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		<title>Ivermectin – the miracle cure for parasites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I recently came across a YouTube video about Ivermectin, where two individuals were discussing this drug&#8217;s origins in Japan, credited to Satoshi Ōmura, a Japanese scientist. In the video, Dr. William Wong praises the remarkable qualities of Ivermectin. As a doctor, Dr. Wong claims that Ivermectin is an incredible drug, asserting its safety for human...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently came across a YouTube video about Ivermectin, where two individuals were discussing this drug&#8217;s origins in Japan, credited to Satoshi Ōmura, a Japanese scientist. In the video, Dr. William Wong praises the remarkable qualities of Ivermectin.</p>
<p>As a doctor, Dr. Wong claims that Ivermectin is an incredible drug, asserting its safety for human consumption and its ability to eliminate 99% of parasites within the human body with a minuscule dosage.</p>
<p>Initially, such a high cure rate seemed dubious, resembling a potential scam. However, upon conducting further research, the effectiveness of Ivermectin became evident. Dr. Wong contends that the limited adoption of this drug is due to pharmaceutical companies&#8217; concerns about competition.</p>
<p>According to him, a mere 5 mL of Ivermectin should effectively target the majority of parasites within a human body. He stipulates that this quantity is suitable for an individual weighing around 50 kg. Consequently, those weighing a hundred kilos would require 10 mL of Ivermectin.</p>
<p>For more information on Ivermectin, you can visit this link. Notably, Ivermectin is an FDA-approved medicine primarily intended for specific parasitic ailments like river blindness. In my experience, a diet rich in meat often leads to parasitic infections, further emphasizing the relevance of this drug.</p>
<p>Parasites can cause a multitude of health issues within our bodies. Therefore, if the efficacy of Ivermectin holds true, I believe it merits an article on my website. Dr. Wong also asserts the drug&#8217;s absolute safety, asserting the absence of side effects.</p>
<p>However, a Wikipedia entry highlights a potential concern, citing the possibility of Ivermectin causing nervous system toxicity. Consequently, determining the veracity between Dr. Wong&#8217;s claims and Wikipedia&#8217;s information poses a challenge.</p>
<p>Furthermore, it&#8217;s important to note that certain dog species are highly allergic to Ivermectin.</p>
<h2>Ivermectin Safety</h2>
<p>But further research leads me to believe that it should be safe for human consumption because it’s made from natural ingredients that are generated as fermentation products by <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomyces_avermitilis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Streptomyces avermitilis</a></em>, a soil <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinomycete" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actinomycete</a>.</p>
<p>Satoshi Ōmura&#8217;s significant contribution to the discovery of Ivermectin was duly recognized with the Nobel Prize in 2015. The fact that this drug remains relatively obscure prompts a valid inquiry. Despite its entirely natural origin and lack of synthetic derivation, Ivermectin is predominantly utilized for animals.</p>
<p>This circumstance raises questions about the motives of the pharmaceutical industry, possibly driven by financial interests. Concealing the potential benefits of Ivermectin from the general populace might be indicative of a profit-driven approach that could potentially compromise public health.</p>
<p>I encourage you to view the linked video and undertake your own investigation to form a well-informed perspective on this matter.</p>
<p>To maintain your health and to avoid getting chronic diseases, get my <a href="http://www.alternativecomplementarymedicine.com/ultimate-health-e-book/">ultimate health ebook</a> here.</p>
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		<title>Rich Piana Has Serious Health Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Just watch this video. I explain why I think so and give some proof. This guy is like a monster, very big, he trains a lot, that is true, but also substances like Synthol gave him fake muscles. Furthermore, his health is totally jacked up. If you look at him, he can hardly breathe anymore....</p>
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<p>Just watch this video. I explain why I think so and give some proof. This guy is like a monster, very big, he trains a lot, that is true, but also substances like Synthol gave him fake muscles. Furthermore, his health is totally jacked up. If you look at him, he can hardly breathe anymore. He is breathing really hard. This is a sign of heart problem, heart not getting enough oxygen.</p>
<p>Also, his knees are a mess. His left knee is without cartilage, and he is only over 40 yo. This usually happens to really fat people, or people who got inflammation in their bodies. Cartilage gets inflamed and slowly disintegrates.</p>
<p>The solution is fake knee replacement. Yes, he will soon be walking with titanium knees. Poor guy can&#8217;t even walk anymore. He always parks right in front of the store, he rather gets a 100 USD ticket every day then walks few feet.</p>
