronic rebound insomnia, nightmares, premature deaths (up to 500,000 in the U.S. alone according to the British Medical Journal Open Journal).
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms: chronic rebound insomnia, nightmares, premature deaths (up to 500,000 in the U.S. alone according to the British Medical Journal Open Journal).
Drug class: ANTIDEPRESSANTS (SSRI-type
such as Seroxat/Paxil/Prozac)
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms – depressive or manic symptoms, suicidal thoughts, suicide, aggressive behaviour, extreme violence
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms – depressive or manic symptoms, suicidal thoughts, suicide, aggressive behaviour, extreme violence
Drug class: ANALGESICS (prescription or
OTC pain killers and headache pills such as codeine or
paracetemol)
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms – nausea, digestive problems, chronic or recurrent rebound headaches.
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms – nausea, digestive problems, chronic or recurrent rebound headaches.
Drug class: ANTIINFLAMMATORY drugs such
as Ibuprofen used for conditions such as arthritis
Side effects: doubling the risk of strokes and miscarriage.
Side effects: doubling the risk of strokes and miscarriage.
Drug class: ANTICONVULSANTS (for
epilepsy, nerve pain and seizures)
Side effects or withdrawal symptoms – seizures
Side effects or withdrawal symptoms – seizures
Drug class: ANTIBIOTICS (for bacterial
infections)
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms: increased susceptibility to infection from increasingly resistant bacteria
Side effects and/or withdrawal symptoms: increased susceptibility to infection from increasingly resistant bacteria
Drug class: PRESCRIPTION SKIN CREAMS (for
skin disorders or infections)
Side effects: acute or chronic skin damage and disorders, infections or inflammations
Side effects: acute or chronic skin damage and disorders, infections or inflammations
Drug class: STATINS (for reducing
cholesterol and protecting from heart attacks & strokes)
Side effects: muscle weakness, fatigue, heart attacks, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, strokes and death
Side effects: muscle weakness, fatigue, heart attacks, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, strokes and death
Drug class: BIPHOSPHATE BONE DRUGS (for
osteoporosis and brittle bones)
Side effects: increased risk of bone fracture
Side effects: increased risk of bone fracture
Drug class: DIET PILLS
Side effects: depression, suicidal ideation, suicide
Side effects: depression, suicidal ideation, suicide
Drug class: ANTI-SMOKING PILLS
Side effects: suicide, suicidal thoughts, depression, nausea and vomiting
Side effects: suicide, suicidal thoughts, depression, nausea and vomiting
Drug class: VACCINES
Side effects: increased susceptibility to infection (for example to flu, measles, polio etc.)
Side effects: increased susceptibility to infection (for example to flu, measles, polio etc.)
EXAMPLE: below is a list of side effects
included in the maker’s own patient information leaflet for a skin
cream currently prescribed for skin infections, reddening, swelling
and itchiness and a variety of other skin conditions and disorders.
LISTED SIDE EFFECTS: Severe
rash, burning and stinging feeling, skin irritation, itching skin,
worsening of your eczema, thinning of the skin, small veins near the
surface of the skin become visible, stretch marks, itchy rash and
skin inflammation in the area where the medicine is used, red
spotting rash around the mouth or chin, skin of the face may become
puffy, irritation to the eye s and mucus membranes (such as lips or
genital area).
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