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Health
News!
o one
who gets a prescription filled-or even takes a Tylenol-can ignore
this news. According to two articles recently published in the
Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association and the Archive of
Internal Medicine:
SIDE
EFFECTS FROM COMMON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS COST AMERICANS $76 BILLION IN
1996 AND CAUSED 1 IN EVERY 4 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS!
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The
following article was faxed to me as it appeared in "USA
Today," written by Steve Stemberg:
DRUG
REACTIONS KILL 100,000 PATIENTS A YEAR
"Unintended
drug side effects may kill more than 100,000 people each year in
U.S. hospitals, says a study out today.
That
makes drug reactions at least the sixth leading cause of death after
heart disease, cancer, lung disease, stroke and accidents, says the
report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"Drugs
have wonderful benefits. But they also have risks," says lead
researcher Bruce Pomerantz of the University of Toronto.
More
than 2.2 million of the 30 million people hospitalized in 1994, the
latest year for which statistics are available, suffered adverse drug
reactions, researchers say, and 103,000 of these proved fatal.
This
is "remarkably high," Pomerantz says. "These are
properly prescribed and administered drugs."
Pomerantz
and his colleagues analyzed pooled data from 39 of 153 long-term
studies of adverse drug reactions done in U.S. hospitals between 1966
and 1996. The studies indicate that the number of drug reactions
remains fairly constant from year to year.
Overall,
nearly 7% of hospital patients suffered adverse effects, Pomerantz
says, noting that researchers excluded factors that might have
inflated the results, including addiction.
Researchers
included such side effects as the bleeding that occurs when some
heart patients take the blood thinner Wartarin. Careful monitoring
might prevent this, they say.
And
better communication among health care workers could prevent the
interactions that sometimes occur in people taking multiple medications.
In an accompanying editorial, David Bates of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, suggests federal regulators require hospitals to show that they regularly measure adverse drug events and medication error rates.
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THIS
CHOLESTEROL DRUG CAN WEAKEN YOUR HEART.
Risky
drug: Lovastatin
Prescribed
for: High LDL cholesterol
Side
effects: Lowers good HDL cholesterol that fights cancer. Drains
your blood of the vital heart nutrient CoQ1O.
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ANTIBIOTICS CAN’T KILL VIRUSES.
Risky
drug: Erythromycin and many others
Prescribed
for: Many infectious diseases. Wrongly given for colds (antibiotics can’t kill viruses).
Side
effects: Repeated antibiotic use weakens immune system, kills
friendly stomach bacteria, encourages yeast infections and breeds new
strains of drug-resistant microbes.
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WHY
RISK BREAST CANCER?
Risky
drug: Estrogen (many different generic names)
Prescribed
for: Post-menopausal suffering and osteoporosis
Side
effects: Higher risk of breast cancer, fibrocystic diseases and
2-3 times greater risk of gall bladder disease
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IS
YOUR ANTIHISTAMINE MAKING YOU DEAF?
Risky
drug: Seldane (and other antihistamines)
Prescribed
for: Allergies
Side
effects: Drugs like Seldane constitute one of the three leading
causes of hearing loss and, by blocking the immune system, invite
myriad of diseases.
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THIS
COLITIS DRUG CAN AGGRAVATE YOUR COLON.
Risky
drug: Azulfadine or Sulfasalazine
Prescribed
for: Colitis and Crohn’s Disease
Side
effect: Drains body of folic acid, thereby delaying intestinal healing
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ASPIRIN
BLOCKS THE GROWTH OF NEW CARTILAGE.
Risky
drug: Aspirin
Prescribed
for: Arthritis and other conditions
Side
effects: Accelerates joint deterioration, stops growth of new
cartilage, attacks stomach lining.
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7.
WHY TRADE A HEADACHE FOR A DAMAGED LIVER?
Risky
drug: Tylenol and Darvon
Prescribed
for: Pain
Side
effects include: Liver disease and liver damage. No one who
drinks alcohol should use this.
Your
new alternative: Dr. Ede’s PK, Emergency Drink, LPS. If you already have liver damage from taking Tylenol, try Dr. Ede’s LF (Liver, Gallbladder, Spleen Flush)
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IS
YOUR STOMACH PILL HURTING YOUR SEX LIFE?
Risky
drug: Tagamet
Prescribed
for: Gastric and duodenal ulcers
Side
effects may include: Suppression of natural hormones
causing swollen, painful breasts and decreased sex drive.
Your
new alternative: Ulcers heal rapidly with Dr. Ede’s herbal formula U&R. If you have taken Tagamet and have suppression of natural hormones then take Dr. Ede’s HB.
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THIS
DRUG FOR THE HEART CAUSES MANY SIDES EFFECTS!
Risky
drug: Lanoxin
Prescribed
for: To improve heart rhythm
Side
effects may include: Disorientation, enlarged breasts,
hallucinations, loss of appetite, mental depression, nausea,
palpitations, slow heart rate, visual disturbances, vomiting, apathy,
diarrhea, drowsiness, headache, muscle weakness.
