New FDA Label

FYI
We need to remember, every medication that the FDA bans or requires new label warnings, once had the approval of the FDA as it was, before the ban or new label.

Please check this link for the antibiotics on the list.

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm365050.htm

Health Scare

I came across some interesting information recently, that I simply have to share.  For several years now, staph has become an issue for many people who have some sort of inpatient procedure done.  They go in for whatever surgery and end up with a staph infection.  Now, there are many reasons given for why this happens, but it so far hasn't stopped anyone from subjecting themselves to this potentially fatal disease.

As the plagues and pestilences continue to gain momentum in our society and around the world, we need to be aware of some things.  The medical industry actually protects itself from a number of liabilities by requiring patients to sign authorization and treatment forms.  There are a number of "exclusionary what ifs" that people sign in agreement stating the risk is on them, and the facility will not be held accountable.

The diagnosis of HIV is still protected, meaning a medical professional can be HIV+ and you don't have the right to know that.  The truth of the matter is, the server at the restaurant can be HIV+ and it would be discrimination to not hire them, but we realize there are chances we take every time we interact in public.  It's in medical treatment that we continue to be very vulnerable, yet trusting, even after the statistics indicate we have reason to be alarmed.

There is policy in place now that actually instructs patients to use certain chemical precautions before submitting to surgery in the facility, in an attempt to minimize the possibility of staph or MRSA.  Now some say this is such a wonderful precaution, but we don't consider the fact that staph and MRSA are super bugs because of the previous precautions taken.   We are literally creating and mutating bacteria by the overuse of antibiotic and anti-bacterial chemicals.

Medical facilities are not where we obtain health and let's face it, they don't stay in business healing people, but treating people, repeatedly . . .  Much like the casinos, the winners aren't keeping the doors open and the lights on.

Something to Consider

. . . While we still can think clearly.  Have you ever wondered about the rise in Alzheimer's and dementia?  For a time I just attributed it to people living longer and it was inevitable that the brain, being an organ, would give out just like a heart, or any other organ.  I truly thought it was just a matter of genetics, diet, and lifestyle in the early years that determined which organs gave out first.  Add to that an extended life expectancy from artificial means, and you're bound to have more cases of everything in an aging population that isn't really healthier at all, but rather; preserved.  "Better living through chemistry," as the saying goes.

 What I hadn't taken into consideration until about twenty years ago, was the devastating effect medications can have on our thought process and memory.  I never considered how much of our aging population was taking medications that really had not been tested in long term use, because these drugs simply have not been in existence long enough to know the long term effect.

Over the counter drugs are, in my opinion, highly over used.  Because they are obtainable without prescription, many people consider them to hold no long term effect.  We simply do not really know the potential.  Then add to that, the drinking water that contains pharmaceuticals along with memory altering chemicals and we may have a better understanding of the increase in Alzheimer's and dementia.  The increase in cases may be a simple line of cause and effect from the chemicals we ingest over the years, believing them to be harmless.

http://intellihub.com/2013/07/09/studies-prove-that-these-drugs-make-your-brain-stop-working/

Think About It

Medications come with dosage instruction for a very good reason.  Most chemical medications are poison.  The base theory behind a prescription is to kill a bacteria, quash a symptom, or dull a pain.  The purpose of medication is destruction, and the hope is the destruction of what ever the target will improve the health.  Interesting premise, I say.

We accept that chemo therapy to treat cancer is truly poison aimed at killing the mutated cells of the tumor before the tumor takes over the organ in which it is located, and hopefully without killing too many normal cells.  Chemo-therapy is considered the "big guns" of the pharmaceutical industry, but the reality is, all prescriptions are chemically based therapy, thus; chemo-therapy.

I entered the term Chemo into my WordWeb dictionary and this is what I found.  

Chemo:  The use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)

Here is the definition of the therapy from the same source.

Therapy:  (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)

   ex:  "heat therapy gave the best relief"

I found it interesting that the example of the use of the word wasn't based upon medication at all, but simple practicality that has worked for years.   

Of course, natural remedies can be misused and abused, and we know there are some poisonous plants, but unlike pharmaceuticals, the majority of herbs and plants are not toxic.  With nearly 100,000 deaths a year from medication errors, it is only logical to consider whether or not we truly want to use poison in our health care.

True Confession

The information contained in the video is presented by a former pharmaceutical sales rep.  I've included the address to her website as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIm8fHxqUAM&feature=player_embedded#at=15

www.GwenOlsen.com

Potential Side Effects

It seems, here in America, we all need a cause to be intense about, be it for or against!  I believe we were created to be passionate about our beliefs.  The G-d of Israel created some amazing remedies for humanity, as well as given instruction that we could simply be healthy, but humanity came up with other ideas.

If you want to feel strongly about something, I suggest you read the possible side effects of some of the packages in your medicine cabinet.  Granted, some of the possibilities are very improbable, but statistically speaking, before you take something or give it to your child, how many people have already taken it and not been affected?  It's worth asking?  Say, the weird side effect only affects one in 10,000, but what's to say, the law of averages haven't come due?

We also know that most of the testing is cherry picked for results, so are we taking more risks than we should for instant symptom management?  The short answer, I believe is, yes.  Taking medication doesn't usually change one's habits or even one's health, it just masks or manages the symptoms.  Although, I don't use the same vocabulary and writing style, as is used in the article I'm linking, the information is quite interesting.  Also linked is a video by Gwen Olsen, a former pharmaceutical rep.

               Popular Medications                                                 Gwen Olsen

More Control

First, I make no bones about it.  I'm a full figured woman.  I've had a weight complex since before I was four years old, and I wasn't even overweight then, but I listened to enough comments that it truly did become a self-fulfilling prophecy, and now I simply don't care.  I eat healthy, I'm more active than women half my age, and I like the way I am.  I don't want to lose any significant amount of weight.  To get to the real heart of the matter though; this article isn't about me, it's about the decision that will rule and control and have Americans living in fear.

I'm wondering, since the AMA has now determined that obesity is a disease, if there isn't a Big Pharma that has finally come up with a weight management pill.  We'd be looking at billions upon billions for a profit margin, and just imagine the kick-backs!

To call obesity a disease means doctors, insurance, and now government mandate will have even more control in the life of "we the people."  So, will this be the avenue to some sort of medicare plan for the elderly obese to receive forced care or allow them to die with dignity when the disease is termed incurable?

Next, we have to address the fact this will now play into insurance coverage in group plans, because since it is a disease now, that means surgeries that were not covered by insurance, now will be.  Statistically, every group of three has 1 obese member, so we are looking at outrageous premiums as mandated insurance goes into place in the near future.

Both of these issues don't hold a candle to my real concern.  How many children are going to end up in state custody because their parent's are "neglecting" this medical condition?

http://www.undergroundhealth.com/obesity-a-disease/