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"He has arthritis, he said, and "holes in my spine" because of the prednisone, a steroid drug, he had to take for five years as part of his liver transplant. In fact, now he has no choice but to be a lifelong customer of the companies making pharmaceuticals. In all, he takes five or six different meds. The pills he takes to keep his body from rejecting his new liver come with warnings that they can cause cancer. "I was ticked off what it done to me," he said of Rezulin." - 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.)

"She wonders if a liver transplant would work, but knows the transplant list is long. She wonders if she can get a new liver outside the country. She obviously has no idea what a liver transplant would cost. She is fatigued now. If she elects to undergo chemotherapy, she will likely experience terrible side effects that make it impossible for her to take care of her children. She has little understanding of what lies ahead. She hasn't begun to even think of not being there for her children. be kept in the range of 10 grams per 100 milliliters rather than 14 as is commonly practiced." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"In November 2001, German authorities announced that 24 cases of liver disease (including hepatitis, liver failure, and cirrhosis) associated with the use of kava had been reported in Germany; of these, one person died and three required a liver transplant. Prior to this report, it had been widely believed that kava did not cause any serious side effects. The 1998 edition of the German Commission E Monographs, considered to be an authoritative source on herbal medicines, does not mention liver disease in its discussion of kava's side effects." - 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.)

"Ken Schuit was an enormously popular and accomplished medical school professor at the largest liver transplant center in the world. He died of liver failure. To the shock and surprise of his colleagues and friends, he refused to undergo a liver transplant. He knew he was going to die yet refused even to speak to the transplant surgeons. Instead, he slipped into hepatic coma and died after a brief illness. His refusal to undergo a liver transplant was something of a mystery. What was he trying to say?" - John D. Lantos, M.D., Do We Still Need Doctors?: A Physician's Personal Account of Practicing Medicine Today (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, it also resulted in several cases of massive liver failure resulting in liver transplant. More than anything, this should serve as a potent reminder that altering natural compounds may result in dangerous—even fatal—pharmaceutical side effects. Nicotinamide is not toxic and has never been shown to produce liver toxicity, even in very large doses. Unfortunately, it has no affect on cholesterol or other plasma lipids. A new form called inositol hexaniacinate also prevents the flushing, and lowers cholesterol without observed liver toxicity." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"The new labeling warns (in part): "severe liver injury may progress to liver failure resulting in death or the need for a liver transplant in a small percentage of patients."19 The drug approval agency further explained, "The labeling also notes that the number of actual cases of severe liver injury is unknown because of underreporting of post-marketing adverse events."20 The FDA reports that the warning was issued because of two known cases of liver injury in a teenager and an adult who had been treated with Strattera." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.) "The FDA label request warns that "severe liver injury may progress to liver failure resulting in death or the need for a liver transplant in a small percentage of patients." Okay, let's recap once more. Strattera may increase the risk of suicide and cause liver problems that could result in death? How bad must the wiggling, talking out of turn and losing homework be that a parent would decide the alleged benefit of taking Strattera, or any of the mind-altering drugs manufactured to treat ADHD, outweighed the known risk of the serious and potentially life-threatening side effects?" - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"Perhaps as a consequence, drug-induced liver injury has become the leading cause for removal of approved drugs from the market, and for acute liver failure in patients evaluated at liver transplant centers in the United States." Neil Kaplowitz, the coeditor of the most recent, comprehensive medical textbook, Drug-Induced Liver Disease, has even more fun news. "In the United States drug-induced liver disease is the most common cause of acute liver failure ... a more frequent cause . . . than viral hepatitis and other causes." He goes on: "The frequency and economic impact..." - Greg Critser, Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies (Get the book.)

"A potent antioxidant combination may protect the liver from damage in people with hepatitis C, possibly decreasing the necessity for a liver transplant. In a preliminary trial,23 three people with liver cirrhosis (page 290) and esophageal varices (dilated veins in the esophagus that can rupture and cause fatal bleeding) caused by hepatitis C received a combination of Alpha lipoic acid (page 464) (300 mg twice daily), silymarin (from milk thistle (page 710); 300 mg three times daily), and selenium (page 584) (selenomethionine; 200 meg twice daily)." - 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.) "In two of these cases, severe liver failure resulted in the need for a liver transplant. Most, though not all, of the individuals who developed liver damage while taking kava were also taking at least one other medication that has been associated with liver injury.20 That raises the possibility that these other drugs, rather than kava, may have been responsible for the problem in some cases. It is also conceivable that kava interacts with some of these drugs, thereby increasing their toxicity." - 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.)

