point of total disfigurement. As the number of people taking these drugs rises, the number of victims
increases.
There is no real need to take any of these drugs. Suppression of symptoms jeopardizes the body’s own
healing efforts and only makes matters worse. If you do opt to take a prescription that puts you at risk for
SJS or TENS, watch for any signs of an allergic reaction, such as a rash, blisters, a scalding sensation or
fever, and discontinue the medication immediately. Don’t wait for your doctor to take you off the
medication because your life may be at stake.
Demented Dirt
There is more dispiriting news to come. As I have mentioned before, Americans over 60 are the drug
companies’ best customers. They are also the most likely group to be prescribed a class of mind-
regulating drugs called atypical antipsychotics, not to be confused with antidepressants. Conventional
doctors consider these drugs to be among the best courses of treatment for mild to moderate levels of the
dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. However, in recent months, four major medical
organizations have issued simultaneous warnings about the significant risks many of today's atypical
antipsychotic drugs carry with them. The harmful side effects they cause include obesity, blood lipid
imbalances and adult-onset (Type 2) diabetes. All of these conditions clearly increase the chance of
developing heart disease or lead to a greater risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.
In a recent issue of Diabetes Care, The American Diabetes Association, The American Psychiatric
Association, The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and some other associations all
joined forces to warn about this class of drugs. The reason for this unprecedented move is that the
companies which produce these drugs have refused to list their side effects on package labels out of fear
that no one will be willing to take the drugs. In 2003 the FDA ordered these companies to do so, but to
date, they have not complied.
Scandalous Drug Business
Naprosyn is a common drug of American origin used for treating arthritis. Even though the FDA
discovered that the drug company had forged the documents which reported its drug testing on animals
with regard to tumor formation and mortality, it is not in the power of the government to prohibit the sale
of this drug.
Similar scandals are occurring in the treatment of hyperactive or tense children. Over one million
American children, whose behavior is considered aberrant, receive psycho-pharmaceutical drugs,
although not a single diagnostic technique exists to determine whether a child suffers from one of the
nearly two dozen symptoms related to emotional tension. Yet the children are treated as “slightly brain
damaged.” The side effects of the drugs are often severe. The children show signs of retarded growth,
develop high blood pressure, nervousness, sleeplessness and turn excessively passive and lethargic. They
become depressed and apathetic, a common symptom among those who took the drugs. Making changes
in their diets, such as eliminating stimulating foods like sugar, chocolate and other unnatural sweets,
chips, breakfast cereals and basically all junk food, can help most of these children. Many children are
highly allergic to artificial colorings and preservatives, soft drinks, packaged fruit juices, and foremost of
all, artificial sweeteners that may cause brain damage. As discussed previously, artificial sweeteners are
found in most unnatural, sweet- tasting foods and drinks.
Most clinical tests on new drugs are financed by the pharmaceutical industry, and nearly all
information supplied to doctors about the products’ effects and benefits comes from the drug companies.