<p>Then there is a problem with blood. His healthy HDL cholesterol levels were once 7 points. The recommended healthy level should be &gt;50 points.</p>
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		<title>Psych-Drugs Harm &#8211; Peter Gøtzsche From Denmark Tears Apart Modern Psychiatry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This is a good video, if you were damaged by modern psychiatry. From my point of view it is one of the biggest sham in the world. A disgrace of modern world. I so agree with this guy. So many people were killed by shrinks, pharma, pushed drugs, over prescribed drugs, even for small babies&#8230;....</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.alternativecomplementarymedicine.com/psych-drugs-harm-peter-gotzsche-from-denmark-tears-apart-modern-psychiatry/">Psych-Drugs Harm &#8211; Peter Gøtzsche From Denmark Tears Apart Modern Psychiatry</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.alternativecomplementarymedicine.com">Alternative Complementary Medicine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a good video, if you were damaged by modern psychiatry. From my point of view it is one of the biggest sham in the world. A disgrace of modern world. I so agree with this guy. So many people were killed by shrinks, pharma, pushed drugs, over prescribed drugs, even for small babies&#8230;.</p>
<p>These people are for me criminals, who basically have the right to permanently damage people, people who are sometimes different, but as soon they are not labeled normal, based on their DSM book, they are labeled crazy, possibly on a path of being sicker and sicker.</p>
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<p>It is scary, how shrinks are not reprimanded for their crimes.</p>
<p>He talks about how shrinks are bought by pharma, they get money from them, awards, trips, etc&#8230;Also he talks about how psychiatry still relies on studies done 60 years ago. How antidepressants are not effective at all.</p>
<p>I love this guy&#8230;.and of course talking about how the forced treatment should be banned&#8230;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Wanna Get Rid Of High Blood Pressure And Arthritis in 1 Month?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2015 08:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is the video of how you do this. Apparently the consumption of vitamin K2 and D3 immobilizes calcium from heart, and vessels which lowers blood pressure. This guy in the video was completely cured of hypertension. These two vitamins also apparently cure arthritis, because they pull out calcium from joints etc. You should try...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the video of how you do this.</p>
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<p>Apparently the consumption of vitamin K2 and D3 immobilizes calcium from heart, and vessels which lowers blood pressure. This guy in the video was completely cured of hypertension.</p>
<p>These two vitamins also apparently cure arthritis, because they pull out calcium from joints etc.</p>
<p>You should try this. I am getting pain in my knees myself at 40 yo, and I was praying to god for a cure, is that maybe my cure?</p>
<p>Here is one of the comments from the youtube from another user:</p>
<blockquote><p> So, I went to naturopathic doctor and she recommended 5000 IU of D3, vitamin K2 and spending time outside.  After about a month, arthritis is gone, I do not need beta blockers and my blood pressure is 115/60 average (I even measured 110/50 ) with as little as 45 heart beats at rest, almost like athlete!</p></blockquote>
<p>Maybe this is worth trying. I will definitely try this if I get in more pain with my knees&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Sauna Detox WIth Niacin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2015 02:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I have been doing this protocol for years, and it always helped me to detox. Years ago, I took some medicines, that completely wrecked my body. And I was searching for a protocol where I can flush these medicines out of my system. First, there was Scientology I came across the Purification Rundown book. It...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been doing this protocol for years, and it always helped me to detox. Years ago, I took some medicines, that completely wrecked my body. And I was searching for a protocol where I can flush these medicines out of my system.</p>
<h2>First, there was Scientology</h2>
<p>I came across the Purification Rundown book. It is a detox protocol from Scientology &#8220;church.&#8221; I am not a member of Scientology, but I am always taking what is good and refusing what is bad. The book was amazing and it explained how toxins, drugs, medicines stayed in your body for years. They stay in your fatty tissue and never leave your body. So that is why you have this medicine flushes all the time, where the meds are circulating your body, and you are still experiencing the symptoms of meds you took years ago. <em>This is the only thing I love from Scientology.  Other stuff is dangerous and stupid so I advise staying away from.</em></p>
<h2>Niacin the magic vitamin</h2>
<p>With Niacin, and sauna you are able to flush this stuff out of your body for good. This protocol is used a lot by people who got poisoned with Agent Orange in Vietnam, then drug addicts, where they can&#8217;t get off drugs, and others.</p>
