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 "We believe that cognitive therapy might have more lasting effects because it equips patients with the tools they need to learn how to manage their problems and emotions," said Robert DeRubeis, professor and chair of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychology and author of one of the studies. "Pharmaceuticals, while effective, offer no long-term cure for the symptoms of depression."16 Jonathan Abramawitz, a psychologist at the Mayo Clinic, has said of cognitive therapy, "It's like learning to ride a bike. You are practicing these skills over and over."- Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) "The cocktail party set and the homeless mentally ill were now inextricably linked, not least by the pharmaceuticals that ran through their bloodstreams. Many of the greatest advances in psychiatry in the last two decades have actually occurred outside the realm of psychotropic medications: in particular, a series of extraordinarily elegant and subtle refinements in social and therapeutic techniques, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), that have produced outcomes that would be the envy of many if not most drug trials." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) |
 "Garlic is not as aggressive at lowering serum cholesterol and triglycerides as some of the newer pharmaceuticals, but it also does not have any of their side effects. For women with a modest elevation of cholesterol, it will provide a safer and effective alternative. For women with severe hypercholesterolemia, appropriate drugs may be used and later replaced by garlic when the desired drug effect is complete.
Garlic is not contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation, and 800 mg per day was found to be a safe and effective way to decrease gestational hypertension."- Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Dry the area and swab the modern, mass-market pharmaceuticals. In addition to candidiasis and trichomoniasis, povidone-iodine has been proven effective against potentially pathogenic microorganisms like Gardnerella, Bacteroides, and Enterobacteria without adversely affecting the lactobacillus population.82'83 One study combined a povidone-iodine solution for swabbing, a povidone-iodine vaginal gel for application at night, and a povidone-iodine douche for use in the morning in 93 courses of treatment in 87 patients with yeast or trichomona! vaginitis, or a combination of both." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Different nuclear isotopes and pharmaceuticals can be used to enhance the diagnostic value of the SPECT test. Whichever SPECT technique is used, these tests are able to further evaluate and/or predict cardiac disease, and this information can be used to determine the extent of the treatment intervention that is needed to improve their symptoms and future health. Several new imaging technologies have emerged in the detection of subclinical CAD: computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT)." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "OVERVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS Historically, conventional mainstream medicine has not been able to offer women a known cause for PMS, nor has it been able to offer a management approach short of pharmaceuticals with as many side effects as relief. Fortunately, new research has led to a better understanding of PMS and to new and more successful conventional and natural treatments. Self-care with natural therapies is the dominant method women use to manage PMS." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) |
| "The Institute of Psychiatry receives funding from, amongst other sources, Unilever, a massive chemical-based company; SmithKline Beecham and Pfizer Limited, both producers of antidepressant drugs; Novartis pharmaceuticals (previously Ciba Geigy); NPS Pharmaceuticals; Lilly Industries Limited, the manufacturers of Prozac; Hoescht Marion Roussell; Glaxo SmithKline; Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals; Bayer; Zeneca Pharmaceuticals; and Wyeth Laboratories. It also receives funding from US and British government departments and a number of British Health Authorities." - Martin J. Walker, Skewed: Psychiatric Hegemony and and the Manufacture of Mental Illness in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. (Get the book.) |
 "Doing so benefits not only your health (by, among other things, reducing your exposure to pesticides and pharmaceuticals), but also the health of the people who grow the food as well as the people who live downstream and downwind of the farms where it is grown.
Another important benefit of paying more for better-quality food is that you're apt to eat less of it.
"Eat less" is the most unwelcome advice of all, but in fact the scientific case for eating a lot less than we presently do is compelling, whether or not you are overweight."- Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) "If you wanted to eat produce grown without synthetic chemicals or meat raised on pasture without pharmaceuticals, you were out of luck. The supermarket had become the only place to buy food, and real food was rapidly disappearing from its shelves, to be replaced by the modern cornucopia of highly processed foodlike products. And because so many of these novelties deliberately lied to our senses with fake sweeteners and flavorings, we could no longer rely on taste or smell to know what we were eating." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) |
| "The Institute of Psychiatry receives funding from, amongst other sources, Unilever, a massive chemical-based company; SmithKline Beecham and Pfizer Limited, both producers of antidepressant drugs; Novartis pharmaceuticals (previously Ciba Geigy); NPS Pharmaceuticals; Lilly Industries Limited, the manufacturers of Prozac; Hoescht Marion Roussell; Glaxo SmithKline; Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals; Bayer; Zeneca Pharmaceuticals; and Wyeth Laboratories. It also receives funding from US and British government departments and a number of British Health Authorities." - Martin J. Walker, Skewed: Psychiatric Hegemony and and the Manufacture of Mental Illness in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. (Get the book.) |
 "In fact, there really aren't a lot of truly new drugs being developed these days. Most pharmaceuticals touted as new are essentially the same as other drugs in their class, with a slight chemical modification that allows the company to have a unique patent. These are called "me-too" drugs.
