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"When you take NSAIDs [nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Advil], you're suppressing key parts of your body that could have helped you heal. With Wobenzym N you're getting at causes, not merely the suppression of the pain. The differences are dramatic." Enzymes allow you to work with your body to suppress inflammation without allowing the damage and joint destruction to proceed. Drugs, on the other hand, frequently suppress the symptoms while allowing the joint to continue to deteriorate. "Enzymes are truly the drug of the future," Gordon says. " - 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 accompanying editorial—these are typically included in medical journals to provide expert perspective on the most noteworthy articles published in each issue—reported with unusual candor (especially since both authors had financial ties to at least one of the manufacturers of the new drugs) that neither of the new anti-inflammatory drugs provided better relief of symptoms than the older alternatives. The editorial also explained that the highly touted safety benefits of the new drugs appeared minimal in people who were not at high risk of developing serious gastrointestinal side effects." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Anything that safely promotes healthy inflammation levels without sending the body into imbalance as many anti-inflammatory drugs may, can be expected to protect joint, brain and cardiovascular health—body systems that are known to be adversely affected by excess inflammation. Much scientific evidence points to a role of over-expression of COX, LO, and inflammatory cytokines in heart disease and ovarian and colon cancers." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are also used to reduce blood loss, especially in women who have DUB but still have normal ovulation. When NSAIDs are taken during the episode of menorrhagia, the effect is a 20 to 50 percent reduction in blood loss. The following anti-inflammatories are usually given for the first three days of menses, or throughout the menstrual flow, and seem to have similar effects: 1. Ibuprofen: 600 mg every 6—8 hours 2. Naproxen sodium: 550 mg every 6—8 hours 3. Mefenamic acid: 500 mg first dose, then 250 mg every 8 hours 4." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Medications that can interfere with T4 activation NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Ibuprofen and Naprosyn), birth control pills, oral estrogen, chemotherapy (interferon, 5FU, tamoxifen, 6-mercaptopurine), most antidepressants and sleeping pills, beta-blockers, lithium, phenytoin, amiodarone, and theophylline. 5. Toxins, including pesticides, mercury, fluoride, radiation, alcohol, caffeine, cigarette smoke, and phthalates (chemicals added to plastics, often emitted when heating or microwaving plastics). 6. Thyroid antibodies These are discussed below." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"For now, we don't recommend the pharmaceutical anti-inflammatory drugs because they have too many downsides. In any case, two of the leading products—Vioxx and Bextra—have already been withdrawn from the market, and manufacturers of many other popular drugs in this class, both prescription and over-the-counter products, have been told by the FDA to include label warnings about potential health risks. Chapter 6 Supplements The Basics Most doctors today prescribe drugs for specific effects such as lowering cholesterol or blood pressure." - 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.)