<p>It is a really easy process. What is new that now an Asian doctor called Dr. George Yu is promoting this protocol and explaining how helpful it can be. Furthermore, Mercola is a big fan of this protocol.</p>
<p>Like I said I have been doing this occasionally for 10 years on my own. I stopped two years ago, and I know that some of my symptoms like depression came back. Toxins are directly related to your well being, depression, physical pain, etc.</p>
<p>However, from my experience, it is an on-going process that you can do in your home or elsewhere.</p>
<h2><strong>Here is how it works</strong></h2>
<p><strong>You take a large dose of Niacin, which is Vitamin B3, which helps fat cells flush out the toxins that are stored inside them. Then the toxins are circulating your body and with Sauna protocol, you are able to flush them out through skin of intestinal tract.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dr Yu also recommends taking Active Charcoal tablets to help get rid of the toxins after a sauna, because that stuff will bind anything bad, it comes across.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Scientology did not use Charcoal, for some reason, so I am happy Dr Yu mentioned that.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So you start with 150 mg of Niacin, and you work your way up gradually. The first week you take 150 mg of Niacin, then next time 300mg&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>IT all depends on how much you can tolerate niacin.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Because Niacin will make your skin crawl, you will feel uncomfortable, your skin will become blotchy, will burn, etc&#8230;..</strong></p>
<p><strong>IT is called niacin flush, which is safe. Dr Yu mentioned that he never came across a person, that would have side effects from Niacin.</strong></p>
<p><strong>And of course, niacin is just a vitamin B3. So you work your dose up to 5 grams, it just depends how well you can tolerate it.</strong></p>
<h2>My own personal recipe</h2>
<p><strong>I take like 600 mg each time I go to the Sauna. You will feel dizzy of course. So you just sit down on the floor and take a cold shower if possible. I would take more, but till now I did not have large doses of Niacin. I had 100 mg tablets, where I would have to take 50 of them to get my 5 grams dose. But I came across Niacin with 500 mg tablets, where you have to take only 10pieces to get </strong><strong>a 5-gram dose. Which is easy.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So you need to stay in the Sauna for at least one hour, you can make a few brakes.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I am telling you that is the hardest part, staying in a sauna for like one hour. It is very hard. However, this is one of the best detox protocols I ever came across in my life besides <a href="http://www.alternativecomplementarymedicine.com/chelation-andy-cutler-protocol-explained/">Andy Cutler Mercury Chelation Protocol</a> of course&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p><strong>After the sauna, you can take Activated Charcoal, which will pull out the toxins from your GI tract.</strong></p>
<h2>Sauna detox explanation videos</h2>
<p>Here are two videos that I love, one is from Wolfe, well-known Quack, but in this case, it is very helpful, and of course Mercola&#8230;..</p>
<div class="entry-content-asset videofit"><iframe title="Dr. Yu&#039;s Detoxification Protocol" width="720" height="405" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/47UyvsCQ-mk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
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<p>I recommend buying Niacin on Amazon, where you are sure you get the quality product. You should buy also activated Charcoal of course.</p>
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		<title>Beware Of Vaccines Full Of Mercury (Thimerosal)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 02:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is a video you must see. Robert Kennedy, one of the mighty Kennedy brothers is speaking out. He even wrote a book about this deadly poison Thimerosal, that vaccine companies still put inside the vaccines to preserve them, make them last longer and of course SAVE MONEY! It is all about money with these...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a video you must see. Robert Kennedy, one of the mighty Kennedy brothers is speaking out. He even wrote a book about this deadly poison Thimerosal, that vaccine companies still put inside the vaccines to preserve them, make them last longer and of course SAVE MONEY! It is all about money with these monsters. Kennedy talks about how the studies about Thimerosal were fake, but nobody got thrown in jail for god sake!!</p>
<p>On the other hand you see people selling grass spending years in jail. And these companies, that killed many babies with Thimerosal, cause numerous babies get autism, steal money from people, lie to public, they can just walk away. It is all about money. If you are rich, nobody can touch you. Right Mr Cosby?</p>
<p>I am appalled and sick how these pharma companies even fake their studies, still these days, and nobody gets punished. Please watch this video. if you or your family needs to get vaccinated, be sure to choose a Thimerosal free vaccines.</p>
