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"In addition, there are approximately 1,000 active ingredients used in more than 100,000 over-the-counter medications in the U.S., with combined annual sales exceeding $17 billion.16 The current health of our nation is perfectly aligned with the goals of the pharmaceutical industry. Our lifestyles create disease and drug companies thrive as they develop a wide range of drugs designed to treat the symptoms for every conceivable health related issue of our making. If you have ever invested in the stock market you've probably noticed that most businesses are cyclical." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Both prescription and over-the-counter medications are included in this category. For instance, taking OTC antacids during a course of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin (Cipro) lowers the effectiveness of the antibiotic. If you take birth control pills, you should know that the antibiotic rifampin could lower their effectiveness. Miconazole (the active ingredient in Monistat and other products), an OTC drug for yeast infections, should not be used with warfarin (Coumadin) or bleeding and bruising could occur." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "If you treat yourself with over-the-counter medications and symptoms continue or recur within two months, it would be wise to seek medical advice. Q Colloidal silver is a natural broad-spectrum antiseptic that fights infection, subdues inflammation, and promotes healing. It is a clear golden liquid composed of 99.9 percent pure silver particles approximately 0.001 to 0.01 microns (1/1,000,000 to 1/100,000 millimeter) in diameter that are suspended in pure water. Colloidal silver can be taken by mouth, administered intravenously, or applied topically." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"The mean number of over-the-counter medications (mainly acetaminophen) was significantly fewer in the treatment group (Nguyen et al 2001). Administration of 1,600 mg of glucosamine HC1, 1,000 mg of calcium ascorbate, and a 1,200-mg mixture of chondroitin sulfate-4 and -6, all taken twice daily, produced beneficial effects in TMJ arthritis. Of the 50 participants in the uncontrolled, preliminary study, 80% reported a decrease in joint noises; 2% reported a worsening in symptoms of pain and/or swelling; 10% failed to comply with conditions of the study, and 8% reported no change." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"On the other hand, dry eyes are most often either a symptom of something far less worrisome, or a side effect of prescription or over-the-counter medications. Diuretics, decongestants, beta-adrenergic blockers, antimuscarinics, and thiabendazole may all cause dry eyes. If your eyes are dry and painful, the primary solution is to recognize what's causing your dry eyes and then, if possible, eliminate the cause." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"As mentioned earlier, many over-the-counter medications also contain caffeine and can increase sleep disorders through overstimulation. While alcohol may initially be relaxing, the end result of drinking is interrupted, less restful sleep. It may help you fall asleep, but when its effects wear off, it disrupts the deeper stages of sleep during the second half of the night. Alcohol can reduce overall sleep time, including both REM and non-REM sleep." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.) "In addition, many over-the-counter medications (cold and cough preparations, weight-loss drugs, pain relievers) contain caffeine or caffeine-related substances and can also increase sleep disorders. Recently, coffee and chocolate have both been touted for their high levels of antioxidants, and in fact, caffeine itself is an antioxidant. A 2005 study found that coffee is actually the top source of antioxidants in the U.S. diet." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Another 700,000 people are hospitalized each year because of adverse reactions to prescription and over-the-counter medications." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Caffeine is also found in cocoa, chocolate, and certain over-the-counter medications. Lifestyle changes that may be helpful Pregnant women should avoid alcohol completely. Alcohol intake by pregnant women can lead to a spectrum of disorders, including fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND), and alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD). FAS is characterized by growth retardation, abnormal facial features, and mental retardation. In addition, about 80% of children with FAS have an abnormally small cranium, called microcephaly." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Respiratory symptoms can be managed with a variety of over-the-counter medications: decongestants so you can breathe better, expectorants to loosen up chest congestion, and antihistamines to dry up running secretions from your eyes and nose. If you're coughing a lot, a cough suppressant with dextromethorphan is prescribed to help quell the hacking. When coughing is severe, your doctor may prescribe a cough suppressant with codeine. Cough drops and throat lozenges help soothe mildly sore and tickly throats." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.)

