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"The paper claimed that coca could be used as a stimulant, for asthma, as an aphrodisiac, for digestive disorders, as an anesthetic, and to treat morphine addiction, just as described in George Davis's monthly. Freud concluded that "the use of coca in moderation is more likely to promote health than to impair it." Parke-Davis then completed the circle by printing promotional materials citing Freud's writing as proof that cocaine was an effective treatment for morphine addiction. The company did not mention that Freud got the idea from the company's newspaper." - 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.)

"While it is not clear how one could put a positive thinker in an fMRI machine and learn anything significant about self-healing, it is relatively easy to imagine one group of subjects being given fake morphine and then comparing what happens inside their brains to those of subjects who have been given real morphine.75 The search for scientific respectability, especially through the brain sciences, is thus part of the answer as to why the placebo effect has become the touchstone of our time for talk about the healing power of faith and positive attitude." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"From hospital records they knew that Kyllonen had received morphine for his pain. Yet the medical examiner's toxicological report made no mention of it. They asked that the test be rerun for blood opiate. This time the report came back with a startling finding. Kyllonen's body contained a potentially lethal dose of morphine. As the state investigator put it, "the blood total morphine concentration . . . would likely cause toxicity and probably contributed to his death." No one, it turned out, was keeping track of all the morphine and other painkillers pumped into Kyllonen after his operation." - Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business (Get the book.)

"Pseudo-morphines: Substances created by some people during the metabolism of common food substances, most notably gluten and casein, that can mimic the effects of morphine or endorphins. RAST: A blood test used to determine levels of antibodies, indicating the existence of allergies. Reliever medications: Short-acting bronchodilating medications that act quickly to relieve airflow limitation. Reticular activating system: A network of brain connections that governs attention, and is often dysfunctional among people with ADHD. Rhinitis: Inflammation of the lining of the nose." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"When physicians belatedly discovered the addictive properties of morphine, the chemists went to work again and came up with a further refinement of morphine that was much touted by the medical men as a new non-addictive pain killer. Its multisyllabic chemical name, diacetylmorphine, was soon supplanted by the name of heroin. Heroin was hailed in its turn as the miracle wonder drug of its time. It replaced morphine in the treatment of sugar diabetes." - William Duffy, Sugar Blues (Get the book.) "The abuse of morphine in the Union armies of the North was so widespread that thousands of veterans went home hooked on the stuff. During the Civil War years, soldiers also developed a yen for cans of condensed milk preserved with great quantities of sugar. When physicians belatedly discovered the addictive properties of morphine, the chemists went to work again and came up with a further refinement of morphine that was much touted by the medical men as a new non-addictive pain killer. Its multisyllabic chemical name, diacetylmorphine, was soon supplanted by the name of heroin." - William Duffy, Sugar Blues (Get the book.)

"Thirty-five years ago, a sixty-year-old man who was carried into an emergency room in the midst of a heart attack might have gotten morphine, to ease his pain, and lidocaine (a drug that has recently been shown to cause more harm than good in stable heart attack patients). Physicians could have administered an electrical shock to his heart if it had stopped, or if he had gone into fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm of the heart. Beyond that, there was little else his doctors could have done but hope he survived." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"At first, it was marketed as a remedy for morphine addiction and as a cough suppressant for children. Then the technology became linked to the opium trade, enabling the illicit production of heroin. Bayer also invented methadone, which is synthetic morphine. This was to be used as a painkiller in World War II. Eli Lilly and Dupont are American manufacturers of methadone. Today, methadone is used as a treatment for heroin addiction. Drug companies profits from both sides of the problem." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"Hormones produced in the body and the brain that serve as natural morphine. They are released when the body and the brain are taxed, to block pain signals so we can push through physically uncomfortable situations. They affect many physiological functions, such as pleasure, satisfaction, and bliss. epinephrine. Also called adrenaline, it is both a neurotransmitter in the brain and a hormone released from the adrenal glands. It is immediately released during the stress response, to prepare the nervous system to react to challenges to survival. fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2)." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Cocaine and morphine are also classified in Schedule II. By contrast, most sleeping pills and tranquilizers, such as Valium and Xanax, are placed in Schedule IV, indicating that the DEA considers them less likely than the stimulants to cause dependence and abuse. The Ritalin in Willow's case was prescribed in much too cavalier a manner, enabling Willow to repeatedly binge with the drug. If an individual is given routine doses of Ritalin or other FDA-approved stimulants with appropriate monitoring, there's much less likelihood of addiction." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"When you're in serious pain, they give you morphine, an opiate receptor agonist. If they give you a little too much morphine and you forget to breathe, they will give you naloxone, an opiate receptor antagonist which binds to the receptor and does not turn it on. Same for codeine, which binds to some sort of cough receptor. Same for the beta blockers you can take before your exams so you don't feel your engine room getting flustered by stress. Same for atropine, which dilates your pupils (acetylcholine antagonist), and so forth." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.)