"She obviously has no idea what a liver transplant would cost. She is fatigued now. If she elects to undergo chemotherapy, she will likely experience terrible side effects that make it impossible for her to take care of her children. She has little understanding of what lies ahead. She hasn't begun to even think of not being there for her children. be kept in the range of 10 grams per 100 milliliters rather than 14 as is commonly practiced." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Tim Davern, a gastroenterologist with the liver transplant program of the University of California at San Francisco. "Most had no idea that what they were taking could have that sort of effect." What better way to reduce or eliminate pain then by simply taking a bath or rubbing magnesium chloride in liquid form directly onto the skin or affected area of the body." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"This is obviously a much better solution than resorting to a liver transplant, and the accompanying dependence on a lifetime of anti-rejection medication. s Golden Seal is extremely effective for cleansing the liver, as well as proving beneficial for those with liver damage and yeast disorders. According to the late legendary herbalist Dr. John Christopher, M.H., N.D., 3 to 6 capsules a day for 1 to 3 months has proven to be effective. •S Chamomile tea has powerful anti-fungal capabilities, known to effectively battle candidiasis, as well reduce stress." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"Case reports of severe liver toxicity including hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver failure requiring liver transplant have been reported related to the use of Kava-containing herbal products (Escher et al, 2001; Kraft et al, 2001; Lewis-Taylor, 2001; Strahl et al, 1998). Clinical Management: Advise patients of the sedative and hepatotoxic potential of Kava. Patients should be advised to avoid alcohol during Kava use. If Kava and alcohol are taken together, activities requiring mental alertness such as driving and operating heavy machinery should be avoided." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"There have been three cases of severe liver damage attributed to slow-release preparations, though, and of these three, one patient died and another needed a liver transplant. One patient who had no problem with nicotinic acid for lowering cholesterol switched to the slow-release preparations and became ill. When he resumed the original nicotinic acid, he was well again with no further evidence of liver dysfunction. We have not seen any cases reported anywhere else." - 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.)

"In addition, Cynthia was told that she would eventually need a liver transplant. Seeking an alternative to interferon therapy and a liver transplant, Cynthia consulted with Burton M. Berkson, M.D., Ph.D., of Las Cruces, New Mexico. At the time she was fatigued and her liver was enlarged and tender. Tests indicated that her liver enzymes were very high and her fasting blood sugar level was 300 mg/dl. (Normal is 75 to 85 mg/dl.) Berkson started Cynthia on his "triple antioxidant" approach, which included 600 mg of alpha-lipoic acid, 400 meg of selenium, and 900 mg of silymarin daily." - Jack Challem, The Inflammation Syndrome: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Allergies, and Asthma (Get the book.)

"Briana Baehman was thirty-four months old when she went into the Fairview-University Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a liver transplant in December 2002. Risks in such procedures, especially for children, are well known. But Fairview-University, affiliated with the University of Minnesota Medical School, had been doing such transplants longer than anyone, having performed the first in 1964. Moreover, the program was characterized as having "world renowned success with infants and children," and the hospital was listed as one of the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report." - Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business (Get the book.)

"To the shock and surprise of his colleagues and friends, he refused to undergo a liver transplant. He knew he was going to die yet refused even to speak to the transplant surgeons. Instead, he slipped into hepatic coma and died after a brief illness. His refusal to undergo a liver transplant was something of a mystery. What was he trying to say? Ken was a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Pittsburgh when he developed fulminant hepatitic failure." - John D. Lantos, M.D., Do We Still Need Doctors?: A Physician's Personal Account of Practicing Medicine Today (Get the book.)

