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"About 30 million persons aged 12 or older (13% of the population) have used prescription pain relievers "nonmedically" in their lifetime. The number of drug abusers is increasing—rapidly. Those using prescription pain relievers nonmedically for the first time surged from 600,000 in 1990 to more than two million in 2001. Finally, about 1.5 million persons aged 12 or older were dependent on or abused prescription drug pain relievers in 2002.2 "What exactly do they mean by 'nonmedical?' "It's Clintonesque," I answered, thinking of our President's defini-tion or is!" - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, not all pain relievers bring relief to your heart. A new study links high blood pressure to frequent use of common over-the-counter pain relievers. These include acetaminophen (Tylenol) and NSAIDs, like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) or naproxen (Aleve). People who took acetaminophen 22 days a month or more doubled their chances of developing high blood pressure. Those who took NSAIDs that often were 86 percent more likely to have high blood pressure. This is the first study to find such a link, and more research is needed." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"When you tried avoiding caffeine strictly, did you eliminate tea, all cola drinks, chocolate, and all pain relievers with caffeine in them?" "No. I never even thought of the pain relievers—but does caffeine elimination really make any difference?" "Yes, but only for women who have fibrocystic disease or a tendency towards it. What the negative research found was that caffeine didn't give all women a problem. We can't use that to say caffeine doesn't give anyone a problem." "I'll give it a try, and be much more careful this time. What else should I do?" - 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 relief from the pain, many reach for remedies like the prescription drugs in the category known as COX-2 inhibitors (Celebrex and Vioxx are famous examples), or pain relievers such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Aleve). These drugs do offer immediate relief, but they're hardly without problems (witness the class-action suits over Vioxx). O Keep in mind that none of them address 03 the underlying cause of the joint pa.n." - 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.)

"One uncommon way to treat the condition is to move beyond rest, braces, muscle massage and pain relievers, to try craniosacral therapy. The soft massage of membranes and tissues that connect the cranial and spinal column can help relieve severe, intractable pain over time. Many physical therapists, in fact, have trained in the practice of craniosacral therapy, an adjunct to many treatments that attempt to root out the cause of bodily trauma. Treatments typically last 12 to 16 weeks, and often help relieve psychological wounds from an injury as well." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"NSAIDs, which also include pain relievers such as aspirin and aspirin-like compounds like ibuprofen and naproxen sodium, aren't as innocuous as they seem. They come with their own set of potential side effects, one of which is that they can increase what's called gut permeability—essentially a weakening of the lining in the gut that serves as a protective barrier for the bloodstream, keeping out things that don't belong. When those "borders" are weakened, i.e., when the gut becomes more permeable, all manner of digestive "riffraff can get in, causing myriad health problems." - 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.)

