Will check interactions between prescription, OTC and
supplements
Excellent website. The information is still relevant.
Acetaminophen – Tylenol.
Also found in Vicodin and Percoset and other OTCs - over the counter medications. Acetaminophen causes glutathione depletion which can and
has led to kidney and liver failure. It
affect other organs as well.
Case study of one example of a bad drug.
Ketek
Ketek (telithromycin) is a drug the FDA approved to treat
mild-to-moderate pneumonia. Ketek can also cause sudden and serious liver
damage. In some cases, complete liver failure develops necessitating the need
for a liver transplant. Some patients die before a liver transplant can be
performed. The risks of liver failure (and other toxic side effects) were known
before the FDA approved Ketek. In order to convince an outside scientific
advisory committee to recommend that Ketek® be approved, the FDA knowingly
allowed a fraudulent safety study to be presented.
FDA Atrocities – Ketek, one of many
[transcript] Serial No.110-87 Ketek Clinical Study Fraud:What did Aventis Know? Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 110th Congress Second
Session. 2008-02-13: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:48587.pdf
SSRI - Serotonin re-uptake inhibitors: Paxil, Zoloft,
Paxil and others (Note – just eat
serotonin rich foods or take supplements like 5HTP or St Johns wort)
Trasylol (Asprotinin) Bayer
A commonly used drug during heart surgery could cause
serious complications including kidney damage, an increased risk of heart
attack, heart failure and stroke. The drug called aprotinin (the brand
name is Trasylol), is used to control bleeding on as many as 1 million heart
and bypass surgery patients per year. Aprotinin doubles the risk of kidney
damage but also increases the risk of heart attack by 48%. Heart failure
risk is also increased by 109% and stroke by 181%.
Vioxx – Merck.
Pfizer Bextra. Now Celebrex,
Celacoxib
2004 Congressional testimony re: Vioxx. Dr. David Graham. Associate Director of Science for the FDA.
Cox-2 enzyme inhibitor causes abnormal arterial blood
clots. Increases thromboxane A2 and leukotriene
B4 which inflict massive inflammatory damage to arteries and tissues. Patients should be told not to eat arachidonic
acid foods like eggs, red meat, poultry, dairy, high glycemic and omega 6 foods.
This is not about patient safety but about which company
will profit from its manufacture and sale
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