Once the drug companies have developed a "new" drug, they patent it and begin clinical trials in the hopes of gaining FDA approval for its use."- J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) |
 "When pharmaceuticals or nutraceuticals are used over these extremely long periods of time, though, it's often necessary to balance their actions, and to protect against side effects. For example, when pharmaceutical or nutraceutical antifungal meds are taken for several months or longer, it helps to take silymarin and/or phosphatidylcholine, or transdermal iV-acetyl-cysteine, in order to protect the liver. Liver enzymes can occasionally increase with some of these antifungal medications."- Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) |
 "Though 5-HTP is great stuff, don't start mixing and matching with pharmaceuticals or taking yourself off medications without your doctor's knowledge. It can be done, but do it wisely and with supervision.
Natural Prescription for Depression
5-HTP: Start with 50 mg three times a day and increase if necessary after two weeks. A common dose for depression and headache is 300 mg daily.
Omega-3 fatty acids: 13 g daily Remove sugar from diet Exercise daily!"- 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.) |
 "By quoting experts who offer words of encouragement using complex (and often bellicose) medical terminology, and by enthusiastically publicizing new neuroimaging devices and pharmaceuticals, the mass media legitimizes, informs, and helps shape the myth of
Alzheimer's disease that we have all come to know. I've seen this phenomenon progressively unfold over my last three decades in the field and deeply regret the effect it has had on the public."- Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) |
 "In other cases, we suggest a combination of supplements and pharmaceuticals because we feel the supplements will achieve a better long-term outcome with specific medical drugs. And sometimes we strongly recommend medication to rescue patients out of immediate crisis, reserving the supplements for a later, safer date when we can begin chipping away at the underlying causes of their problem.
This is the integrative approach. We're not biased against anything. We are for whatever works the best for the individual patient.
Some patients, however, still refuse to take drugs."- Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) |
 "Davidson, the lead author, also holds stock in Pfizer, American Home Products, GlaxoSmithKline, Procter and Gamble, and Triangle Pharmaceuticals; has received speaker fees from Solvay, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth-Ayerst, Lichtwer, and the American Psychiatric Association; has been a scientific advisor to Allergan, Solvay, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Forest pharmaceuticals, Inc."- Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.) |
| "Practitioners who use chelation believe this resistance arises from fear of competition within the medical establishment, and specifically that chelation threatens the economics of entrenched therapies, such as pharmaceuticals and surgery.
In an attempt to clear up the controversy, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health has launched the first large-scale study of EDTA chelation therapy for patients with coronary artery disease." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "They all, in fact, have side effects, even over-the-counter pharmaceuticals such as acetaminophen (liver-related problems) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (high blood pressure and weakened kidneys). Prescription NSAIDs are even stronger. Overuse of NSAIDs has ruined the careers and health of several well-known professional athletes. If NSAIDs can harm young people in peak physical shape, think of what they can do to you. Recent research shows that NSAIDs can hamper the mitochondrial production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the body's basic cellular fuel." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) |
 "While the standard of proof set by the FDA is high for pharmaceuticals, it is quite low for nutraceuticals. As long as a company can show that the product derives from food we would normally eat, it doesn't have to prove much else—as long as it doesn't claim the substance "cures," "mitigates," "treats," or "prevents" any specific illness. Talking about improving how the user "feels" or "functions" is perfectly fine. So actual therapeutic efficacy is not required for these substances to be on the market.