"Best pain relievers for Headache, Arthritis, Backache and More Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, director, The Annapolis Center for Effective CFS/Fibromyalgia Therapies, and author of Pain Free 1-2-3! (Deva) and From Fatigued to Fantastic! (Avery), www.endfatigue.com. Most of us turn to acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) for pain relief—but there can be more effective approaches, including combining conventional and natural pain relievers. Caution: Check with your doctor before taking any new medication or supplement." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Researchers have also found that people share a concern today for side effects associated with over-the-counter pain relievers, but at the same time those same people admit to taking more than the recommended dose. If you are like most people, you throw away the original box and any paper that comes with your over-the-counter medicine. Very few people save leaflets or packaging with important warning information. But even conscientious people who read the fine print may not get the crucial information they need. That's because many nonprescription drug labels are woefully inadequate." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"A headache is not caused by a deficiency of analgesic pain relievers, but is from a stressed body due to emotional pressures, or toxins in the blood that the body is trying to eliminate. You need to listen to your body and respond in a supportive way. Illness symptoms have causes. They are our friends. They are cries for us to cooperate with the healing process so the underlying causes can be corrected. As uncomfortable reactions manifest, think about what you did or ate recently that provoked the reaction." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Reicin proposed that people with a high risk of cardiovascular problems be kept out of a proposed study in the hope that by the trial's conclusion the difference in the rate of heart complications between the Vioxx patients and those taking other pain relievers "would not be evident." The fear that Vioxx could harm the heart continued to roil Merck's executives, scientists, and marketers in the following years, as the FDA approved the drug in May 1999, and the company began spending tens of millions of dollars a month to promote it." - 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.) "Scientists at Merck and at Searle, a company later bought by Pharmacia, developed the medicines on the basis of research into cyclooxygenase, an enzyme in the body that is often referred to as Cox. pain relievers like aspirin and ibuprofen inhibit the Cox enzymes as they reduce pain. At the same time, these drugs often wreak havoc in the stomach and, in the worst cases, cause bleeding ulcers that kill. Merck and Searle scientists developed the new drugs on the theory that there were two kinds of Cox enzymes, Cox-1 and Cox-2." - 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.) "Arthritis patients get pain relievers, which raise their blood pressure. At their next visit, doctors prescribe medicines for hypertension, which come with a whole new set of adverse effects. It is estimated that the nation may now pay as much to care for patients who were harmed by their prescriptions as it spends on those medicines in the first place. Despite these injuries and deaths, the medicine merchants have not stopped with adults. They are now targeting the increasingly profitable and fast-growing medicine market for children." - 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.) "Before the introduction of Vioxx and Celebrex, sales of such antiinflammatory pain relievers had been in decline. It was not a market that excited analysts on Wall Street. Patients with arthritis could buy a variety of cheap and effective over-the-counter medicines like aspirin or ibuprofen and ease their pain for just pennies a day. But in 1998 news stories began to appear about the new "super-aspirins" that were coming soon. The media reports said the new drugs would offer great pain relief without the dangerous side effects of standard anti-inflammatory pain pills." - 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.)

"Taken together, pain relievers accounted for one-third of all medications. The next most category of drugs (15%) were antibiotics, the overprescription of which, documented in the preceding chapter, is a significant public health problem. Only one in twenty patients arrive at the emergency room with that most fearsome symptom—chest pain—as their primary symptom, though heart problems are the most common ED physician diagnosis among those over age 45. Although the number of patients is relatively small, the potential consequences of chest pain are life or death." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Prozac can interact with pain relievers, like Talwin, with anti-anxiety agents like Valium and Xanax, and with major tranquilizers like Haldol.319 It can be lethal. Case histories do exist. But even the healthiest food, like broccoli and spinach, superstar vegetables so to say, can be dangerous when a person takes a blood-thinning drug like Coumadin (Graedon, pg 64). Suddenly milk can be harmful; coffee of course, but also pudding. If someone takes acne medicine (like Accutane) and vitamin A at the same time, this can increase toxicity in his body. Antibiotics can mess up with vitamin K." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "Medicines have caffeine added to them as is seen in this list: • Cold and cough medications have caffeine combined with ASA and/or codeine • Migraine and other headache treatment medicines (Fiorinal, Fioricet) • pain relievers such as Anacin, Vanquish, Excedrin, Midol, Darvon, Synalgas-DC, and DGA • Muscle relaxants (Norgesic, Forte) • Cold/allergy treatments (Coryban-D) • Diuretics (Aqua-ban) • Pep pills (No Doz, Vivarin) 310 Stephen Cherniske, M.S., Caffeine Blues, (New York: Warner Books, 1998), p." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"This is why we find SierraSil to be such an exceptional natural alternative to pain relievers and other medications meant to treat arthritis and other inflammation-related disorders. In our view, SierraSil is a superior treatment choice for arthritis and joint pain, not only because it is much safer than pain relievers and other arthritis drugs, but also because it targets and reverses the primary mechanism behind all types of arthritis—inflammation. This is something most arthritis drugs are unable to do." - Shari Lieberman, Alan Xenakis, Mineral Miracle: Stopping Cartilage Loss & Inflammation Naturally (Get the book.)

"Commonly prescribed drugs include birth control pills (Ortho-Novum, Loestrin, Mircette, Triphasil); pain relievers, such as ibuprofen (Motrin) and naproxen (Anaprox, Naprosyn); diuretics, such as hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL); antidepressants, such as fluoxetine (Prozac); and anti-anxiety drugs, such as lorazepam (Ativan) and alprazolam (Xanax). Dietary changes that may be helpful Women who eat more sugary foods have been reported to have an increased risk of PMS." - 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 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.)