"In addition to the existing treatment of dilating bronchial tubes when asthma episodes struck, doctors began to also put patients on continuing courses of steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs, to help prevent asthma episodes from being triggered. These days, most doctors still use these two standard approaches: (1) dilating bronchial tubes during asthma episodes, and (2) prescribing steroidal anti-inflammatories to help prevent episodes. Even this approach, however, fails to reach the real root cause of asthma. The root cause of asthma is: the original source of the inflammation." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"For the full 12 months of the study, the people in the CLASS study who took Celebrex experienced 11 percent more serious complications (in all body systems combined) than the people who took the older and less expensive anti-inflammatory drugs. This difference did not reach statistical significance but certainly is significant in countering Pharmacia's claim that Celebrex is better than older NSAIDs because it's safer. These findings contributed to the FDA's decision to send one of its rare Warning Letters to the CEO of Pharmacia in February 2001." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"I would routinely dispense a diagnosis and then send patients down the symptom-curbing path of anti-inflammatory drugs, pain medications, antidepressants, and sleep aids. Unfortunately, I saw that my own interventions often did little to stabilize or alleviate my patients' problems, so I searched for clues that would help me better understand this symptom/disease bundle. That was when serendipity brought me into the loop: I began to experience some of the very same symptoms that plagued my patients." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"I tried to explain that these drugs offered no better relief than the older, less expensive anti-inflammatory drugs. I actually started to enjoy the challenge of trying to refocus my patients' attention back onto their underlying issues and medical problems, trying to reengage them in the search for constructive solutions." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen sodium) sleeping pills steroids (cortisone, prednisone, anti-inflammatories) ?tobacco Don't panic. As I said at the end of the test you took in Chapter 1, don't begin to agonize if you currently use or have used one or more of these drugs on the list. My RENEW program will help you minimize your need for these drugs in your life—even if you must continue using a particular prescription drug and even if you choose to drink coffee and alcohol." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"It's also one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory drugs ever found. During my recent trip to Ogliastra, I spoke to a guy who told me that sheep do not eat this kind of plant, while goats do. Therefore one may ask whether goat's milk in this region is richer in arzanol, thus acquiring anti-inflammatory properties." The region's unique geographic properties certainly provide a piece of the puzzle too." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"I1'I %' I-"; Prescriptions for Arthritis: Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs nna, my friend's mother, was in amazing health for a woman of eighty-two, her only medical problem being arthritis of the spine and hip. Her doctor prescribed a common anti-arthritic drug, Vioxx. At that time, COX-2 inhibitor drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex, a newer class of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), were replacing the older NSAIDs like Naprosyn and Aleve, Motrin and Advil, and Voltaren, Athrotec, and Cataflam." - Hyla Cass, Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"The card included statistics that claimed a patient taking Vioxx was eight times less likely to die from a cardiovascular complication than patients taking standard anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen. The statistics provided in the card did not include the startling results from the VIGOR trial. Instead, the company had pooled together data from other studies it had performed, a mingling of numbers that the FDA had warned was not appropriate. To prepare its salespeople for the increasing number of questions about the drug, Merck created a training exercise called Dodge Ball Vioxx." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"One of the academic-affiliated authors had a long-standing financial relationship with Pharmacia and other drug firms, was the lead author of earlier Celebrex trials, and went on to a stint directing the division of the fda responsible for reviewing applications to license new anti-inflammatory drugs. The vigor trial proved a "smoking gun." True, Merck was able to eke the acknowledgment of gastrointestinal safety from some observers. I'm not one of the convinced, since the acknowledgment is based on a trivial difference, too small to measure reliably. But Merck had a greater market in sight." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Current focus is on three areas: acid production, medications (NSAIDs—nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), and bacteria (H. pylori). From Louise's history, I knew these were indeed the three primary factors contributing to the development of her stomach ulcer—acid production from the foods she ate, long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritis pain, and bacterial activity that thrives in the presence of NSAIDs. High Animal Protein Means High Acid The primary job of stomach acid is to digest protein from your meals." - John A. McDougall, Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up (Get the book.)

"The reason is because most of these contain acetylsalicylic acid or similar anti-inflammatory drugs. And while these drugs may give some temporary relief from pain or stuffiness, they also lower the body's fever below ioo°f (37.8°c), thereby allowing the virus to multiply unchallenged and spread throughout the body.4 A young or relatively healthy body may be able to handle this interference, but the elderly and those with weak immune systems may develop serious conditions such as encephalitis or pneumonia, which can lead to death.5 While body temperature is above ioo°f (37." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in high doses reduce the development of polyps in the intestines by reducing inflammation. Vitamin D plays an important role in regulating and defining your immune system's response to bacteria in the intestine. Your diet can either foster the growth of friendly bacteria or feed the proliferation of unfriendly bacteria that will lead to inflammation and perhaps produce cancer-causing substances. Diet seems to influence your risk of bowel cancer more than your risk of other cancers. In 1980, Dr." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"They've been given steroid shots and anti-inflammatory drugs, have been told they are just "getting old," and in some cases surgery has been recommended or even performed. Not one of these solutions treats the most common cause: tight and dysfunctional fascia. I'll bet that in all the visits you've ever made to your doctor, the word "fascia" has never once been mentioned. And I'm not surprised, because for reasons unknown to me, this "organ" is largely ignored by Western medicine." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Note: anti-inflammatory drugs should not be taken during this therapy, as some inflammation is desired. For information, call The American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine at 800-992-2063, or visit their Web site at www.aaomed.org. • Herbal Relaxant L/eg or back tied up in knots? Massaging a few drops of essential oil of Saint-John's-wort into the painful area can ease uncomfortable muscle cramps or spasms. Or swallow 15 to 20 drops of Saint-John's-wort tincture every few hours as needed. Saint-John's-wort is rich in hypericin, a chemical that affects mood and the nervous system." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"It is also why anti-inflammatory drugs like Advil may reduce the risk of dementia. But don't take them to reduce your risk. Over 100,000 people per year end up in the hospital and 16,000 people die every year from intestinal bleeding caused by these medications. Everyone is searching for the one thing that causes diseases like Alzheimer's. But there is no one thing. Complex interactions between multiple factors from your lifestyle and environment interacting with your genes create problems.We have to address all the factors to succeed in helping the brain become healthy and recover." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.) "Other drugs that deplete B vitamins include aspirin, estrogens (including birth-control pills and steroids), diuretics or water pills, anticonvulsant drugs (seizure medication, also often used for mood disorders, such as Tegretol and Depakote), anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, and drugs for Parkinson's disease such as Sinemet. Glutathione-Lowering Medication There is one drug that stands above all others in quickly depleting glutathione—acetaminophen (Tylenol or Panadol). It is found in countless over-the-counter medications. People take it all the time without thinking about it." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Instead of treating the soft tissues involved (muscles, tendons, ligaments, and, most important, the fascia), doctors tend to give anti-inflammatory drugs or shoot steroids into a stiff or sore area. The steroids temporarily alleviate the pain by reducing inflammation, but neither the drugs nor the injections address the underlying problem. As a result, other pains, knots, and constrictions develop in the fascia. Since the fascia is one continuous system running throughout the body, a tightening in one area also affects other areas." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Medical treatments Prescription medications used to treat celiac disease include immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory drugs. Agents prescribed include glucocorticoids, such as prednisone (Deltasone) and prednisolone (Prelone), and 6-mercaptopurine (Purinethol). Strict adherence to a gluten-free diet is essential, although doctors are questioning the need for all celiac patients to avoid oats. People with severe damage to intestinal tissue may be prescribed intravenous nutritional supplements in order to replace unabsorbed nutrients." - 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.)