<p>Thimerosal is a 50% mercury based preservative. 300 x more toxic than lead. It is the most toxic substance in the world bside radioactive substances. And still these money hungrly companies, governments allow us getting injected with this poison, just to squeeze more money out of vaccines&#8230;Lower cost, higher autism, and brain damage.</p>
<p>Mercury stays in the brain for decades. Brain has not ability to remove the mercury itself. When mercury passes brain barrier, we are f&#8230;cked. Mercury then causes all kind of problems, hormones, autism, ticks, ALS, cancer etc&#8230;.</p>
<p>Please beware of this, beware of Thimerosal in vaccines.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Just another great video that explains how these assholes invent new and new diseases so they have a reason to sell drugs to people. Psychiatry is a 80 billion USD per year business. Money hungry shrinks are just waiting and waiting for the next person to sell them drugs and to make them dependant on...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just another great video that explains how these assholes invent new and new diseases so they have a reason to sell drugs to people. Psychiatry is a 80 billion USD per year business. Money hungry shrinks are just waiting and waiting for the next person to sell them drugs and to make them dependant on drugs.</p>
<p>I mean there are even new diseases like addiction to internet, that needs to be corrected with side effect infested psych drugs.</p>
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<p>When will these animals pay for all the suffering they caused.</p>
<p>I mean they even drug small babies and diagnose them with bipolar disorder.</p>
<p>People even think that it is fashionable to take drugs with serious side effects.</p>
<p>Beware of this horrid money hungry industry that labels at least 50 % of people mentally ill that needs to be on drugs.</p>
<p>For god sake they even label women during the menstrual cycle and their attitude change, which is kind of normal, because the hormonoes are running wild at that period. They call it premenstrual dysphoric disorder.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I was shocked. I love Louis Theroux BBC documentaries. Each documentary seems to be better than previous one. The guy really is the best reporter that I know. But lets get to the chase here. The last documentary I was watching few days ago just shocked me. It was about terminally ill patients. And oh...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was shocked. I love Louis Theroux BBC documentaries. Each documentary seems to be better than previous one. The guy really is the best reporter that I know. But lets get to the chase here.<br />
The last documentary I was watching few days ago just shocked me. It was about terminally ill patients.</p>
<p>And oh boy there were so many mistakes by doctors in Cedar Sinai, one of the best hospitals in the world. There was this guy who had cancer, they had to cut out cancer because chemo did not work. They even cut large part of anus from this poor soul. Then filled him up with all kind of meds, he looked half dead to me. Then came the surprise, like all the doctors came in the room in the hospital and told this poor guy that the wound from surgery can&#8217;t heal, and that he will die. So they got the cancer out but he will de because his immune system is so low. They cut out chunks of flesh from this guy and now his body cant heal the wound. </p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t that just terrible? So they packed him home,and you should see the faces on these doctors, seems to me they faked the sad faces&#8230; But I guess that is how you react when so many people die in front of your eyes. You get used to it.</p>
<p>There was this Mexican boy next, who got leukaemia, they tried everything. The guy was almost dead. He went through countless chemo therapies. One after another made him even more sick. </p>
<p>Then before he died, the doctor came in and told him they can try another chemo but that could kill him. She suggested that he could go home and just die without a chemo because chemo can kill him on its own. I saw the doctor gave him hope with chemo, so the guy took it. She did not say you have 0% CHANCE OF SURVIVING THIS CHEMO, 5 minutes later she told Louis Theroux just that. That the poor guy does have 0% chance of survival and cancer remission. She never told that directly to boys face.</p>
<p>From watching the documentary, it was not clear to me that the doctor told him that, that he has 0% chance of remission.</p>
<p>So the guy with one foot in the grace took another chemo and died 2 days later&#8230;. This was just a joke from my observation. </p>
<p>The last guy story shocked me the most. I am still shocked after few days. He got into drugs, took too many heroin and overdosed himself. He ended up in kind of vegetative state. For 1 month he was in hospital. The doctor clearly told the family there is not hope, the damage of the brain is too big. Even another Chinese doctor from Cedar Sinai, checked the MRI of the brain and said the boy will be a vegetable all his life. But the family did not loose hope, especially boy&#8217;s sister.</p>
<p>She believed in him, even grandma came in hospital and prayed for the boy. They all believe he will make it. But the doctors told them there is no use to keep him plugged on to the machines. </p>
<p>The prognosis was terrible. But after few days later, the boy stood up, was walking around and could communicate properly. The brain damage was not that horrible. He made it through. </p>