Your
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IS
YOUR ANTICOAGULANT CAUSING YOU TO LOSE YOUR HAIR?
Risky
drug: Coumadin
Prescribed
for: Prevention of blood clot formation in conditions such as
heart disease.
Side
effects may include: Black stools, coughing blood, fever,
hemorrhage, jaundice, loss, rash, red urine, severe headache, blurred
vision. cramps, decreased appetite, diarrhea, heavy bleeding from cuts.
Your
new alternative: Dr. Ede’s Coumadin
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IS
YOUR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION CAUSING DIABETES?
Risky
drug: Aldomet, Aldoril,Aldactone, etc.
Prescribed
for: High Blood Pressure
Side
effects may include: Blood disorders, blurred vision, breast
enlargement in both sexes, diabetes, confusion, bruising, impotency,
elevated uric acid, fever, gout, irregular heart beat, irregular
menses, jaundice, low blood pressure, lupus erythematosus, muscle
spasms, stumbling, sudden weight gain, tingling in fingers and toes,
elevated calcium, elevated potassium, elevated cliloride, cramping,
dizziness, deepened voice, diarrhea, drowsiness, hairiness, increase
urination, itching, loss of appetite, restlessness, rash, sun
sensitivity, vomiting, post menopausal bleeding, uncoordinated
movements, anemia, darkening of urine depression, distension, fluid
retention, insomnia, liver disorders, nightmares, reduction in number
of white blood cells, severe continuing stomach cramps, slow pulse,
sore joints, troubled breathing, psychosis, constipation, dry mouth,
gas, tremor.
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IS
YOUR DIURETIC CAUSING A BLOOD DISORDER?
Risky
drug: Lasix, Aldactone, Thiazide, Aldactazide, Dyazide, etc.
Prescribed
for: Water Retention
Side
effects: Blood Disorders, reduced perspiration, anemia,
bruising, dry mouth, gout, jaundice, loss of appetite, low blood
pressure, muscle cramps, palpitations, pancreatitis, rash, ringing in
the ears, rise in blood sugar, sore throat, thirst, tingling in
fingers and toes, blurred vision, constipation, diarrhea, cramping,
dizziness, headache, itching, loss of appetite, muscle spasms,
nausea, sore mouth, stomach upset, sun sensitivity, vomiting, weakness
Your
new alternative: Dr, Ede’s WR (Dr. Ede’s comment. "Since the skin is the largest organ of elimination, it could be dangerous to suppress the elimination of waste through perspiration.")
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THESE
DRUGS FOR DEPRESSION CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION.
Risky
drug: Prozac, Ativan, Zoloft, Xanax, etc.
Prescribed
for: Anxiety, depression, panic attacks and nervous tension
Side
effects: Ativan alone has over 60 Side effects: Prozac has more.
Side effects of these drugs include unsteadiness, lethargy,
drowsiness, hangover effects, fainting, indigestion, disorientation,
depression, agitation, amnesia, insomnia, abdominal discomfort,
constipation, diarrhea, dry mouth, increased or decreased appetite,
increased or decreased salivation, vomiting and nausea, decreased
hearing, difficult breathing, difficult urination, eye function
disturbance, fever, hallucinations, jaundice, menstrual
irregularities, mouth sores, palpitations, slurred speech, sore
throat, change in appetite, dizziness, headache, rash, weakness.
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HAS
YOUR DOCTOR TOLD YOU THAT YOUR ONLY HOPE IS RADIATION?
Risky
drug: Chemotherapeutics Risky treatment: Cobalt, chemotherapy, etc.
Prescribed
for: Infection, cancer, lupus
Side
effects: Chemotherapeutic agents are used in the treatment of
cancer. These antineoplastics are without exception extremely toxic
and cause serious side effects (from "Prescription Drugs",
page 32)
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From
"Doctor often causes illness in hospitals, medical study says.
Hazards of Hospitalization" by Robert Mendelsohn.
Dear Reader: some of you have seen newspaper reports of a study reported in the New England Journal Of Medicine giving the amount of doctor-produced disease at a university hospital. In that hospital, a Boston University Medical Center, 36 percent of the patients studied in a medical intensive care unit (ICU), a coronary’ care unit (CCU), a metabolic unit, and two general medical wards, had an iatrogenic (Greek for doctor-produced) illness.
In nine percent of all persons admitted to the hospital’s beds the illness either threatened life or produced considerable disability, and in two percent, "The iatrogenic illness was believed to contribute to the death of the patient."
Now a
36 percent incidence of doctor-produced disease may seem incredibly
high, but what is even more incredible is the large number of
patients who were excluded from the doctor-damaged category.
