WDDTY e-News Service - 03 June 2004

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WHAT DOCTORS DON’T TELL YOU - E-NEWS BROADCAST No. 85 - 03 June 2004

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ADHD, PART I: Thank goodness, another new drug for our kids

 

British parents have been seen dancing in the cobbled streets this week with the

news that another drug has been licensed for use on children with ADHD

(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).

 

This latest saviour of their children is Strattera (generic name: atomoxetine),

which will be available on prescription from July. All ADHD drugs available

thus far have been the methylphenidates such as Ritalin, whereas atomoxetine is

not a stimulant and so, theoretically at least, has less potential for abuse.

 

Atomoxetine is unlikely to steal Ritalin's thunder, and for several reasons.

Paediatricians have already made it clear that the newcomer will be used only in

those cases where Ritalin has failed.

 

For one thing, they say they are comfortable with Ritalin and understand how it

works. That's simple enough to understand: it's an amphetamine-based stimulant

that has a paradoxical effect, and along the way offers a range of reactions

such as insomnia, anorexia, nausea, palpitations, raised blood pressure, toxic

psychosis, severe depression and liver toxicity.

 

A sudden shift to another drug also doesn't quite fit into the game plan for

Ritalin. The manufacturer has been disappointed with the take-up of the drug in

Europe whereas 5 million hyperactive kids in the USA are regularly taking it,

and probably will continue to do so until they reach young adulthood. Last year

the manufacturer began a major push in Europe, and especially in the UK,

American paediatrician Dr Lawrence Diller has told us.

 

Even so, atomoxetine's approval in the UK comes as a bit of a surprise. It

fared badly in a major trial last month when it was compared with Ritalin, and

as reported by the National Health Service on its own website. Less than a

month later and it's approved. It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.

 

 

 

ONE WOMAN'S STORY: With three months to live, she conquered terminal breast

cancer

 

I don't think I've ever told you about my mother, Edith. She was a wonderful,

kind woman who always seemed to have time to help others. She was brought up in

a different time, of course, and her upbringing was far from easy anyway.

 

She learned to bottle things up, and keep her feelings to herself.

 

Trouble was, she had quietly nursed breast cancer for the previous 18 months,

bandaging her wounds without telling anyone, not even my father.

 

One day the pain became so great that finally the family came to learn that

something was badly wrong. The following day she went to see the doctor who was

so overcome by what he saw that he almost fainted.

 

He told the family that there was no hope, and that mother had just three months

to live. At least we had time to put affairs into order, he said.

 

Lynne and I couldn't accept this prognosis, and asked the doctor if we could

take over her care. He agreed. Immediately we took Edith to see Dr Patrick

Kingsley who thought the position was far from hopeless. Edith was an

interesting case, after all. She hadn't been 'contaminated' with chemotherapy

and the like. So he radically changed her diet, and put her on very high dose

vitamin C, given intravenously.

 

With the love and support of the family, she started to rally and, a year later,

the family doctor was surprised to see her still walking in the town! He asked

if she would mind having an x-ray, which she agreed to. As I said, she was kind

to everyone. He was astonished that the x-ray revealed no cancer whatsoever.

 

Could he have been wrong? No, but Dr Kingsley had been right.

 

You can hear Dr Kingsley speak at our Cancer Battle-Plan conference, where he'll

be outlining his various therapies. To book your place, :

http://www.wddty.co.uk/conference_booking.asp

 

 

 

ADHD, PART II: OK, it's time for some joined-up thinking

 

Nobody really expects august news organizations such as the BBC to do joined-up

thinking. If they did, you wouldn't need us, dear reader.

 

But the BBC's own website surpassed itself this week when it announced the

approval of atomoxetine. Right underneath the story was one headlined:

" Chemicals affect child brains " .

 

It features the announcement from the World Wildlife Fund that substances in

TVs, computers and car seats can affect children's memories and IQ levels.

There are over 70,000 man-made chemicals currently on the market, and

researchers have reckoned that 10 per cent of all neurobehavioural disorders are

caused by toxic exposures.

 

The major culprits are flame-retardants known as Deca brominated diphenyl ether

and the PolyChlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).

 

ADHD is a convenient blanket term for a wide range of disturbed behaviour in

children, ranging from the friendly neighbourhood kid who wants to set your

house on fire to the child who can't sit still for more than a few minutes.

