Berhati hati menggunakan antibiotik
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 ( Trimethoprim + Sulfamethoxazole )
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,
Disabled pharmaceutical sales rep.
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. Amoxicillin
3. Cephalexin
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.
Komen Pembaca
Beware of antibiotics!
Doctors prescribed bottle after bottle of Levaquin (fluoride-based drug) and
Bactrim when my son Jared had aplastic anemia; it was a life-death situation,
as he had no white cells to fight infection. The muscles and nerves of his
hands and forearms were damaged and he has trouble playing his guitar or
holding the tools for construction jobs. He could have been the one in the
wheelchair if I had not given him tons of probiotics (for which doctors
mercilessly mocked and persecuted me). A few years ago, he looked into filing a
claim, but lawyers only want those affected in the last year. Once again, Big
Pharma wins.
Hmmm....my friend has
been telling me she is having toxicity illness from the antibiotics she was
given a few months back. She just can't seem to recover from them.
- A few months back I was given Cipro for an ear
infection, it did absolutely nothing for my ear infection, the infection
even got worse and the side effects of the Cipro were frightening! My
heart was racing extremely fast for days and days, I was dizzy from the
rapid heart beat. It was so bad I called my nephew who is a paramedic and
asked him what I should do to slow my heart down. I went to the doctor
again and they wanted to put me on Xanax!!! THOSE FREAKING DOCTORS ARE
INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Fluoroquinolones had a Black Box warning applied in
2006? Known to cause tendon rupture and seizures. My twins were given
Ciprofloxacin ear drops post tympanic tube placement. Joint pain in both
boys began ( 5 years old at time) and my child that had to keep getting
sedated wax removed from tubes ( and much more Cipro) had his first
seizure few days after last use of Cipro and tremendous joint pain in
hands and feet. Did you know Fluoroquinolones originally made to treat
anthrax and not to be given to anyone under 18 years of age? Or so the
NIH says so anyways. See if I can find link to post for you
- The Three Most Dangerous Antibiotics.
1. Levaquin
2. Vancomycin
3. Bactrim
Okay?
- My daughter has an ongoing Rx for Bactrim for
chronic bladder infections. She had 50 radiation treatments and 2 yrs of
chemo for cancer when she was a baby. She is always getting upper
respiratory problems and an additional antibiotic is given. Also, my
daughter-in-law takes frequent courses of Vancomycin for cellulitis of
her legs. She has lymphodema pretty bad. I wish they could find an alternative
med. for both of them.
- Forgot to mention that they are both RN's and have
been trained to believe that natural products are worthless.
- I've used garlic and probiotics instead of
antibiotics for the last 20 years or so. Every prescription I've received
from the doc has gone in the garbage with a warning to the doc that I was
doing it. They all swore to me that garlic doesn't work and I'd be back. I
never have had to go back yet. For colds I use Oil of Oregano at the first
sign and never get sick. Thanks to Shane and others like him for having
the courage to teach the truth!
- I take vit c, d-mannose, and cranberry extract for
UTI. I have found even elderberry is good for the stomach flu. great article.
- I just took my daughters to the doctor due to flu
like symtoms. He said they did have a bacterial infection but a virus and
then prescribed Zithromax in case they got a secondary infection. No thanks!
I will be treating with Solaray Garlic instead.
- Use natural and stay away from pharm crap they are
not your friends.
- This pharma sales rep got more than he bargained
for. He wasn't even aware that Big Pharma pays the FDA to "pass"
their lethal drugs. Make sure to make a note of the three most dangerous
antibiotics you definitely do not ever want to take. Have you already
taken them?
- As always, a fantastic post. I've been following
your information from your book, and I'm definitely starting to feel a lot
better. I'll never go back to conventional medicine unless I break
something! LOL
- My website, www.lindacheekmd.com has the answer to
infectious disease. For stopping infections, even HIV and Hepatitis, you
need HMF, human microflora. No other probiotic is human form and will
colonize the body. HMF will. As a natural antibiotic, you can use Berberis
Formula. For viruses, Walnut capsules. Generally with treating dysbiosis
with HMF and following the seven steps to healing, infectious diseases are
a thing of the past.
- It's interesting to consider the potential use of a
special form of lauric acid (a fatty acid in mother's milk ), i.e.
monolaurin as a possible tool for protecting against disease... http://bitly.com/lauricidin (Lauric Acid is largely found in Virgin
Coconut Oil)
