My daughter was 3 years old when she
had her first emergency room visit. Suffering from high fever and chest pain,
every muscle in her fragile body tensed for air. Her lungs were being attacked
by pneumonia. The antibiotic penicillin saved her life.
Today, antibiotics are a luxury that
previous generations didn’t have. But their overuse is slowly killing us. Not
only are they inciting a massive wave of side-effects, but they’re also
training bacteria how to evade our most potent medicines.
If our current use of antibiotics
continues at this rate, antibiotic resistance will soon yield all current
medications useless according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And that
means, we have no more defenses against biological nasties – our longevity
would go back to the Stone Age, where every infection was life threatening.
Antibiotic medications should never be
used as a first line of defense against common illness. When I wrote Over-The-Counter
Natural Cures, I taught that the lucky run we’ve had with antibiotics
is over and we need to start relying on our own immune system – innate and
adaptive immunity. In addition, to strengthen our natural defenses, we need to
start using natural medicines like andrographis,
which are proven to ward off biological nasties, safely and quickly.
7 Things Prescription Antibiotics
Should Never Be Used For:
• Ear infection
• Strep throat
• Flu
• Bee Stings
• Common cold
• Urinary tract infection
• Preventive medicine during or after birth in hospital
(Using antibiotics as preventive
medicine is totally ridiculous because you have no way knowing what strain of
bacteria you are trying to prevent and therefore have no idea what medication
to use, since all antibiotics target different strains.)
Former
Pharmaceutical Rep – John Fratti – Warns Against Antibiotics
Most people don’t know that
antibiotics are being overused or that they have alternatives. And that’s
dangerous. Former drug rep and contributor to the above PBS story, John Fratti,
tells us why. Here, he bravely outlines how the drug industry, along with the
FDA, keeps this information from patients and doctors and how his own efforts
have been silenced. It almost reads like a criminal plot against patients, but
in reality, it’s another example of how the modern day business model of Big
Pharma is fueled by wealth, not health.
In his own words…
Once upon a time I could run, jump and
play many different sports. Those days are now long gone. They’ve been replaced
by a life of constant physical and neurological pain caused by the antibiotic
Levaquin.
Levaquin is in a class of antibiotics
called quinolones, for short. Examples of others include Cipro, Avelox, and
Floxin. They are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics
today – prescribed for urinary tract, sinus and respiratory infections, just to
name a few. What differentiates this class from others is that they have the
ability to cause severe and permanent disability – making the risks far greater
than the rewards.
Many of these side effects can occur
weeks to months after taking the antibiotics, so many people never associate
their health problems to the drug, which puts thousands of future patients at
risk.
Ironically, I was a pharmaceutical sales rep
for over eight years prior to taking Levaquin.
I worked hard to obtain a master’s
degree and lived a healthy lifestyle. I didn’t smoke, drink or do anything
illegal. I was simply given a legal drug called Levaquin due to a suspected
bacterial infection. I now live with many different physical and neurological
impairments and am unable to have a career of any kind as a result. I wish I
was more informed…Like you, now.
The Three Most Dangerous
Antibiotics
1. Levaquin
2. Vancomycin
3. Bactrim
Drug Rep Speaks Personally to FDA
and Pharma Shareholders
My main goal now is to help others
avoid taking antibiotics at all cost by understanding the risks. I spoke
personally to the FDA and even spoke to Levaquin shareholders!
On November 17th, 2010, I made a
presentation to Dr. Karen Weiss who was head of the FDA “Safe Use”
Program. Dr. Weiss took no action, not even a minor label change despite the
mountain of evidence and my own story documenting dangers of Levaquin. Dr. Karen
Weiss has since left the FDA to work for Johnson & Johnson, the
manufacturer of Levaquin. I contacted the FDA to find out whether it was an
ethics violation for her to work for Johnson & Johnson after leaving
the FDA. I was told that “this is not any type of ethics violation.”
(This FDA revolving door is a
situation that helps greedy pharmaceutical executives but harms the public –
FDA employees are often rewarded with lucrative jobs at the very companies they
are suppose to regulate.)
