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"In every case of depression, physical deficiencies and toxic poisoning should be considered first, before resorting to therapy and psychotropic medications such as antidepressants. I have seen hundreds of these cases respond to diagnosis and treatment of the underlying physical cause." How can mercury fillings still be considered to be safe? "The answer," Dr. Zamm says, "is that if you did it before, it's okay to do it again. For example, lead pipes were the standard for years, so they are still okay now." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"And in case you get the idea that I'm wholly against the use of pharmaceuticals here, let me disabuse you of that notion: there's no doubt in my mind that antidepressant medications have saved lives. But for some people, with some forms of depression, there may be other options. Natural Prescription for Mild or Moderate Depression St. John's Wort: 300 mg, standardized for 0.3 percent Hypericin: Three times a day Note: All dosages are daily dosages and in pill or capsule form unless otherwise noted. St. John's Wort is one of them." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Participants were instructed to avoid taking all medications, vitamins, or supplements on the day of the study until they had completed the study. No food was permitted and only water was allowed for consumption until completion of the study. Each participant provided a predose morning urine collection (second void of the morning). Then subjects orally dissolved their assigned testing lozenge (placebo or active). Participants drank only water and ate no food until they completed their final postdose urine collection between one to two hours after taking their lozenge." - Cheryle Hart, M.D., and Mary Kay Grossman, RD, The Feel-Good Diet (Get the book.)

"Many medications, whether prescribed or over-the-counter, adversely affect the body's detoxification organs, chief of which is the liver. Renowned hepatologist and liver disease specialist Melissa Palmer, M.D., tells us that there are more than a thousand drugs and chemicals that can cause injury to the liver, thus compromising the body's detoxification capabilities. In fact, some drugs are so injurious to the liver that doctors must weigh the pros against the cons when deciding whether or not to pursue a certain treatment." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Certain medications, including cimetidine (antiulcer; brand name Tagamet), benzodiazepene-containing drugs (antidepressants and Valium), antihistamines, and oral contraceptives can all hinder phase I detoxification. Other inhibitors include grapefruit, the spice turmeric, capsicum of hot peppers, cloves, toxins from intestinal bacteria—even age can slow down your liver's first detoxification process. Doctors are now diagnosing more and more fatty livers (especially in children), a result of too much sugar and processed foods in the diet." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Pharmaceutical Companies Owe a Debt to MSG In the 1980s one of the largest income-producing medications was Tagamet, and then other similar medications came along to treat indigestion (for example, Zantac, Accid, and Prilosec). Much of their patent action treats MSG side effects. Now these medications often are available as over-the-counter medications for all consumers. In the 1990s antidepressants such as Prozac and Zoloft have become billion-dollar money-makers." - George R. Schwartz, In Bad Taste: The Msg Symptom Complex : How Monosodium Glutamate Is a Major Cause of Treatable and Preventable Illnesses, Such As Headaches, Asthma, Epilepsy, heart (Get the book.)

"These included psychotherapy designed to help them adjust to their roles as wives and mothers, and also new medications known as minor tranquilizers which helped take the edge off their most intense feelings. (The minor tranquilizers were later dubbed as "mother's little helpers," after the derisive Rolling Stones song of that name).43 At the same time, it was clear to many that America's menfolk were also in trouble." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"A Natural ACE Inhibitor You may have heard of the class of medications known as ACE inhibitors, which are used in the treatment of both hypertension and congestive heart disease. ACE stands for angiotensin-converting enzyme, an enzyme that "converts" angiotensin 1 to the blood vessel-narrowing angiotensin 11, which in turn raises blood pressure. Schulman presented research that shows that pomegranate juice functions like a natural ACE inhibitor, reducing ACE by 36 percent and reducing systolic blood pressure as well." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"The NIMH also expressed concern about "significant limitations and risks" with regard to other types of drugs, such as antidepressants, anxiety medications, sedatives, and mood-stabilizers, in Alzheimer's patients. Fortunately, there are a variety of natural health options for people with this debilitating disease. Dr. Philip Hodes has developed a comprehensive approach. He says to avoid or eliminate any sources of aluminum exposure: aluminum cookware, utensils, or foil; underarm deodorants; drinking water and any juices or drinks packaged in aluminum-lined cartons." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Family therapy reduces the relapse rate in patients with schizophrenia to the same degree—50 percent—as antipsychotic medications.29 For children with anxiety and depressive disorders, intensive psychoanalytic treatment at four to five times per week was more efficacious than therapy one to three times per week. Also, the longer the duration of the treatment, the better the outcome.30 In general, social support, whatever its form, is critical to healing." