The Dangers of Pain Relievers
Fact #1: Child Overdose is Too Common
It’s very easy for children to overdose on Tylenol. The difference between a "dose" and a fatal "overdose" is small. If children take twice the normal dose over a short period of time - a very small margin of error - liver damage will result.
Fact #2: Painkillers are adulterated with Cancer Causing Toxins
Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl & Sudafed were recalled on March 30, 2011 due to an uncharacteristic odor.
The odor is caused by trace amounts of potential carcinogens – cancer causing compounds – such as sucrose and inositol, which allow the tablet to dissolve at a faster rate and give the drugs a pleasant taste. In addition, flavoring agents, such as saccharin, and coloring agents are added to chewable tablets. The colorants currently approved in the United States include: FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Red No.3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Blue No. 2, FD&C Green No. 3, a limited number of D&C colorants, and iron oxides.
Fact #3: Liver and Kidney Damage is Common, Not Rare
According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 50,000 people per year are treated in an emergency room due to taking Tylenol due to serious liver and kidney damage.
Fact #4: Motrin causes more Headaches
Motrin's side effects include: constipation, diarrhea, dizziness, gas and HEADACHE.
How do you know if your headache is the one you started with or a side effect?
Fact #5: Tylenol Causes Headaches and More
Tylenol's side effects include: constipation; diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; excitability; HEADACHE; loss of appetite; nausea; nervousness or anxiety; trouble sleeping; upset stomach; vomiting and weakness.
Pick 6 of those and ask yourself if you really want them all happening at the same time, instead of just having your original headache…
Fact #6: Experts are no longer recommending Aspirin
According to the Wall Street Journal, “...medical experts say some people who are taking aspirin on a regular basis should think about stopping. Public-health officials are scaling back official recommendations for the painkiller to target a narrower group of patients who are at risk of a heart attack or stroke. The concern is that aspirin's side effects, which can include bleeding ulcers, might outweigh the potential benefits when taken by many healthy or older people.”
Fact #7: Tylenol #1 cause of Liver Failure
According to Dr. Gerald Dal Pan, Director of the FDA's Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology admits that Tylenol and Acetaminophen overdose is the Number 1 cause of "acute" (sudden) liver failure in the US.
You can't live without a liver for more than about a day, so if it fails you fail too.
Fact #8: Easy for Adults to Overdose
Discussing the overdose potential of common painkillers, Dr. Pan says, "It is much easier than you would think!" He explains that people who suffer from long term pain or who regularly drink alcohol; people who are on diets, the elderly and even heavy caffeine drinkers who take the SUGGESTED dose of acetaminophen (including Tylenol, Lortab, Percocet or Vicoden) have been found to suffer liver damage over time.
Fact #9: Aspirin Risks do not outweigh Benefits
Aspirin doesn’t protect against heart attack or stroke!
Aspirin depletes the body of life-saving nutrients. These nutrients include folic acid, iron, potassium, sodium and vitamin C. Symptoms associated with such depletion include: anemia, birth defects, elevated homocysteine (a risk factor for heart disease), headache, depression, fatigue, hair loss, insomnia, diarrhea, shortness of breath, pale skin and suppression of the immune system. Internal bleeding is also a real and present danger.
The side effects of Aspirin are so severe that they can cause a higher death rate relative to the populations who do not take it. Whether users are taking 75mg or higher, “No conventionally used prophylactic Aspirin regimen seems free of the risk of peptic ulcer complications,” said the British Medical Journal.
Each year, a grossly underestimated 7600 deaths and 76,000 hospitalizations occur in the United States from use of Aspirin and other NSAIDS like Motrin, Aleve, and Celebrex. Only about 10% of deaths caused by NSAIDS are reported. Death by drugs is usually attributed to the patient being too darn sick or too darn old.
What's the Alternative?
So what can you do to avoid these harmful effects if you currently use Tylenol for pain relief? Your first instinct might be to throw your bottle of Tylenol, Aspirin or ibuprofen in the trash.
Try White willow bark! It can safely prevent the spinal cord from transmitting pain messages to the brain. From a hangover, to a migraine or even cancer pain, this allows it to be wildly effective for many different types of discomfort. White willow naturally contains a family of molecules known as glycosides. These compounds are responsible for blocking pain. You can check it out on my Douglas Labs link. Simply refer to Formula number 77383.
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