Some nutraceuticals have been tested a great deal; others, practically not at all."- Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.) |
 "VSL#3 is a blend of probiotics produced by Seaford pharmaceuticals in Ontario, Canada. It has been used in a number of clinical trials. Some studies noted in other chapters of this book have found this supplement has positive results on health; however, VSL#3 does not appear to assist in lactose intolerance. In a clinical study, VSL#3 was given to 10 volunteers for one or four days. Two weeks later, a lactose challenge was carried out by the volunteers. No statistically significant changes were observed, but there was a trend toward improvement."- Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "In a large clinical trial, volunteers were given pharmaceuticals to induce remission of their pouchitis and then randomly given either VSL#3 or placebo. Of the patients getting no probiotics, 100% experienced relapse. Only 15% of the patients taking probiotics experienced relapses of pouchitis. Probiotics can decrease the likelihood of relapse in patients in remission of pouchitis. On the contrary, research investigating the effects of a single probiotic, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, did not show a clinical effect on pouchitis." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "The relief experienced with probiotic supplementation is similar to that seen with the approved irritable bowel syndrome pharmaceuticals Zelnorm (tegaserod) and Lotronex (alosetron). L salivarius L. salivarius may help people with irritable bowel syndrome. In an eight-week double-blind, placebo-controlled trial L. salivarius was found to be superior in causing improvements in patients to B. infantis. B. lactis Bifidobacteria lactis 35624 appears to alleviate irritable bowel symptoms and affect inflammation." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "The Microflora and Intestinal Diseases Probiotic research studies have been published in a wide variety of scientific journals including those focusing on pediatrics, gastrointestinal health, pharmaceuticals and nutrition. Probiotic research involves an unusually wide range of disciplines: pediatrics, gastroenterology, nutrition, immunology and microbiology. This is what makes this new area of health so fascinating—it affects your entire body at every stage of life! Some of the most promising areas of research on probiotics relates to inflammatory intestinal disorders." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) |
 "This category of pharmaceuticals includes statinlike drugs, such as Lovastatin, Simvastatin, and Pravastatin (to mention but a few) that are often used to treat high cholesterol levels.
These drugs work by inhibiting the work of the cellular enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (known as HMG-CoA reductase). Inhibiting this enzyme reduces the body's intrinsic biosynthesis of cholesterol, stopping its synthesis and thereby lowering the level of cholesterol in the blood (see Figure 4.3 on page 73)."- Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) |
 "Of the thirteen pharmaceuticals charted in the review, all bear a formidable list of possible side effects. None have been endorsed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as explicitly safe during pregnancy—not an incidental point given that women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety and depression as men.
The article was positioned as advice for doctors, but how is it that a summary of treatments for general anxiety disorder in the bible of medical research simply left out exercise? It's a case of what I would call clinical blindness."- John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) |
| "The Institute of Psychiatry receives funding from, amongst other sources, Unilever, a massive chemical-based company; SmithKline Beecham and Pfizer Limited, both producers of antidepressant drugs; Novartis pharmaceuticals (previously Ciba Geigy); NPS Pharmaceuticals; Lilly Industries Limited, the manufacturers of Prozac; Hoescht Marion Roussell; Glaxo SmithKline; Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals; Bayer; Zeneca Pharmaceuticals; and Wyeth Laboratories. It also receives funding from US and British government departments and a number of British Health Authorities." - Martin J. Walker, Skewed: Psychiatric Hegemony and and the Manufacture of Mental Illness in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. (Get the book.) |
| "They are marketed heavily today to compete in the "natural" market as "healthy" and easily available options for those who don't want to or can't get prescription-only ED pharmaceuticals. However, there is currently little in the way of controlled research studies in this area that tells us anything definitive about their efficacy or serious side effects.
HERBS
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng) has traditionally been used for male impotence, though no current studies support this usage. Ginseng is safe, although the mechanism by which it is purported to work is not clear." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Like pharmaceuticals with sedative effects, however, discontinuation of valerian can be associated with withdrawal symptoms. For more information on valerian, see Chapter 16. My recommendation is to take it if you want, although there still is not enough information to know for sure if it is useful for insomnia. I remind you, however, of the fact that any efficacious medication of insomnia will have a drawback. You should try to find a nondrug (or herb) way to fall asleep." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) |
 "You wonder why conventional doctors are lockstep in their scorn of natural therapies and
dependence on pharmaceuticals. All you have to do is look at what happens to physicians who step outside of the norm."
"How many patients come to you on prescription meds that are actually only remedies for side effects of other medications they are taking? "
Dr. Whitaker: "That's hard to say because we see so much polypharmacy. Patients come in on multiple drugs and, as a result, are doing very badly."- Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "By not curing the causes of illness but by merely fighting symptoms by interfering in body processes, and hence bringing about additional undesired side effects, pharmaceuticals have not, by any means, improved man's health during the past decades. There is a worldwide increase of illness, and man is buying a supposedly longer life expectancy at the price of a distinctly lower quality of life in one's old age. This is demonstrated in a dramatic increase of dementia and other diseases caused by today's lifestyle." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) |
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