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"The authors concluded (perhaps a bit defensively) that: "despite calls to restrict access to medications, medical management of [major depression] with Prozac, including careful monitoring for adverse events, should be made widely available, not discouraged.38 This conclusion received a cautious endorsement—"as is usually the case with good research, the study provides not only important answers, but also raises several important questions"—from a JAMA editorial in the same issue.39 Other commentators were more critical." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.) "A survey of psychiatrists, conducted in 1997, showed that 89% of all patients received at least one psychotherapeutic medication; 14% received four or more medications. The most commonly prescribed drugs were antidepressants (62% of all patients), followed by antianxiety agents (32%) and antipsychotic agents (27%).12 DSM Our evaluation of psychiatry—be it therapy with talk or drugs—is made difficult by the very issue that vexes the practice. That is, what psychiatrists do has never really fit into the medical model." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Anticonvulsant medications may lower biotin levels. Additionally, antibiotics may lower the production of biotin because some antibiotics kill bacteria in the colon. Biotin is not known to be toxic. Vitamin B5—Pantothenic Acid, the Center of Energy Pantothenic acid derives its name from the root word pantos, which means "everywhere." It has been found in every living cell including plant and animal tissues as well as in microorganisms. Pantothenic acid was first identified in 1933 when Roger Williams detected it as a growth factor for yeast." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "Certain medications, if taken for extended periods, can increase the amount of vitamin C required. Some examples of these drugs are aspirin, oral contraceptives, and barbiturates. For example, two aspirin tablets taken every six hours for a week have been reported to lower the amount of vitamin C in white blood cells by half. Vitamin C has been used under medical supervision to treat cancer with variable success. High intravenous doses have sometimes resulted in lessening of pain and extended life. This treatment is very controversial." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Narcotic medications should be avoided when possible because of the potential for tolerance and abuse. They should be used only when other options and diseases have been excluded. The levonorgestrel intrauterine system in the Mirena IUD substantially reduces menstrual flow approximately 80 percent as a bonus to the excellent contraception it provides. It has also been found to significantly reduce menstrual cramps and might be a good option for women seeking both contraception and treatment of menstrual cramps. SEEING A LICENSED PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE PRACTITIONER (N.D., M.D., D.O., N.P., P.A." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "It is a daily subcutaneous injectable medication that is moderately expensive and used for severe osteoporosis in patients who are not responding to the other medications or are having a lot of fractures. The main side effects are dizziness, nausea, joint aches, and leg cramps. For perimenopausal and young postmenopausal women with osteopenia and a T-score not worse than —2.0,1 would consider the use of any of these conventional approaches overtreatment." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Hopefully, research will determine the shortest amount of time that is necessary to be treated and the lowest dose that is required to achieve this significant benefit, which is not currently known for some of these medications. Fortunately, there is no rapid bone loss after discontinuing bisphosphonate treatment, compared to the rapid loss that does occur after discontinuation of estrogen. Also in time, research on natural medicines can be expanded to include the role of nutrients not only in bone density, but in bone strength and bone architecture." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Use of prescribed medications, over-the-counter drugs, vitamin and mineral supplements, laxatives, and diet aids should all be reviewed by a qualified health-care practitioner. The average amount of weight gain is 28 pounds. The maternal component of weight accumulation starts in the first trimester and is most prominent in the first half of the pregnancy. The growth of the fetus is most rapid in the second half of the pregnancy. In the last 12 weeks, the weight of the fetus more than triples." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Under the new plan, she has access to a nurse, called a clinical specialist, who knows her case intimately, helps her adjust her medications, and gets her in to see the doctor when she needs it. Bryson also has access to her own electronic medical record, where she can note reactions to a new medication. With the help of her clinical specialist, Bryson has learned how to avoid going to the doctor by doing things like checking on the salt in her diet if her blood pressure goes up." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "Nobody would fault a pediatrician for giving steroids to an asthmatic child, even though steroids, like most medications, have never received specific pediatric approval from the FDA.) Thought leaders help drug companies get around the no-off-label-marketing rules by doing the promotion for them. A doctor's decision to prescribe off label can be influenced by the recommendation of other doctors or by scientific articles in the medical literature, which the physician may or may not be able to interpret. Companies use thought leaders to reach doctors from both directions." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "The chairman of Abbott Laboratories wrote, "We believe direct advertising to the consumer introduces a very real possibility of causing harm to patients who may respond to advertisements by pressuring physicians to prescribe medications that may not be required." Charles Collins of Smith Kline and French warned that "advertising would have the objective of driving patients into doctors' offices seeking prescriptions." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"His doctors tried a variety of medications and therapies, but nothing worked. During hypnotic regression, Mark found himself in an unfamiliar place. At first, he thought he was in a subway tunnel but then realized he was on a concrete stairway in an underground military facility. He saw he was wearing a Nazi uniform and became aware that he was working as a guard (the warrior archetype) in a top-secret plant that was developing a nuclear bomb. He decided he couldn't be part of such a thing and made the decision to go AWOL. The facility was on an island in a cold northern sea." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Psychiatry as a whole has been extraordinarily arrogant and insensitive to what patients have been saying for years: that even when they do their job effectively, the medications have some horrendous side effects. I recall another very early experience with a patient. Tom and I were walking along a side street on the Lower East Side, on the way to his apartment. Tom had been a promising college student and semipro-fessional musician until he developed chronic paranoid schizophrenia." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Problems with feeding occur when the components of normal feeding development are missing or delayed, there are significant behavioral refusals due to multiple etiologies, there are medical interventions and medications that interfere with appetite and regulation, or there are physiological problems related to the condition or disability (Table 7). An interdisciplinary team that can determine which of these factors are interacting as causes of the feeding difficulties is helpful in determining and coordinating appropriate interventions." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Altogether, CBT has been shown in several studies to be more cost-effective than medications.14 Even for severe conditions like bipolar disorder, for which medication is absolutely appropriate, the addition of CBT to a medication regimen makes a great difference. Patients were rehospitalized at significantly lower rates and had better ratings on mood, social functioning, and coping.15 These are important findings, and they make an eminent amount of sense." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) "For people suffering from moderate to even severe depression, CBT can be as effective as medications.10 For insomnia, CBT has been shown to be more helpful than the sleep aid Ambien. In 2004, CBT was shown to help alleviate hypochondria in six sessions and, in conjunction with drugs, to help depressed adolescents and kids with obsessive-compulsive disorder. There are currendy about 150 clinical trials being conducted to test CBT for an ever-widening number of problems: Tourette's syndrome, gambling addiction, obesity, irritable bowel syndrome, and as a therapy for sexually abused kids." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Purpose:To manage yeast overgrowth Each capsule should contain approximately: Cellulase blend 30,000 CU Protease blend 100,000 HUT Contraindications: High amounts of cellulase should not be taken with certain timed-release medications that contain cellulose. Infants: Dissolve 1/3 of Digestive Formula capsule and administer to infant before feeding." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "Hemicellulase *High Cellulase Formula three times a day between meals for one to two weeks Purpose:To manage yeast overgrowth Each capsule should contain approximately: Cellulase blend 30,000 CU Protease blend 100,000 HUT Contraindications: High amounts of cellulase should not be taken with certain timed-release medications that contain cellulose." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "High Cellulase Formula three times a day for one week, followed by a one-month regimen of a probiotic formula at bedtime Purpose:To manage yeast overgrowth Each capsule should contain approximately: Cellulase blend 30,000 CU Protease blend 100,000 HUT Contraindications: High amounts of cellulase should not be taken with certain timed-release medications that contain cellulose." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "Purpose:To improve fat digestion and metabolism, as well as the health of the cardiovascular system Each capsule should contain approximately: Lipase blend 5,000 FCCFIP Protease blend 20,000 HUT Amylase blend 10,000 DU Lactase 300 LacU High Cellulase Formula three times daily between meals for one week Purpose:To manage yeast overgrowth Each capsule should contain approximately: Cellulase blend 30,000 CU Protease blend 100,000 HUT Contraindications: High amounts of cellulase should not be taken with certain timed-release medications that contain cellulose." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

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