"Anything that interferes with any of these pathways, including prescription or over-the-counter medications, can cause a problem, either temporarily, or permanently, in the case of a severe imbalance, chronic illness, or long-term drug use. The Association for Male Sexual Dysfunction recognizes over 200 drugs that may cause impotence.1 Orgasmic Dysfunction Generally related to erectile dysfunction, orgasmic dysfunction (medically known as anorgasmia) occurs when a man is able to have a satisfactory erection, but unable to have a normal orgasm during sexual intercourse." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"We take prescription or over-the-counter medications to combat the sleepless nights. The lack of exercise and proper nutrition causes physical breakdowns. The pressures of life create emotional and mental breakdowns. We go to our doctor for help and they prescribe more drugs to treat our symptoms while ignoring the cause. We are so busy doing the things we've been conditioned to think are important that we forget to focus on the things that really are important. We wonder why we are unhappy. We want to change, but we don't know how." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"In sharp contrast to drugs, which are very toxic and must be carefully controlled by trained professionals, vitamins can be experimented with by any person secure in the knowledge that they are as safe as any of the over-the-counter medications readily available today. People can become their own therapists. Experimentation will not do them any harm, provided they have taken a little time to examine the vitamin literature. With drugs, too little is much safer than too much, but with vitamins, a little more is much safer than too little if one wishes to obtain optimum health." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"If we also consider the addition of the over-the-counter medications that many people are also taking, the potential for serious interactions is even greater. That is something many doctors quite often fail to consider (usually the result of the average 10-minute office call). A prime example is my assistant's 9-year-old son named Jeffrey, who was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 3. Almost daily he would completely terrorize his preschool classroom, often biting and hitting other children and the teachers, to the point that his teachers strongly suggested medication." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"Just because some 5 billion over-the-counter medications are sold in the United States annually,does not mean you should believe they are safe. Take for example, acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol. Besides causing cardiovascular problems, Tylenol is actually the most common cause of liver failure, not hepatitis C, as you might believe. Tylenol 3, which is given to women for postnatal pain, can produce deadly concentrations of morphine in their breast milk." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Most prescribed and over-the-counter medications, when taken by a breast-feeding mother, are considered safe for the infant. However, a doctor should always be consulted before any medication is taken. There are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breast-feeding temporarily. Caffeine Caffeine, which is considered a drug, is excreted into breast milk. It is estimated that an infant receives 1.5 to 3.1 mg of caffeine after the mother drinks a cup of coffee (a cup of coffee typically contains 60 to 50 mg of caffeine)." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"When Mark didn't respond to any over-the-counter medications, his parents finally took him to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with appendicitis. After a brief surgery and recovery, Mark was released from the hospital. He wasn't home for long. He returned to the hospital within twenty-four hours due to increasing abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and vomiting. Mark was now much sicker than he was before the operation. The young boy was readmitted to the hospital; however, the local doctors were puzzled." - Ray D. Strand, What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You (Get the book.)