<p>These are just samples of what is going on in hospitals and that doctors are wrong many times, many times they mess you up and kill you, or almost kill you before patients totally recuperates. I rather take raw food approach and not mess with these unskilled people. </p>
<p>I betcha they never give smoothies to patients in hospitals. I am sure some of them would made it, I am 100% sure. Usually they serve hot dogs, cows brews, etc, no way a body can heal itself when you feed it that kind of food. </p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Graveline began his medical odyssey at the famed Walter Reed Army Hospital during the time when America&#8217;s space pioneers were just beginning to study the medical effects of space flight. After becoming a flight surgeon and participating in that space medical research, Dr. Graveline received international recognition for his research on zero gravity deconditioning,...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Graveline began his medical odyssey at the famed Walter Reed Army Hospital during the time when America&#8217;s space pioneers were just beginning to study the medical effects of space flight. After becoming a flight surgeon and participating in that space medical research, Dr. Graveline received international recognition for his research on zero gravity deconditioning, his work as a medical analyst of the Soviet bioastronautics program, and in 1965 for his selection as a scientist astronaut. In May 2001, Dr. Graveline was prescribed Lipitor and subsequently developed a severe case of amnesia.  Based on his experience and those of others, Dr. Graveline has published a new book, “Lipitor, Thief of Memory, Statin Drugs and the Misguided War On Cholesterol.” This book has added relevance today as recent studies suggest that doctors should prescribe stronger and stronger doses of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, especially Lipitor, the most prescribed drug in America.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: Dr. Graveline, you have written some strong opinions about the cholesterol lowering-drug Lipitor, the most prescribed drug in America. Why? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: I have discovered that the stronger statin drugs such as Lipitor can be associated with profound cognitive disturbances in some patients. There are now thousands of patient case reports of amnesia, forgetfulness, confusion and disorientation, at times severe and incapacitating. With some cases lasting months and years, another very important point is that cognitive side effects can appear after months and years of seemingly trouble-free use.<br />
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Dr. Cohen: Can you give some examples? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: A 70 year old lady who lives alone and chops her own wood feared she had intruders when she found wood for her buck stove all split and scattered about and discovered a plate of partially eaten food in her kitchen. She searched the house from top to bottom and was about to call the police when she noted that the tracks in the new snow outside her porch near the woodpile were hers. She was the unknown intruder. This unnerved her, but after she discontinued her statin drug, she reverted to her usual alert, independent self.<br />
A U.S. Air Force loadmaster wanted to know how long his Lipitor associated memory lapses might last. He stopped the drug on his own but knew his job was in jeopardy if he reported this event to his flight surgeon.<br />
A woman hiker &#8220;woke up&#8221; lost in the woods.<br />
A businessman awoke in his car miles away from anything familiar to him, and a passing highway patrol officer was convinced that his disorientation must be due to drinking or drugs. In a manner of speaking he may have been right, for this man was on Lipitor and since that episode has become an anti-statin activist.<br />
A CEO of a large company remains unable to formulate new memory and is no longer employable, an apparent victim of permanent memory impairment following amnesia episodes associated with Lipitor.<br />
The list goes on and on.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: You yourself developed amnesia after taking Lipitor. What happened? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: The first episode happened after I had been prescribed Lipitor for my modestly elevated cholesterol. I had returned from my usual morning walk in the woods when my wife noticed me walking aimlessly in our driveway as if I were lost. I did not recognize her and refused to enter our home. I reluctantly accepted cookies and milk and somehow she got me into the car to see my family doctor and neurologist. One year later, I was urged to resume taking Lipitor by my doctor, who refused to believe that a statin had caused the first amnesia episode. Hours after taking the first dose, my wife found me in the greenhouse with that &#8220;gone&#8221; look in my eyes again. This time, during the 12 hour episode, I regressed all the way back to my teen years with precise recall for all my high school friends and events. Gone were all memories of my college years, medical school, my marriage and four children. And my exciting 10 years in the USAF as flight surgeon and research scientist. I had no recall of being a family doctor for 23 years, a NASA astronaut, or the author of nine books. All of these memories were completely lost from my mind, just as if they never happened.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: The image we see of amnesia in the movies is humorous, not serious or dangerous. What is the reality? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: Experiencing total global amnesia is nothing like you see it presented in the movies. Imagine yourself with an abrupt and complete loss of ability to formulate new memory &#8212; a conversation with a loved one, a beautiful scene, a major event in your life, all gone like a whisp of smoke. And in the retrograde form, add the loss of major memories of the life lived &#8212; marriages, deaths, children, careers.<br />