"Aspirins and other pain relievers count. So do swigs of Pepto-Bismol, eye drops, and cough drops—anything synthetic you take to calm an irritation. If you are like most of us in the upside-down world, it's quite a few. The Three Horsemen of the Apothecary As stated earlier, health care is big business. It is made up of three large contingents: health care providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and insurance companies. Ler's call them the Three Horsemen of the Apothecary as we take a closer look." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"Medical treatments Over the counter pain relievers, such as aspirin (Bayer, Ecotrin, Bufferin), acetaminophen (Tylenol), and ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil), may be beneficial. CHECKLIST FOR FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE Rating Nutritional Supplements Herbs þ?ft Evening primrose oil (page 511) Vitex (page 757) þftft Iodine (page 538) Vitamin B« (page 600) Vitamin E (page 609) Some health care practitioners might prescribe oral contraceptives (Ortho-Novum, Mircette, Loestrin, and Triphasil) to reduce symptoms." - 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.)

"Women often do better with ibuprofen (Advil) or another nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as naproxen (Aleve), than with pain relievers, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), that do not treat inflammation. Best advice: For severe pain—following surgery, for example—women should ask their doctors for a "kappa opioid," such as butorpha-nol tartrate (Stadol), a morphine-like painkiller. This class of drugs is much more effective for women than other analgesics. In men, kappa opioids are not as effective as other drugs." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"A large variety of drugs, including antispasmodics, antidepressants, and pain relievers, are also used to manage the various symptoms of MS. Dietary changes that may be helpful The amount and type of fat eaten may affect both the likelihood of healthy people getting the disease and the outcome of the disease for those already diagnosed with MS. For many years, the leading researcher linking dietary fat to MS risk and progression has been Dr. Roy Swank. In one of Dr. Swank's reports, a low-fat diet was recommended to 150 people with MS." - 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.)

"Journal of the American Medical Association OTC pain relievers double women's risk of high blood pressure. Brigham and Women's Hospital Hepatitis B vaccine increases risk of MS. Harvard Steroids shown ineffective for mild asthma. New England Journal of Medicine The licensing of Vioxx and its continued use in the face of unambiguous evidence of harm have been public health catastrophes. -Dr." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"In addition, some commonly used pain relievers, known as NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like ibuprofen or naproxen, as well as the prescription drug Celebrex, can have a profound effect on the prostate, causing irritation and/or urinary retention. In a Dutch study men who were actively using NSAIDs had double the risk of developing acute urinary retention.95 It is well-known that several types of cold remedies containing antihistamines can cause severe prostate irritation, particularly when used by men with BPH. Marijuana ?" - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"Short-term use of over-the-counter pain relievers, heart medications, antianxiety drugs, and even sleeping pills has been shown to interfere with nocturnal secretion of melatonin. Although avoiding these medications is the only definite way to reverse or avoid their effects on melatonin, taking these drugs earlier in the day may minimize their impacts on sleep. Statistics regarding sleep deprivation in older people rarely take into account the use of multiple medications and their effects on sleep patterns." - 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.)

"Additional measures include applying lidocaine gel, taking cool baths, and taking simple pain relievers. Prevention: Avoid high-risk sexual behavior, fatigue, and stress to help keep herpes in remission. Some studies show that taking lysine supplements is also helpful. TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE Herbs: The herbs listed below are available from Chinese pharmacies or online. • To treat simplex Type 1 herpes or cold sores: Take Chuang Xin Lian Pian, a Chinese patent herbal pill. It contains the herbs Chuang Xin Lian and Bu Gong Yin, which have antiviral effects to clean heat toxins." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"The authors learned that for acute or chronic low back pain, spinal manipulation therapy had no advantage over general practitioner care, pain relievers, physical therapy, exercises, or "back school" (how to care for your back). Van Tulder and colleagues (2001) reviewed the value of psychological behavioral treatment for the treatment of chronic low back pain. This is a kind of psychotherapy in which patients are helped to deal with the day-to-day reality of the pain and how to cope with it." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

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