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 "Children ages thirteen to eighteen used 155,000 Zoloft prescriptions in 1995,199,000 prescriptions in 1996 (up 28 percent). Children ages six to twelve used 33,000 Zoloft prescriptions in 1995, 46,000 prescriptions in 1996 (up 39 percent).
Paxil showed the same alarming increases, up 48 percent in children ages 13 to 18, and up 113 percent in children ages 6 to 12.16
The most popular form of antidepressants, serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), account for over 40,133,000 prescriptions each year, costing consumers over $3 billion annually, a gain of some 35 percent per year."- Carol Simontacchi, The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children (Get the book.) |
 "Physicians in the United States wrote more than 312 million prescriptions for analgesics in the year 2000, and 140 million prescriptions for narcotics in 2002. Talk about medicalization!
The supplementary reading for this chapter is extensive. It is truly a shadow chapter, detailing the science that underlies the narrative above and providing copious references.
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 "In 2006, 227 million antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed to Americans— more than any other class of medication—and up by 50 million prescriptions since 2002.8
While there were many positive aspects to this shift (the most important being the reduction in stigma toward the people with whom I worked), the rapidity with which the transformation occurred and the certainty with which the new consensus was endorsed were slightly bizarre to me."- Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) |
 "Compounding pharmacists can provide medications and hormone preparations that are free of the problems associated with standard medical prescriptions. That is, they create individualized prescriptions in any dose, measuring out precise doses on request. These pharmacists are like the pharmacists of years ago. They can make any cream or lotion from any base and make a hormone preparation as strong or weak as you need. They can put vitamins and antioxidants into tablets, or they can simply help you with dosing or with questions about using natural hormones."- Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) |
| "Children ages thirteen to eighteen used 155,000 Zoloft prescriptions in 1995,199,000 prescriptions in 1996 (up 28 percent). Children ages six to twelve used 33,000 Zoloft prescriptions in 1995, 46,000 prescriptions in 1996 (up 39 percent).
Paxil showed the same alarming increases, up 48 percent in children ages 13 to 18, and up 113 percent in children ages 6 to 12.16
The most popular form of antidepressants, serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), account for over 40,133,000 prescriptions each year, costing consumers over $3 billion annually, a gain of some 35 percent per year." - Carol Simontacchi, The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children (Get the book.) |
| "Dendrite, for example, purchases information on 150 million prescriptions every month and currently has a database of 5 billion prescriptions. This data is sold to pharmaceutical manufacturers, who distribute doctor-by-doctor prescriber reports to their detailers. Prescriber reports allow detailers to target doctors and adjust sales pitches until they find the ones that work best. Such an invasion of privacy provides no benefit to doctors or patients—it serves only to enrich drug companies and detailers." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) |
| "Physicians in the United States wrote more than 312 million prescriptions for analgesics in the year 2000, and 140 million prescriptions for narcotics in 2002. Talk about medicalization!
The supplementary reading for this chapter is extensive. It is truly a shadow chapter, detailing the science that underlies the narrative above and providing copious references.
It's in Your Mind
Natk'm^ can |
| "Frequent changes in eyeglass prescriptions may also be indicative of glaucoma. But most people with chronic glaucoma have no symptoms until they start losing their vision, which is why I urge my patients to have an annual eye examination, particularly if they are over forty-five or have a family history of glaucoma. The examination should be conducted by an optometrist or an ophthalmologist, as glaucoma pressure readings may be misleading and need to be interpreted by an experienced practitioner.
Glaucoma is usually inherited, though parents may be carriers without developing the disease." - Robert M. Giller, M.D., Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common Ailments (Get the book.) "I hope that Natural prescriptions will fill that need. I've tried in this book to outline a simple natural treatment for each of over one hundred ailments and conditions. In some cases, the treatment involves simply vitamin/mineral therapy. More often it involves an overall regime that includes exercise, diet, and stress control. Some people will be surprised to see entries that include everything from colds to congestive heart failure to multiple sclerosis. Keep in mind that some conditions you can prevent (like a cold), and some you can improve (like heartburn)." - Robert M. Giller, M.D., Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common Ailments (Get the book.) |
 "No, in that narrow sense, the treatments and prescriptions in this book are not technically "cures." But they sure are powerful helpmates on your road to health. And they may feel like lifesavers to a lot of people. For everyone else, they will get you healthier, and they will make a difference.
And I'm pretty sure that, for some folks, they will make all the difference in the world.