The authors of this excellent study, speaking of iatrogenic illness, state: "We used a conservative approach in determining occurrence, frequency, and severity. If there was even slight reason to believe that a event reflected the natural progression of a disease, it was not included... A complication was recorded as a single event even if a plethora of problems resulted from one intervention ... If no documentation of any sort was available, no iatrogenic illness was recorded despite suspicions of the project staff that one had occurred ... We did not count more ... iatrogenic illnesses that occurred before the patient’s admission to one of the two floors or those that occurred after the patient’s transfer off the service but before discharge from the hospital. Finally, most persons admitted for treatment of cancer, who were at exceptional risk of iatrogenic complications while they were undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy were excluded from the study. Thus, we believe that these criteria are conservative; if the study had judgmental bias, the effect was to underestimate the number of iatrogenic illnesses." Can you imagine, dear reader, what the real percentage would have been if the investigators had not bent over backwards to give their colleagues the benefit of every doubt?
Of the 815 patients studied, 76 had major complication, and in 15 patients, the iatrogenic illness was believed to have contributed to the patient’s death. Thirty of the 290 patients with iatrogenic illnesses died, as compared with only 33 of the 52 patients with no complications; this difference was statistically significant.
Of
all patients with complications, 53 percent had at least one problem
related to a drug, and the authors admit that "The count of drug
complications is probably an under-representation of their true
effect." For example, "If a patient became dizzy or
disoriented at night possibly because of a drug and fell, but we were
unable to make such an attribution, the event was classified as a fall."
The
specific drugs that the researchers found were most likely to lead to
iatrogenic complications include Digoxin, Aminophylline, Qulnidine,
Heparin, penicillins, benzodiazepines (e.g. Librium, Libritabls,
Tranxene, Valium, Dalinane), antihypertensives, and propranolol
(Inderal). Other than drugs, medical procedures that caused
iatrogenic complications included cardiac catheterization (45 cases),
intravenous therapy (34 cases), urinary track therapy (10 cases), and
arteriography, naso-gastric tube, and hemodialysis (e.g. artificial
kidney). Falls resulting in complications numbered 35 cases, and 79
cases resulted from transfusions, transportation, diet management,
and other nursing procedures. Patients who were admitted to the ICU
or CCU had higher complication rates than did patients who were
admitted to the general wards.
I now want to share with you the author’s conclusions after they collected and analyzed their statistics. The four scientists begin: "First of all, the risk incurred during hospitalization is not trivial." They then point out that, although major changes have taken place in hospitals over time past few decades, .... .We have demonstrated there are still risks involved with medical care, and the risk is probably greater than ever." They further report that one of the newest interventions is continuous monitoring of hospitalized patients, which "may well be beneficial to the patient" but which "may also result in increased use of therapeutic procedures or drugs that inevitable carry risks as well as benefits," especially since "the number of potent drugs in use has risen over the past two decades ... the risk associated with hospitalization has almost certainly not diminished in comparison with the situation 15 to 20 years ago, and the risk of a serious problem may well have increased." In light of the above study, let me once again repeat that a hospital is like a war. You try never to get into it, but once in, you try to get out of it as quickly as possible.
Following
is a letter to Dr. Mendelsohn:
Dear
Dr. Mendelsohn:
I
read your column regularly in the local paper, On occasion I agree
with your points, and at other times I believe that your diatribes
against our fellow practitioners are too vehement, and the caveat to
patients perhaps unjustified.
As an anesthesiologist, I am very much aware of drug
interactions. Often I am disturbed when making rounds to be presented
with a list of many medications being taken on a daily basis. Once I
recall, there were 14 medications for a patient who was 85 years old.
Sometimes, however, the polemicist should be chastised, as in
the following example: In a recent article, you state that the usual
range of Digoxin in serum was 0.8 to 2.0 milligrams per milliliter.
Should you try to achieve such levels, you soon would be out of
patients (pun intended). You should be aware that the desired level
is 0.5 to 2.0 nanogams per milliliter. There is a manifold difference.
I believe that a correction and apology should appear in
print at once.
C.
Clark Leydic Jr.
M.D. Tucson
Dear
Dr. Leydic:
You
are correct - - I should have spoken of ngs, rather than mgs. In
either case, the important point is that patients on Digoxin must be
made aware of the narrow range between the therapeutic level (0.8 to
2.0) and the toxic level of this drug (above 3).
Now that this nit-picking is over, let’s get right down to the important admission in your letter that you are disturbed at the many medications people are being given by their doctors. What did you do when you discovered that 85 year old patient who was taking 14 drugs? Did you challenge his physician? Did you honestly tell the patient or his family the danger of the drugs, both individually and in combination, especially since you say that, "As an anesthesiologist, I am very much aware of drug interactions." Or, did you say nothing? Did you add your own sin of omission to the other doctor’s sin of omission? Did you, by your failure to take justifiable action, further endanger this patient as well as others?
I often am asked whether there aren’t plenty of good doctors around. My answer is that there are basically two classes of physicians. The first category carries out the medical atrocities. The second category, by its silence and interaction, condones and protects the acts of its colleagues. I feel compelled to call this second group the good Germans of modern medicine.
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