"Like their cousin, morphine, they reduce pain, elevate mood—and are addictive. Long-distance runners who are forced to stop exercising suddenly can experience the same symptoms as addicts withdrawing from morphine or other opiates. They can have stomach cramping, severe depression, irritability, and difficulty thinking. Their craving for the "fix" of exercise is so powerful that they will run even when injured. Many extreme athletes have noticed that when they are forced to quit their exercise program they acquire numerous aches and pains that they never experienced before." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"Poppy seeds come from fruit pods whose sap is full of morphine. We bite into and spit out the husk of sunflower fruits to get at sunflower seeds. My girlfriend, Liane, was dubious when I first informed her that flowers become fruits. "What about the fuchsias on our balcony?" she asked, pointing at hanging pots spilling out velvety blossoms. I predicted that they'd grow into some sort of seedpods once the flowers were fertilized by the bees buzzing around. Sure enough, a couple of months later, Liane noticed some dark maroon berries clustered amid the magenta petals." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"I am still taking morphine for pain, but I firmly believe without Flor-Essence I would not be here today. All my family, friends, and doctor cannot believe how well I look and am doing. I still look after myself and my husband, go shopping, visiting, etc. I am also a diabetic and obese; therefore, it is amazing how well I still am. My family doctor just confirmed: Keep taking the tea." HOW TO USE FLOR-ESSENCE Flor-Essence is best used as a means of supporting cancer patients in conjunction with the patient's prescribed regimen or for daily or periodic detoxification." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) "Kathleen was taking morphine while in the hospital. • A general feeling of well-being has enabled Kathleen to pursue personal interests. By her own admission, "I feel good." "Because no other treatment has been undertaken, the family can only assume that Flor-Essence is responsible for Kathleen's continued health and improved quality of life," says Bruce. "Today, her own doctor is truly amazed." In late November 2000, Kathleen was admitted to the hospital in severe pain. It was determined that her bowel was blocked by a tumor." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Schedule II includes methylphenidate products like Ritalin and Concerta, and amphetamine products like Dexedrine and Adderall, as well as cocaine, morphine, and other drugs with the highest risk of causing dependence and abuse. A complete list of the stimulants is provided in appendix A. The exception, Strattera (atomoxetine), was originally tested as an antidepressant before being tested and approved as a treatment for ADHD, and it is not chemically related to methylphenidate, amphetamine, and cocaine. Strattera has serious risks of its own." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "The reaction was probably caused by anesthesia but perhaps by postoperative morphine injections as well. The hospital staff responded by calling two security officers. After a considerable tussle, they pushed his dad back into bed and restrained him. Then the nurses gave him a shot of Haldol to quiet him down. Based on his familiarity with my work, my friend knew about the hazards of drugs like Haldol. One of the risks is akathisia—the same extreme hyperactive agitation that we've seen in patients taking SSRI antidepressants." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Either we give someone a shot of morphine and soothe the pain or we offer insights and a new way of looking at things, which is tantamount to and eventually becomes, a shot of morphine (endorphin) injected from the inside. In the latter case of adopting new so-called more "wholesome" ideas, the frontal cortex through these thoughts and rationales is putting in an order for more painkillers. We think it is the ideas that make us feel better, but more likely it is the internal drugs that the ideas cause to be secreted." - Dr. Arthur Janov, Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health (Get the book.)

"It has been hypothesized that gluten may be broken down into small peptides that may cross the blood-brain barrier and interact with morphine receptors, leading to alterations in conduct and perceptions of reality [35]. It is important to note that only a proportion of patients presenting with neurological dysfunction associated with a gluten sensitivity will also have biopsy-proven intestinal damage [46]. D." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"For instance, endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, have effects similar to powerful pharmaceutical preparations such as morphine—the word endorphin is itself an abbreviation of "endogenous (internally-generated) morphine." Consciousness, acting through the body, can generate the molecules required for healing. Our brains are themselves generating drugs similar to those that our doctor is prescribing for us." - Dawson Church, The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention (Get the book.)