WHY THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT
If there's one thing that sets The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth apart from the spate of other "natural cure" books it's this: research. Let me explain."- 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.) "With natural prescriptions for PMS, it's a good idea to give it a try over at least three cycles. true. (It got your attention though, didn't it?) But it is true that their risk for breast cancer is substantially less than sighted women, 50 percent less by some estimates. And the reason probably has to do with two things—light and a hormone called melatonin. Most people who have heard of melatonin know it as a supplement that can help with sleep (more on that in a moment). And it's great for jet lag." - 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.) "For the most part, the natural prescriptions in this book are cobbled together from herbs, vitamins, and minerals, as close as reasonably possible to the way they're found in nature. And the treatments included are more similar to those used by traditional healers than they are to conventional Western medicine. I can almost hear the objections of the "Quackwatch" contingent, so let me answer them in advance." - 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.) |
| "I've had patients beg for prescriptions of antibiotics because they're so conditioned to think that any pill is better than nothing. But the truth is that I believe no pill is best when it comes to a cold. That applies to over-the-counter remedies, too. Most of them contain ingredients that have uncomfortable side effects including nausea and drowsiness. Interestingly, a recent hearing sponsored by the Government Operations Subcommittee on Health attacked antihistamines as being useless for cold sufferers." - Robert M. Giller, M.D., Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common Ailments (Get the book.) |
 "Curtis and colleagues concluded that out of a sample of 162,370 elderly subjects, 21% were given prescriptions for one or more drugs that were considered inappropriate.^ More than 15% of them had prescriptions for two of such drugs, and 4% were getting three or more. Curtis was concerned because of the potential for severe side effects. Dr Hoffer recently met with one elderly patient who was taking 28 different drugs, all on prescription. When orthomolecular medicine is practiced and nutrients, such as niacin, are used, the potential for dangerous side effects is greatly reduced."- Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.) |
| "As a result, a good portion of Americans are now taking SSRIs for non-FDA-approved uses, termed "off-label" prescriptions. A University of Georgia study found that three-quarters of people prescribed antidepressant drugs receive the medications for a reason not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.19 This practice is legal and intended to give physicians the flexibility to prescribe the drugs that are best suited to their patients' needs." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) |
| "Some of the "natural prescriptions" in this book don't even use supplements (let alone drugs). The Relaxation Response for stress, for example. Or reflexology for PMS. Or the phenomenally effective EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) technique for post-traumatic stress disorder. And some cures (like the Health Recovery Center program for alcoholism) combine an array of supplements with spiritual and psychological techniques." - 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.) |
| "Pharmacists say that in the days after a news story or a new DTC ad for a medication comes out they observe a massive increase in prescriptions for that medication.109
While DTC advertising has attracted much criticism, and talk of bans, Big Pharma's spending on it has only gone up. Indeed, DTC advertising of drugs is illegal everywhere in the world except for the United States and New Zealand.110 Drugs are now the second most advertised product in America, after automobiles.111 And whereas the money spent on advertising cars went down in 2006, the money on shilling drugs has gone up." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.) |
| "Many prescriptions for antidepressants are written by primary care physicians who don't have sufficient experience to be able to prescribe the right drug, the right dose, and the right duration of treatment. If the patient is unresponsive, it's then wrongly assumed that "drugs won't work." Most people with severe depression can be successfully treated with drugs, psychotherapy, or a combination of the two. Once a patient is in treatment with a professional, the measures outlined below, which have been proven to help, can be adopted." - Robert M. Giller, M.D., Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common Ailments (Get the book.) |
 "I'd guess that a good number of these prescriptions are for ear infections. The reason so many doctors recommend antibiotics—and so many parents request them—is the belief that childhood ear infections can lead to hearing impairment and even deafness.
While this can happen, my research suggests that it's pretty rare. It's not even an issue for kids who get only one or two ear infections a year. And as researchers in the Netherlands found, infections in children over age 2 often begin clearing up on their own within 48 hours, making antibiotics unnecessary."- James A. Duke, Ph.D., The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions: Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young (Get the book.) |
 "If you have never had your prescriptions filled by a compounding pharmacist, here are some facts you should know:
• Every compounding pharmacy is licensed and inspected by the State Pharmacy Board.
• Compounding pharmacists are educated and trained to provide information about the formulation of bio-identical hormones. In many cases, they help to educate the physician on dosing and delivery options.