 

So terms such as 'neurobehavioural disorders', 'memory' and 'IQ level' all fit

neatly into the ADHD basket, but then there's room for every other form of

difficult behaviour too. So the link between toxins and ADHD is pretty easy to

establish, and has been for years.

 

But other links have also been proven, and also for many years. Back in 1985

doctors at Great Ormond Street hospital discovered that all their ADHD children

were intolerant or allergic to at least one food group, with the usual suspects

including wheat, dairy, chocolate and oranges. Their findings fit in with the

work of Dr Benjamin Feingold who made the link with certain foods in 1975. He

was able to successfully treat thousands of children with hyperactivity (as it

was then called) just by eliminating those foods.

 

Then there are the food additives. Again, Dr Feingold also made a link with

food colourings and those preservatives that had been derived from coal tar. In

2002, the Food Standards Agency discovered that the behaviour of children

worsened dramatically after they had one of the many luridly coloured drinks

that are laced with additives.

 

Finally, most nutritionists have noted that ADHD children are lacking in zinc

and magnesium.

 

So there's plenty we can do for our ADHD children. But, heck, we don't want to

be party-poopers and stand in the way of a drug company and its profits.

 

 

 

BUT SOMEBODY DOES: Glaxo charged with drug fraud over suppressed research

 

Once upon a time we were innocent, just as you were before you started to read

these E-news bulletins. We believed that drug companies were there for the good

of the human race, and anyone who complained about side effects was just a

malingerer or, worse, a troublemaker. We were all young once.

 

Then one day as we were making a skipping rope from a chain of daisies a young

doctor visited us at our WDDTY offices. He had been quite a high-flier, and had

headed up a range of medical trials. But he was constantly being told by the

trial sponsor, whose drug was being researched, to bury findings that were

unacceptable, or even lose them altogether.

 

He became so disillusioned that he packed in the research work and set up a

holistic health centre in the East End of London, and we stopped making daisy

chains.

 

And, like most everything else, it has always been thus. It's just that once in

a very rare while somebody catches on to it.

 

That current somebody is New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer who has

filed a lawsuit against the UK's largest pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline. He is

claiming that the drug giant concealed details from four research trials that

indicated its antidepressant Paxil (Seroxat in the UK) could cause suicidal

tendencies among children and teenagers taking the drug.

 

The suit has been expected for a while, as regular E-news readers may know.

It's the tip of a scandal that has seen doctors prescribing 'off-label' and

giving antidepressants to children as young as two years of age.

 

Quite how a two-year-old can be so depressed that he needs a powerful

mood-altering drug seems beyond belief. But for depression, see ADHD.

 

 

 

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: who needs surgery?

 

Carpal tunnel syndrome is part of a family of conditions affecting the tendons,

nerves, muscles and soft tissues that goes into the blanket condition known as

repetitive strain injury (RSI).

 

Standard treatment is an NSAID painkiller or steroid injections. If that

doesn't help, the next course is surgery.

 

But is that the only option left open? What else can help? And how can you

help yourself if you're just getting the first 'twinges'?

 

Carpal tunnel syndrome and RSI are explored in the latest issue of What Doctors

Don't Tell You. Isn't it time you became a r and started receiving

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READERS' CORNER

 

Glaucoma: Some advice for the woman who wonders how to prevent glaucoma. Best

of the bunch comes from one gentleman who recommends smoking marijuana! One of

the immediate effects is the lowering of intraocular pressure, he tells us. Our

correspondent happens to be a Congressional candidate in Texas, so those cowboys

could be in for a great four years if this guy gets in. More conventional

suggestions include Bilberry tablets. One 1000 mg tablet a day should do the

trick. Another correspondent suggests something similar with a bilberry,

gingko, eyebright supplement plus manuka honey. One ayurvedic practitioner in

Bangalore suggests the Triphala combination, and it also corrects digestion,

cures haemorrhoids, and lowers cholesterol, he tells us. It probably also takes

the dog for a walk.