"There was talk about many patients, one of whom had just received a liver transplant. The resident was upset because the man had liver failure due to being an alcoholic. He had another chance. A few days later, he was dead. So many people think that transplants are such miracles. I know it's a miracle if they even survive the surgery, much less the drug regimen they have to follow for the rest of their lives, a regimen that includes immune suppressing drugs that keep an individual almost constandy sick with infections. Recendy, I heard about another liver transplant story." - Cynthia A. Foster, M.D., Stop the Medicine! A Medical Doctor's Miraculous Recovery with Natural Healing (Get the book.)

"According to the American Liver Foundation, if a liver cancer is in an early stage and it is localized, a liver transplant might result in long-term survival for a patient. If a cancer in the liver has already spread to other parts of the body by the time it is discovered, a liver transplant will not cure the patient of cancer." - The Life Extension Editorial Staff, Disease Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.) "Patients with hepatitis C who have a liver transplant have about the same 1-year and 5-year rates of survival as patients with other diagnoses needing liver transplants (Charlton 2001). As already discussed, patients with concomitant HIV infection have a more rapid progression of hepatitis C. For this reason and also because many of the dmgs used for HIV are toxic to the liver, the treatment of HIV in the presence of hepatitis C is more difficult and complex and should be directed by a specialist very familiar with these two diseases. Alcoholism facilitates rapid progression of HCV." - The Life Extension Editorial Staff, Disease Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.) "Once it has been determined that a patient with cirrhosis needs a liver transplant for survival, there are many considerations: the patient's health status (determined by extensive testing); placement on the liver transplant waiting list (greatest need is considered first; the list is maintained by UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing); location of the donor and recipient (greatest need first; then locally; then regionally; then nationally); and matching of the donor and recipient (blood type and body size)." - The Life Extension Editorial Staff, Disease Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

"Recently, however, a case report was published in which a woman required a liver transplant for necrotizing hepatitis after she had taken an unspecified black cohosh preparation for one week. No evidence of infectious or toxic causes was found (Whiting et al., 2002). The German Commission E monograph on cimicifuga rhizome states that a daily dose equivalent to 40 mg of the crude drug leads to occasional gastric complaints and recommends that the duration of treatment not exceed 6 months (Blumenthal et al., 1998). This 6 month duration has been misinterpreted to." - volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel, Rational Phytotherapy: A Reference Guide for Physicians and Pharmacists (Get the book.)

"Touch-ups are often necessary to remove additional fat. 42 Liver transplant: Removal of a diseased liver and replacement with a healthy one. Prognosis: Transplants are successful in 70 percent of adults and 90 percent of children. If a liver transplant fails, another transplant can be done when a liver is available. 43 Lobectomy: Removal of a portion of a lung, usually performed because of cancer. If the entire lung is removed, the surgical procedure is called pneumonectomy. Prognosis: In some cases, lobectomy may cure the underlying lung disease." - Deborah R. Mitchell, The Home Healing Almanac: Solutions That Will Help You Make the Best Choices About Your Health and Safety (Get the book.)

"Swiss case reports of severe liver damage (hepatitis, even liver failure requiring a liver transplant) led to a reaction by the authorities in Austria, Germany and Switzerland [16a, 17, 18]. In late 2001, the German Federal Institute of Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) issued a letter to all manufacturers of pharmaceutical products containing kava-kava or kavain, stating an intention to revoke marketing authorizations on the basis of 24 adverse event reports from Germany and Switzerland [16a]." - Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier, Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: A Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis (Get the book.)

"Her rapid deterioration prompted the hospital to put her at the top of the waiting list for a liver transplant, which she got within days. Doctors observed that her own liver was so badly damaged that it had shriveled to about a third of what it should have weighed. They concluded that almost certainly the liver damage was related to usnic acid, because there was no other explanation for her illness. Her surgeon told reporters, "This is a young woman who almost lost her life. Although she's got her life back now, she has to be under life-long medical care. Her life has been altered forever." - Richard A. Deyo M.D. M.P.H., Donald L. Patrick, Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises (Get the book.)

"Once it has been determined that a patient with cirrhosis needs a liver transplant for survival, there are many considerations: the patient's health status (determined by extensive testing); placement on the liver transplant waiting list (greatest need is considered first; the list is maintained by UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing); location of the donor and recipient (greatest need first; then locally; then regionally; then nationally); and matching of the donor and recipient (blood type and body size)." - The Life Extension Editorial Staff, Disease Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

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