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Announces 20 Dangerous Drugs You Should NOT Be On
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A 2007 federal law requires the FDA to disclose
all its investigations into reports of possibly
drug-related adverse events. The first of this
series of quarterly reports has been released. It
includes adverse events reported between January 1 and March 31, 2008.
Here's the list of drugs and the adverse events that have been reported:
* Arginine Hydrochloride Injection (R-Gene
10) -- Pediatric overdose due to labeling and packaging confusion
* Desflurane (Suprane) -- Cardiac arrest
* Duloxetine (Cymbalta) -- Urinary retention
* Etravirine (Intelence) -- Hemarthrosis (blood in a joint)
* Fluorouracil Cream (Carac) and Ketoconazole
Cream (Kuric) -- Adverse events due to name confusion
* Heparin -- Anaphylactic-type (life-threatening allergic) reactions
* Icodextrin (Extraneal) -- Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
* Insulin U-500 (Humulin R) -- Dosing confusion
* Ivermectin (Stromectol) and Warfarin -- Drug interaction
* Lapatinib (Tykerb) -- Hepatotoxicity (liver toxicity)
* Lenalidomide (Revlimid) -- Stevens-Johnson
syndrome (a deadly drug reaction)
* Natalizumab (Tysabri) -- Skin melanomas (deadly skin cancer)
* Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat) -- Overdose due to labeling confusion
* Octreotide Acetate Depot (Sandostatin LAR) -- Ileus (bowels not moving)
* Oxycodone Hydrochloride Controlled-Release
(OxyContin) -- Drug misuse, abuse, and overdose
* Perflutren Lipid Microsphere (Definity) --
Cardiopulmonary reactions (lung/heart problems)
* Phenytoin Injection (Dilantin) -- Purple
glove syndrome (discoloration, pain, and swelling
of the hand that may lead to amputation)
* Quetiapine (Seroquel) -- Overdose due to sample pack labeling confusion
* Tebivudine (Tyzeka) -- Peripheral
neuropathy (tingling or numbness in the extremities)
* Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Blockers --
Cancers in children and young adults
Sources:
*
<http://www.fda.gov/cder/aers/potential_signals/potential_signals_2008Q1.htm?source=time>FDA
September 5, 2008
*
<http://www.webmd.com/news/20080905/20-drugs-fda-is-watching>WebMD.com
September 5, 2008
Dr. Mercola's Comments:
It’s difficult to fathom the immense power of the
pharmaceutical industry at times, but consider
this: The global market for pharmaceuticals was
worth more than $693 billion in 2007.
It is expected to increase to over $737 billion
in 2008 and will top $1.0 trillion by 2013.
To put these mind-boggling numbers into a larger
perspective, the pharmaceutical industry was
worth more money in 2007 than the gross domestic
product (GDP) – which is the market value of all
the output produced in a nation in one year -- of
these COUNTRIES, according to
<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/GDP.pdf>statistics
from the World Bank:
* Belgium ($448.5 billion)
* Sweden ($444 billion)
* Switzerland ($415.5 billion)
* Norway ($382 billion)
* Saudi Arabia ($381.7 billion)
In fact, if placed on the list ranking the
countries of the world according to gross
domestic product, the pharmaceutical industry
would rank number 17 out of 185 countries in 2007!
So, when I liken the pharmaceutical industry to a
giant wielding a mighty club, I really mean it.
Their power and influence over government, the
field of conventional medicine, and your mind
through massive marketing efforts, is in a class
of its own. It’s just that most people don’t
realize the magnitude of their financial
influence, and therefore are blinded and deceived
by the manipulated perception that the industry is “helping mankind.”
However, as has been repeatedly demonstrated, and
as this latest FDA watch-list of drugs that
potentially pose serious risk, the pharmaceutical
industry is NOT putting out magic elixirs for good health.
On the contrary, the industry is gaining power
and strength from propagating disease, not from achieving cures.
With Friends Like That, Who Needs Enemies?
These numbers are a sad reminder of just how
successfully the industry has turned our society
into a “pharmacracy” where every twitch and
hiccup is deemed treatable with another prescription.
Unfortunately, treating disease symptoms with
drugs will invariably create other health
problems, which lead to yet another prescription
to counteract the side effects from the first
one, followed by another one, and another… It’s
an evil circle that is clearly evident when you
review the statistics of prescriptions per
capita, which has grown exponentially in the past 75 years.