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<strong>Dr. Cohen: You practiced medicine, right? Didn&#8217;t you prescribe statin drugs like Lipitor and Zocor? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: I practiced medicine as a solo family doctor for 23 years until 1993. Since I am board certified in preventive medicine as well as family practice, I applied preventive medicine concepts liberally in my practice and, yes, these concepts included cholesterol control through the use of medicines. The statin drugs available during the last decade of my practice were not today&#8217;s more powerful top-seller statins like Lipitor and Zocor. I used these earlier drugs liberally and encountered no major problems. However, cognitive and other statin side effects seem to come with today&#8217;s more powerful drugs, and doctors and patients must be made aware of the negative aspects of their aggressive use.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: But just because a person gets a symptom while taking a medication, that doesn&#8217;t mean the drug is the cause. What&#8217;s the evidence on statins and cognitive problems?<br />
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Dr. Graveline: Initially, when I seemed to be the only case, my evidence was purely intuitive. Lipitor was the only medication I was taking when, six weeks later, I had my first attack of amnesia. A year later, at the time of my next astronaut physical, I was rechallenged with Lipitor and after six weeks an even worse bout involving both anterograde and retrograde amnesia occurred. Even though I was now convinced that both of my experiences stemmed from the Lipitor, no one else was. Only when I discovered the statin study at the University of California, San Diego, did the truth finally begin to emerge. I learned that there were several other cases just like mine. A few months later, when the People&#8217;s Pharmacy column published my case report, a flood of cognitive case reports from patients all over the country on statins poured in. Until that time, these patients had assumed their lapses, forgetfulness, confusion and disorientation were from old age, senility or early Alzheimer&#8217;s. We now have thousands of case reports including many who are rechallenge cases like mine. And just recently, the journal Pharmacotherapy published a review article of 60 patients having statin-associated memory problems (Wagstaff, LR, et al., July 2003). In my judgment, the evidence for statins causal role is overwhelming.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: And that&#8217;s why you are now publishing “Lipitor, Thief of memory”? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: Yes. Generally speaking I have not been excessively critical of statins, and I repeatedly cite their value for high-risk patients for our options are few at this time. My only concern is with the lack of awareness of both patient and prescribing doctor of the potential of the statin class of drugs to seriously interfere with the memory process. Rare, yes, but with so many millions now on these drugs, we are talking about tens of thousands of people in whom memory impairment of varying degrees can be expected.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: How has the medical establishment dealt with all of this? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: Doctors, like their patients, have been completely uninformed about the cognitive side effect issue with statin drugs. Time and again they assure and reassure their distraught patients that their memory lapses are &#8220;to be expected at their age&#8221;, or are possibly a &#8220;touch of senility&#8221; or perhaps even &#8220;early Alzheimer&#8217;s&#8221;. So complete has been the &#8216;brainwashing&#8221; of doctors by pharmaceutical reps and statin drug literature that a possible side effect to the statin drug is the last thing most of them consider. Now, after more than ten years of prescribing statins and reassuring patients of their safety, the last thing a doctor wants to hear is that he has been wrong all this time.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: What about the FDA? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: I am awaiting our watchdog FDA&#8217;s explanation of the report in Pharmacotherapy involving 60 memory cases gleaned from the FDA&#8217;s own Medwatch reports over the past four years. Unfortunately, during this time, the FDA has not seen fit to issue a special warning to physicians. Is that not the FDA&#8217;s role?</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: You&#8217;ve established a website. What&#8217;s been the response? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: Over the past year my website has received just under 50,000 hits from patients all over the world interested in the side effects of statin drugs, especially the cognitive side effects of forgetfulness, confusion, disorientation, or amnesia. Currently between 100 and 200 hits daily are being received as a result of three articles I&#8217;ve posted: “Lipitor, Thief of Memory;” &#8220;Statins and the Flyer;&#8221; &#8220;Cholesterol, Friend or Foe?&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: You&#8217;ve warned that Lipitor and other statins may create a serious hazard in pilots taking these drugs. Why? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: As a former USAF and Army flight surgeon, one of the first thoughts that entered my mind after my experience with Lipitor was what might happen if my amnesia occurred while I was piloting my ultra-light aircraft? So you can imagine my concern when I learned that these drugs are commonly used not only by military pilots, but also are allowed by the FAA for flight crew members operating today&#8217;s jumbo jets and other commercial aircraft. The e-mails I have received from flight crewmembers telling of their &#8220;memory lapses&#8221; or of an &#8220;inability to multitask&#8221; will make you shudder.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen: You are familiar with my research and book <a href="http://www.medicationsense.com/over_dose.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Over Dose </a> showing that patients are often prescribed excessive doses of Lipitor, Zocor, and other statins. What is your perspective on this? </strong></p>
<p>Dr. Graveline: I believe that excessively high starting doses &#8212; which incidentally are the initial doses recommended by the drug companies in package inserts and the Physicians&#8217; Desk Reference (PDR) &#8212; are a huge problem with many medications, but it is especially true with statins. Another clear indication of this is that many cognitive side effects occur when statin doses are increased. I firmly believe a doctor prescribing drugs should follow your mandate to &#8220;start low and go slow.&#8221; This simple rule, if followed, would greatly diminish our side effect problems. Another important factor is our growing awareness that cholesterol and LDL levels may not be reliable indicators of statin drug effectiveness. Statins appear to work by suppression of the inflammatory process underlying arteriosclerosis and its offspring atherosclerosis. A growing body of research data does now tell us that statins appear to have a direct effect on inflammation within artery walls and on platelet inhibition. Cholesterol reduction seems to be largely irrelevant to this process and to the resulting improvement in CV risk. There is reason to believe that the dosage of statins required for this anti-inflammatory action may be much less than presently prescribed starting doses with very favorable impact on the side effect profile. Much additional research is necessary to define the specific mechanisms involved.</p>
<p><strong>Dr. Cohen&#8217;s comments: </strong><br />
Adding scientific weight to Dr. Graveline&#8217;s concerns is the article in the July 2003 issue of Pharmacotherapy: &#8220;Statin-associated memory loss: analysis of 60 case reports and review of the literature.&#8221; This article examines 60 cases of statin-associated cognitive impairments from the FDA&#8217;s Medwatch system. 36 cases occurred with Zocor, 23 with Lipitor &#8212; the most powerful statins &#8212; and 1 case with Pravachol, with is also being prescribed at stronger initial doses today. Most interesting are the 4 rechallenge cases: people who again developed cognitive problems with a second course of statins, just as Dr. Graveline did. According to accepted guidelines for assessing adverse drug reactions (Naranjo et al., 1981), the development of symptoms on rechallenge is considered definite evidence of an adverse drug effect. Cognitive impairments, like most statin side effects, are believed to be dose-related: the stronger the drug and dose, the greater the risk. Some people do need strong doses of statins, but throwing millions on stronger doses than they need or tolerate is not the answer. More on this in my upcoming book that will be published this summer on statin drugs and natural alternatives for lowering levels of cholesterol, C-reactive protein, and other cardiac risk factors safely.</p>
<p><strong>Copyright 2004, Jay S. Cohen, M.D.</strong> All rights reserved. Readers have permission to copy and disseminate all or part of these articles if it is clearly identified as the work of: Jay S. Cohen, M.D., the MedicationSense E-Newsletter, www.MedicationSense.com. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE TO READERS</strong>: The purpose of this Letter is solely informational and educational. The information herein should not be considered to be a substitute for the direct medical advice of your doctor, nor is it meant to encourage the diagnosis or treatment of any illness, disease, or other medical problem by laypersons. If you are under a physician&#8217;s care for any condition, he or she can advise you whether the information in this E-Letter is suitable for you. Readers should not make any changes in drugs, doses, or any other aspects of their medical treatment unless specifically directed to do so by their own doctors.</p>
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