• All materials used in compounding formulations are subject to FDA inspection and the agency's Good Manufacturing Procedures code."- C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.) |
 "The doctor said to rest, drink a lot of fluids, and take aspirin for the fever—a set of prescriptions that you could have come up with on your own. You might have added one for chicken soup!
Time goes on, and you don't feel any better. A week passes, then three. You remain wiped out, unable to work or care for
_2 your home, and you can barely get your child off to school. You make another appointment with your doctor."- Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.) |
| "And in a human study, elderly nursing-home residents who had been taking Valium-type sedatives discontinued their prescriptions for 2 weeks, during which time they slept very poorly. Then they were given aromatherapy with lavender oil. The quantity and quality of their sleep returned to the levels that had been achieved with drugs, but without the side effects.
As a sedative, I would rank lavender up there with valerian and kava. It may even be better than hop, lemon balm, or passionflower." - James A. Duke, Ph.D., The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions: Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young (Get the book.) "I'd guess that a good number of these prescriptions are for ear infections. The reason so many doctors recommend antibiotics—and so many parents request them—is the belief that childhood ear infections can lead to hearing impairment and even deafness. While this can happen, my research suggests that it's pretty rare. It's not even an issue for kids who get only one or two ear infections a year. And as researchers in the Netherlands found, infections in children over age 2 often begin clearing up on their own within 48 hours, making antibiotics unnecessary." - James A. Duke, Ph.D., The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions: Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young (Get the book.) |
 "A study done by the FDA in 2002 showed that patients receive prescriptions for requested drugs 50 percent of the time. A study published in the British Medical Journal showed that doctors in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Sacramento, California, prescribed requested drugs about three-quarters of the time. (Canadian patients made these requests less than half as often as American patients. Direct-to-consumer advertising is not allowed in Canada, but some drug ads arrive in American magazines and over cable television."- John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) |
 "Common prescriptions are anywhere from 1 to 4 mg per gram of cream. These are applied to the external genital region right before sexual activity to enhance sensation to touch and orgasm. Use should not exceed twice per week to avert local testosterone side effects such as enlargement of the clitoris that can occur if testosterone cream is used daily and in the stronger dosages. A good resource for both menopausal women and their health-care practitioners is a book called The Hormone of Desire."- Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) |
| "Only half as many prescriptions for Premarin were filled in 1980 as had been filled in 1975.
An aggressive drug rehabilitation program was needed. "Marketing a disease is the best way to market a drug," notes Dr. Love. And osteoporosis, or thinning of the bones, was a perfect disease to market: There are no symptoms until you develop fractures, so no postmenopausal woman could be sure she was safe. And the criteria were set so that one quarter of all women over 65, and more than half over 75, would be diagnosed with the "disease" if they had bone density tests." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) |
| "Premenstrual symptoms such as increased breast tenderness, edema, irritability, and abdominal cramps are fairly frequent, causing as much as 40 percent of women to not take their prescriptions properly. More serious side effects are rare and include high blood pressure, blood clotting, and altered carbohydrate lipid metabolism.156 If you try the synthetic progestins and find you cannot tolerate them, bio-identical progesterone is an excellent option." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) |
| "These days, people who are diagnosed with depression are likely to be handed prescriptions for fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), or another antidepressant. All of these pharmaceuticals are members of the same chemical family, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). As the name suggests, these drugs change the way the brain uses serotonin, a chemical (neurotransmitter) that plays a major role in regulating mood.
Now I'm not opposed to SSRIs, especially if they stop people from committing suicide." - James A. Duke, Ph.D., The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions: Herbs, Foods, and Natural Formulas to Keep You Young (Get the book.) |
 "In a press release, the National Cancer Institute said the link could be attributed to a weak immune system:
"It is also possible that the underlying conditions that led to the antibiotics prescriptions caused the increased [cancer] risk, or that a weakened immune system—either alone, or in combination with the use of antibiotics—is the cause of this association."
It appears that the increased risk may have more to do with the health of an individual's immune system, rather than a direct risk from the ingredienrs in the drugs themselves."- Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) |
 "Meanwhile, the medication-spellbound patient usually lacks the confidence or certainty to reply, "Well, maybe I was harboring mania for twenty years but I harbored it pretty damn well until you started writing prescriptions for me."
Common sense and a variety of scientific studies confirm that sometimes there are predisposing factors for adverse drug reactions. For example, if a person has been diagnosed with a manic episode in the past, then an antidepressant is more likely to cause mania again."- Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) |
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