In 1929, the average American received less than
two prescriptions per year. By 2006,
<http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=268&cat=5>the
average annual prescription rate per capita in the United States was:
* just over 4 prescriptions per child (age 0-18)
* almost 11 prescriptions per adult (age 19-64), and
* 28 prescriptions per senior, aged 65 and over!
If these drugs did in fact treat and cure
disease, the United States would have the
healthiest inhabitants on the planet. Instead,
we’re seeing ever mounting numbers of people
suffering from completely preventable diseases
like diabetes, and we’re seeing a mounting death
toll directly attributable to prescription drugs.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), adverse drug reactions from
drugs that are properly prescribed and properly
administered cause about 106,000 deaths per year,
making prescription drugs the fourth-leading
cause of death in the U.S. Compare this to the
death toll from illegal drugs -- which is about
10,000 per year -- and you begin to see the
magnitude of the problem, and the magnitude of the coverup.
We are indeed a nation of drug addicts, and just
like old-fashioned street junkies, we’re spending
every penny we have to feed the beast; we believe
the sweet-talking, free-sampling salesmen, and
are dying in droves because of our dependency on a quick fix.
Looking for a Safe Drug? Keep Lookin’
But how can it be that clinically tested,
FDA-approved drugs that are supposed to “cure”
diseases are ending up hurting, and in some cases killing, so many people?
One reason is because even under the BEST
circumstances -- such as with a drug that has
gone through unbiased, stringent, long-term
testing -- when it is released into the
uncontrolled environment of your body, literally
anything can happen. It may interact badly with
another drug you’re taking, or perhaps a food you
eat causes an unforeseen reaction, or maybe your
genetic makeup, metabolism or the state of your
immune system will cause it to have an unpredictable impact.
There are countless possibilities, and only a
tiny fraction has been “tested for” in a lab.
And that’s the best case scenario. Unfortunately,
studies are frequently biased, results are
skewed, and drugs are put on a fast-track to be
approved long before anyone knows whether they’re safe.
In essence, it’s all a gamble, and there are NO 100 percent safe drugs.
To Medicate or Not to Medicate, That is the Question
You have to remember that, ultimately, it’s your
body, and the decision to medicate yourself for an ailment is yours alone.
If your doctor suggests you take a drug, research
it before you take it. Do not believe for one
minute that your physician will have all the
answers and all the latest research findings at
his or her fingertips. They won’t. Most
physicians will have little to offer you aside
from the lines they learned from their drug reps.
Make sure you are aware of the potential side
effects of the drug, read the package insert, and
remember that even if it lists a side effect as
rare, it can still happen to you. Then decide
whether the potential benefits truly outweigh the potential risks.
Also remember that a large number of drugs are
vastly over-prescribed and unnecessary. They’re
frequently referred to as “blockbuster drugs.” If
several people you know are on it, ask yourself, “why?”
Curing Disease Means Finding Health
If you make drugs a last option, not a first
choice, you will have taken a major step in the right direction.
For example, all of the following conditions can
be treated or prevented with LIFESTYLE CHANGES,
yet if you go to a typical doctor, you will
likely be prescribed a potentially dangerous drug instead:
* <http://www.mercola.com/article/diabetes/index.htm>Diabetes
* <http://www.mercola.com/article/heart_disease/index.htm>Heart disease
*
<http://www.mercola.com/article/hypertension/index.htm>High blood pressure
* High cholesterol
* Insomnia
I realize that it takes a massive shift in
thinking to realize that your body can heal
itself, and that often drugs only hinder the
process. But I can’t stress enough the importance
of the most basic principle of HOW to resolve an
illness: finding the underlying cause of the
problem. Masking it with a drug that lessens your
symptoms does not fix anything.
Disease can only be resolved by addressing its root cause.
What many people fail to realize is that it is
possible to maintain optimal health by simply
avoiding unnecessary drugs and by understanding
the fundamentals of good nutrition and exercise, which include:
*
<http://www.mercola.com/article/insulin.htm>Eliminating sugar and most grains
* Eating unprocessed, high-quality foods,
organic if possible, right for your nutritional type
* Eating your food as close to raw as possible
* Consuming enough omega-3 fats
* Exercising regularly
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