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Are Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Safe for Your Daughter and Son?
by Glen Gordon MD (see all articles by this author)
(NaturalNews) "Considering the large number of patients consuming NANSAIDs
and the potential public health impact, until data from long-term,
randomized, controlled trials become available, the FDA's recommendation
that a warning statement be included in all non-selective NANSAIDs product
package inserts is justified". Cheng JW, Ann Pharmacother. 2006
Oct;40(10):1785-96.
The above quote is from a scientific article in the National Library of
Medicine and the term "all"(my emphasis) means exactly that. Vioxx
illuminated the issue of safety for all non-aspirin non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NANSAIDs) and aftershocks are no less riveting.
Even the American Heart Association is officially on record, "in patients
at
risk for heart disease these drugs should be the last line of defense in
treating chronic pain". Since over 10% of Americans are already diagnosed
with heart disease, how large does this "at risk" list become, and what of
our sons and daughters who are completely overlooked but die of heart
attacks at younger and younger ages? These may not be polite, but they are
absolutely pertinent questions.
If you think NSAID use is only a problem for old geezers with imminent
risk
of heart attack, note that heart attack is also the No. 1 killer of women
and adequate cause to worry about your entire family, especially teen-age
daughters who take these bad boys monthly for premenstrual pain. In
addition
to kidney problems, GI bleeding, and liver problems, these agents are
increasingly linked to heart attacks, which will draw huge industry smoke
screens as investigators nail down the scope of risk across all age
groups.
Is there a connection between NSAID use at any age and later heart attack?
This question must be answered! If investigators receive the sup****t this
deserves, we may see a scenario very reminiscent of Luther Terry and his
re****t on smoking in the early 1960s. That was smoking, and NSAIDs are a
"smoking gun" in the runaway increase in heart attack deaths, especially
among women.
The drug companies will say it's diabetes, obesity, stress and who knows
what else, which may be true, but the following may be a more subtle but
just as deadly case for NSAIDs. Imagine the most inner layer of an artery
as
covered by vinyl floor tile akin to your kitchen. Each time an NSAID is
swallowed there is a chance a corner of one or another tile can be lifted
by
the "pro-inflammatory", yes, the pro-inflammatory action of these
"anti-inflammatory" drugs. If others and I are correct, that
pro-inflammatory action of damaging these lining cells is enough to cause
plaque initiation, which can be affected by many things, but may kill
years
later. Can a woman who took these drugs monthly as a teen in the midst of
her period, a perfect storm of inflammation, be damaged by the
pro-inflammatory action of a drug promising just the opposite, and die 30
or
40 yrs later? The quote above makes the point! These agents are deadly,
30,000 people die from GI bleeds related to taking them, and that could
pale
if the link to heart attacks is established.
435,000 women in the U.S. have heart attacks each year, nearly 10,000 of
them under 45. If 50,000 Americans died from heart attacks caused by
Vioxx,
do NSAIDs also contribute to the epidemic we are seeing in women? That is
the question scientists are looking at, and I would add -- at what age?
Subtract 30 from 43 and bulls-eye! It is naive to think you may take these
drugs, damage an artery, and simply have that damage disappear.
To pursue the natural balance of things in the direction of premenstrual
pain, studies in Italy and here in the U.S. re****t excellent relief of
pelvic pain with pulsed electromagnetic field technology in women of
reproductive age including premenstrual cramping, and today designer
models
of cell phone size are soon to be available. A most amusing recollection
is
that of a young woman who had severe Premenstrual Disability Disorder
(PMDD)
who found for the first time in her adult life that she could remain at
work
if she sat at her desk with a transformer tethered device tucked inside
her
slacks. As karma might have it, she rose to answer a phone near her and
later related, "that thing sure relieved my pain, but it almost disrobed
me
when I ran for the other phone". I assured her the technology worked just
as
well outside clothing whence she reminded me that using both hands
demanded
a less lady-like application.
Humor aside, others and I are very concerned that, like cigarette smoking,
there will be much roaring and posturing before the very real issue of
NSAIDs causing heart attack and stroke is fairly reviewed. Young women are
seduced monthly to take these agents, but must be mindful of the statement
above by a woman scientist. NSAID safety is an issue in any population and
may be even more sinister in our teenagers.
About the author
Considered a senior scientist in the field of pulsed electromagnetic field
technology Dr Gordon speaks internationally on this topic. Beginning in
1980, he has ac***ulated the largest clinical experience in the United
States in treating human illness and injury.
An admirer of Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, Dr Gordon agrees
with
her that, "man made solutions imposed upon the natural balance of things
diminish the experience of mankind". He sees drugs and surgery reflective
of
such man-made solutions and has been a pioneer in establi****ng the
universal
force of electromagnetism as "the natural balance of things" in tissue
restoration after injury and illnes
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