I also bought shares of Johnson and
Johnson (JNJ) so that I could attend their annual shareholder meeting. This was
a very difficult trip for me based on my health and the expenses, yet was well
worth it because I was able to speak on the microphone directly to CEO, Mr.
William Weldon. I kept my speech very civil and respectful. I didn’t ask for
anything. I simply wanted more safety warnings on Levaquin and for medical
research to help find remedies for those of us that are suffering.
The JNJ shareholders applauded my speech.
CEO William Weldon actually sat
down with me after the meeting. He said he was sorry about what happened to me
from Levaquin. I gave him medical documentation on this issue. He told me
that he would look into it and help.
I have yet to hear back from him. I
thought he was being sincere. I realize now that he was more interested in
doing damage control for PR.
I Had No Idea The FDA Got Paid By
Big Pharma
In my research as a
drug rep, I was shocked to find out that the FDA gets approximately 50% of
their funding for the review of medications directly from the pharmaceutical
companies in what is called prescription drug user fees. This is an absurd
conflict of interest that has made the FDA very slow and often reluctant to
react to drug toxicities of all kinds. “What the FDA is doing and what the
public thinks the FDA is doing is as different as night and day,” is a telling
quote from Dr. Herbert Ley, former commissioner of the FDA.
Real Science Proves Antibiotic
Dangers
Dr. Jay Cohen, a medical researcher
and associate professor at the University of California, San Diego published a
paper on severe peripheral neuropathy caused by quinolones. He mentions that
these debilitating reactions are not rare and that most doctors have dismissed
patient complaints that quinolones can cause this type of long term damage even
though it is mentioned in the package insert.
He warns that if one person in 100
suffers a grave side effect, it can still mean millions of people will suffer
because less than 10% of all adverse drug reactions get reported.
David Flockhart, professor of medicine and chief of
clinical pharmacology at Indiana University School of Medicine, says as many as
a third of patients taking a quinolone will experience some sort of psychiatric
side effect, such as anxiety, personality change, or confusion. ” The
psychiatric effects of the quinolones are under appreciated by the medical
profession as well as by the public,” says Dr. Flockhart, who has treated more
than one hundred patients with severe psychiatric side effects. Many doctors
unfortunately dismiss or even outright deny that quinolones can cause
debilitating chronic health problems.
Six Antibiotic Side Effects Most
Doctors Won’t Warn You About
1. Nerve damage
2. Joint pain
3. Anxiety
4. Confusion
5. Agitation
6. Severe depression
Many victims have tried hard to
get the quinolone toxicity story to the media. This has been very difficult.
The pharmaceutical industry controls so much of the mainstream media with their
advertising revenue, and therefore most news sources are reluctant to allow an
opposing point-of-view.
Before anyone takes a quinolone
antibiotic they have the right to know that it can cause irreversible damage,
and that their are alternatives. That’s all I’m asking. I have since started a
blog at http://www.Levaquinadversesideeffect.com
and hopefully it will have an impact at letting people hear this urgent
message. I thank ThePeoplesChemist.com for giving me this opportunity to raise
awareness. It is very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
How to Choose the Safest Antibiotic
At times, extreme infections demand
synthetic antibiotics, but only after a lab test is done to verify, never
before. Once confirmed, work with your doctor to choose the safest medication,
which are those that have a long history of use, are not “cocktails” of
medications, confer very little damage to liver and kidney and do not attack
connective tissue.
4 of the Safest Antibiotics
1. Penicillin
2. Amoxicillan
3. Cephalexin (Keflex)
4. Erythromycin
To further increase the safety profile
of these medications, consume with plenty of purified water, milk thistle and
probiotics, which help rebuild the “good”bacteria in your gut that is destroyed
by antibiotics. And last, never consume alcohol while taking meds.
The euphoria over antibiotics can be
strong. Especially after experiencing their amazing ability to rescue a loved
one from the grips of a life-threatening illness, which I did. But we can’t let
it overpower our logic and push us to overuse medications that can have lasting
side-effects.
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