"So we can easily see the major influence that combining these antidepressants with other medications would have on the effective dosage you might be getting. over-the-counter medications such as cold or pain medications are also toxic chemicals, and thus compete to get around your liver as well. 7. If you also drank alcohol, that would just compound the problem even more. And, anyone who has the Candida yeast infection, (actually quite common), is producing alcohol, along with a very toxic metabolite in their intestine called acetaldehyde, from sugar in its various forms. 8." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.) "Most importantly, there is normally a much better natural solution for any underlying problem, and the use of prescription and over-the-counter medications is seldom (if ever) necessary. Drugs basically place an added burden on the liver, and just how extensive the damage they can potentially create (especially in combination) might be very difficult to accurately predict. Drugs are actually chemicals (or toxins) that the liver does everything within its power to eliminate, which has been proven. I personally consider them as poisons that I would never expose my body to." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"People taking prescription or over-the-counter medications should consult a physician before taking DLPA. PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE _ What is it? Phosphatidylserine (PS) belongs to a special category of fat-soluble substances called phospholipids, which are essential components of cell membranes. PS is found in high concentrations in the brain. According to double-blind studies, PS may help preserve, or even improve, some aspects of mental functioning in the elderly when taken in the amount of 300 mg per day for three to six months.1" - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"The conditions hypoglycemia, hypothyroid, or adrenal fatigue, as well as the use of many prescription and over-the-counter medications, can easily contribute to depression. The good news is there are solutions for each one, and without the use of toxic drugs, which only treat symptoms, deplete many important nutrients, produce side effects, and create toxins in the process. The more drugs a person is using, (legal or illegal), the less healthy they are likely to be, and the greater the risk for depression. Are Your Medications Making You Depressed?" - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"These statistics do not tell the whole story because the true numbers for drug abuse (or misuse) remain buried in the escalation of non-illicit prescription drug use, such as sleeping pills, sinus medication and a variety of other over-the-counter medications. If you step back from what we have been conditioned to believe, you will conclude that no industry has contributed more to our toxic lifestyle than the pharmaceutical industry. That does not mean that all drugs are bad. Obviously there are drugs that benefit people. Unfortunately, drugs do not cure disease." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"If we then consider that many are also taking NSAIDs for pain, or H2 blockers for acid reflux, or possibly various medications for lowering cholesterol or blood pressure, we can better understand why anyone on prescription and over-the-counter medications is a prime candidate for depression, due to nutrient depletion 6. Many eat fast food quite often, as well as frozen TV dinners heated in a microwave oven, which depletes nutrients (by 60% to 90%). It is quite easy to see how both depression and disease in general are not only possible, but also quite likely." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.) "S Combining different prescription medications, and possibly even mixing over-the-counter medications, considerably increases the risk for depression. The more medications you are taking, the greater the risk will be. / Drinking grapefruit juice can actually suppress the major detoxifier in the liver, the P450 enzyme, for up to 24 hours. That alone could easily complicate matters even further, by increasing the potential for side effects, as well as potentially leading to a serious overdose of both alcohol and drugs." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"A surprising number of prescription and over-the-counter medications can contribute to nightmares, insomnia, or disrupted sleep. Many of these drugs would not necessarily be expected to cause problems. Beta-blockers such as atenolol, metoprolol, and propranolol, which are prescribed for high blood pressure or heart trouble, may cause nightmares and insomnia. The osteoporosis medicine Actonel (risedro-nate) can interfere with sleep." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"According to the New England Journal of Medicine, "antiinflammatory drugs (prescription and over-the-counter medications, which include Advil, Motrin, Aleve, Ordus, aspirin, and over 20 others) alone cause over 16,500 deaths and over 103,000 hospitalizations per year just in the U.S." The amount of five major painkillers sold at retail establishments rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005, according to an Associated Press analysis of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration.' Even the smallest amount of aspirin triggers at least some degree of intestinal bleeding." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Thus it is also important that patients inform all their doctors about all prescription and over-the-counter medications they are taking, including herbal remedies and weight loss pills. Commonly Prescribed Medications A medication has a chemical name that describes its molecular structure, a generic (nonproprietary) name, and a brand (proprietary) name. In the following list, which is by no means inclusive, the generic name is followed by a brand name in parentheses." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"In this study with sixty-nine patients, nettle extract again rated higher than placebo: 58 percent reported it relieved most all their symptoms and 48 percent stated it was more effective than other over-the-counter medications.13 It was still being confirmed as a beneficial treatment for rhinitis ten years later when researchers then suggested the same sort of inflammatory immune cell suppression was responsible for the documented effects." - Leslie Taylor, ND, The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals (Get the book.)

"From coffee, a semi-tropical evergreen, first used by the Arabs 800 years ago; and in tea (with theophylline), cocoa, some aspirin compounds, over-the-counter medications, and cola soft drinks." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

"This includes many prescription and over-the-counter medications. Anyone taking St. Johnswort should carefully read the labels of all over-the-counter medications to make sure they do not interact harmfully with maois . Ginkgo Biloba After looking up ginkgo biloba on the World Wide Web, I learned that one company was marketing it as "the smart herb." Among other claims was that it increased memory in older adults with early Alzheimer's disease, as well as those with hardening of the arteries of the brain." - Julian Stuart Haber, ADHD: The Great Misdiagnosis (Get the book.)

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