"This insulin appears to be involved in the release of dopamine, which is the pleasure-stimulating neurotransmitter that is also activated by the opiates, nicotine, cocaine, alcohol, amphetamines, and dairy (as pointed out earlier, dairy has a particular casomor-phin that is one-tenth the strength of pure morphine). When researchers from Edinburgh, Scotland, blocked meat's opiate effect, it cut the appetite for ham by 10 percent, salami by 25 percent, and tuna by a whopping 50 percent." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Interestingly researchers have investigated the effect of the combination of magnesium and morphine in experimental models of chronic and tonic pain. They found that magnesium alone induced a significant antihyperalgesic effect in mononeuropathic and diabetic rats after a cumulative dose of 90 mg/kg. Magnesium was found to amplify the analgesic effect of low-dose morphine in conditions of sustained pain. Considering the good tolerability of magnesium, these findings have clinical applications in neuropathic and persistent pain." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"It was predominantly morphine and she felt so little after she took it, she would doze off and sleep. In her waking state, she fell in and out of coherence. She'd start talking about something and suddenly say, "I was hallucinating. Sorry." Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, my dying mother had become an incoherent morphine junkie. When I heard that Dr. Jackson was coming back to give my mother a vitamin BJ2 shot, I couldn't wait to see the look of horror on his face when he saw what the doctors had done to her." - Timothy Brantley, The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life (Get the book.)

"Parke-Davis then completed the circle by printing promotional materials citing Freud's writing as proof that cocaine was an effective treatment for morphine addiction. The company did not mention that Freud got the idea from the company's newspaper. Parke-Davis also paid Freud to endorse its cocaine extract, which he did when he soon wrote that the product "should have a great future." Franklin remembers how his first days at Parke-Davis were "surreal." His life was transformed overnight. He went from eating cheap Chinese noodles to dining at the legendary Four Seasons Hotel." - 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.)

"First discovered in 1975, endorphins ("endogenous morphine") are one of several morphine-like substances (opioids) discovered within our brains. Opioids are considered stress hormones and are manufactured by the body to reduce stress and relieve pain. Usually produced during periods of extreme stress, endorphins naturally block pain signals. Gruyere Cheese (groo«YEHR) Why: Gruyere is high in the amino acid tryptophan that produces serotonin, an important neurotransmitter in the brain that keeps us focused and calm." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Fentanyl, an addictive narcotic eighty times more potent than morphine, comes in a berry-flavored lollipop. Syringes used to inject children with growth hormone look like kaleidoscope-colored writing pens and PlaySkool toys. In 2006 drug companies gained approval to coat their pills with "pearlescent pigments" to enhance them with a shimmery satin luster and make them look as precious as their price. During New York's 2003 Fashion Week, swimsuit models shimmied down the catwalk, showing off Johnson & Johnson's new contraceptive, a white-colored patch that was glued to the skin." - 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.)

"They travel through the bloodstream to activate receptors in the spinal cord, and this blocks pain signals from getting to the brain (not unlike morphine). They also move throughout the reward system and the prefrontal cortex, where they have a direct effect on dopamine. When the endo-cannabinoid receptors are strongly activated, they produce all the euphoric feelings of marijuana, and, along with endorphins, they act as the body's extra-strength aspirin." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Benedetti hooked pain patients to a computerized morphine injection system. Sometimes the computer administered a dose without patients knowing it, and sometimes a nurse pretended to give it. Dr. Benedetti discovered that the morphine was up to 50 percent more effective when patients knew it was coming. Their brains immediately released more endorphins—chemicals that act as natural painkillers by blocking the transmission of pain signals between nerve cells—and they felt better. Expecting a benefit can cause the same release of natural painkilling chemicals as the real drug." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"Other Names: Garden-Poppy, Mawseed, Opium Poppy ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY COMPOUNDS Isoquinoline alkaloids (20-30%): chief alkaloids morphine (3-23%), narcotine (2-10%), codeine (0.2-3.5%), papaverine (0.5-3%), thebaine (0.2-1%). The alkaloids are present as salts of meconic acid, lactic acid or fumaric acid. Rubber (5-10%) Resins Mucilages EFFECTS Morphine is an analgesic that even in small doses, causes euphoria, then narcotic sleep. It slows down evacuation of the stomach, causing constipation and urine retention. Codeine is an antitussive. Papaverine is spasmolytic." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

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