"As a result, studies were being conducted on the effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to see if they could slow its progression. But at this point, one study on rofecoxib (Vioxx) and naproxen sodium (Aleve) was inconclusive, and another on celecoxib (Celebrex) and naproxen sodium was discontinued. Rofecoxib has since been withdrawn from the market. Q Because the beta-amyloid plaques appear to be in large measure the culprits behind Alzheimer's damage, if a way could be developed to clear them out, or prevent their buildup altogether, the disease could be managed." - 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.) "A small number of people have even been able to reduce or discontinue use of anti-inflammatory drugs. Q Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), an omega-6 fatty acid, may ease symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis by suppressing the production of prostaglandins that trigger inflammation. Evening primrose oil and borage seed oil contain GLA. Q The immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine, which is used in transplant patients to prevent rejection of the transplanted organ, is being used as a treatment for a variety of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis." - 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.)

"In many cases, relief of pain and inflammation is rapid, and anti-inflammatory drugs are unnecessary. However, some patients do not improve significantly unless they drink a full quart of cherry juice daily. We do not know how cherry juice works or what is the active ingredient. Nutritional Supplements Folic Acid Dr. Kurt Oster, a cardiologist who routinely prescribed up to 80 mg of folic acid per day for heart patients, found that this vitamin reduced serum uric-acid levels in most patients." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.) "For maintenance, or to prevent side effects of anti-inflammatory drugs, 1 tablet 2 or 3 times a day, is usually sufficient. Chewing the tablets, rather than swallowing them whole, appears to enhance the effectiveness of the treatment, possibly by increasing the amount of DGL that comes in contact with stomach and duodenal tissue. Nutritional Supplements Glutamine Glutamine is an amino acid that is found naturally in the body and in food. Glutamine helps improve the integrity of gastrointestinal tissues." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"Midrin, a combination drug, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are also prescribed for migraine. These drugs are not appropriate for everyone. Because they have the potential to cause coronary artery constriction, they should not be taken by people with ischemic heart disease (angina or a history of heart attack). You should not use sumatriptan if you have heart disease including angina (chest pain), history of heart attack, or high blood pressure, as this drug in particular can cause a spike in blood pressure." - 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.)

"I am on Coumadin so I can't take anti-inflammatory drugs like Advil or Aleve. The moment we shared this alternative approach to arthritis, the response was over- "The berries of juniper ('Wacholder') were a favorite remedy prescribed for a variety of ailments by the 19th-century priest and healer Sebastian Kneipp, who was revered as a saint by his patients and dismissed as a quack by the medical profession. According to a German chart in our house that describes herbal remedies, juniper cures rheumatism, gout, skin disorders, and the common cold, presumably in that order of effectiveness." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

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