 

 

Menopausal itching: Then there was the woman who suffered menopausal itching

around her navel and vagina. One reader suggests the homeopathic remedy Sepia

30c, which supposedly can balance the hormones. She could also try Urtica Urens

tincture from Bioforce to help treat the body's histamine reaction. In the

meantime, cut out all sugar and refined carbohydrates, and take omega 3 fish

oils. One woman has treated her menopausal itch with an anti-fungal cream for

athlete's foot, but we suggest you don't put that on your vagina. Finally, try

some cypress oil in the bath, which also helps with haemorrhoids (no, it's not

the chap from Bangalore).

 

 

Dry eye: We've been swamped with suggestions for the contact lens wearer who's

suffering from dry eye. You could say there isn't a dry eye in the house, or

there won't be once she's tried your recommendations. One woman wonders if it's

an indication for arthritis, so that could be worth checking out, while another

thinks it could be a symptom of the menopause. One person who also had to give

up on contact lenses started using Viva-Drops, a natural lubricant that contains

antioxidants. Trouble is, it's not available directly in the UK, but can be

ordered via Vision Pharmaceuticals in South Dakota. She could also try the

supplement NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine). Hemp oil supplements can help, as can DHEA

supplements. Try hot compresses, such as with tea bags or damp cotton wall

balls, then gently squeeze with finger and thumb along the lower lids on the

rim. Try the same on the upper rim, but if this is painful you can press and

massage it. Try the homeopathic remedy Nat mur 6c or

30c or Aconite 30c, or Oculoheel homeopathic eye drops. Another remedy, from

the conventional side, is Occuvite by Bausch & Lomb, which contains a small

amount of lutein. But one enterprising correspondent decided on a self-help

remedy and found Lutein 45 mg tablets in his local pharmacy, which stopped his

eye involuntarily closing, drying and flickering.

 

 

Eating intolerance: Remember the lady last time who wanted to provide her

doctor husband with convincing, scientific evidence that food intolerances

really can affect their children's health? One reader suggests he reads The

Nutrition Solution by H Kristal, or Breaking The Vicious Cycle by Elaine

Gottshall. Another suggests our questioner undertakes a six-week trial of

removing foods from her children's diet. Start by taking all dairy out of the

diet for at least six weeks, then remove wheat for the same amount of time.

Then tell him to monitor the results.

 

 

 

Earlier medical worries

 

Your suggestions for other medical and health concerns that were featured in

earlier e-news broadcasts are still coming in. Here's a selection of them:

 

 

Prickly heat: One woman's prickly heat stopped when she came off the pill.

 

 

Vaginal thrush: Try 50 mg acidophilus. Alternatively cut down on refined

carbohydrates for three months while supplementing with caprylic acid, and take

acidophilus two to three times a day with meals.

 

 

Benign tumour: One correspondent recommends Micro Immune Therapy, while another

says that homeopathic remedies such as Calc carb, Phytolacca or Baryta Carb

could help, but it should also be treated holistically, with a careful review of

causes as well as the excretory pathways, such as the kidneys, liver, lymph

glands and so on. Another suggests the Journey Therapy, which explores

underlying emotional trauma, courtesy of Brandon Bays. (Be warned to take your

wallet - Ed).

 

 

Gallstones: Try olive oil and lemon purge, made up of one pint of olive oil and

8 or 9 lemons. No food after midday on chosen day and then, at 7pm, take 4

tablespoons of olive oil and one tablespoon of unsweetened lemon juice, which

stops you throwing up! Repeat every 15 minutes until all the olive oil is used

up. The whole pint has to be consumed that evening, unfortunately, and then

stay close to a toilet for the following 48 hours.

 

 

Any other business: Kind words from one reader who really appreciates the

E-news broadcast. Thank you. . .Several e-mails from Graham Ewing who tells us

that Virtual Scanning can detect the different types of prostate cancer

(mentioned last time), as well as treat every health problem mentioned by

readers thus far, including benign lumps, ovarian cysts, HRT alternatives, pain

after orgasm, endometriosis, migraine and frozen shoulder. Thanks, Graham. Not

from Bangalore by any chance? . . .Is the link between boiled coffee and type II

diabetes (see previous E-news) down to the fact that boiled coffee is more

bitter and so needs sugar? . . .The Bowen Technique is proven to work for

migraine and frozen shoulder, says one reader, a Bowen practitioner. . .Women

with even a mild iron deficiency suffer short-term memory loss, and they

under-perform mentally, points out one reader.

 

 

 

Readers' health worries

 

Hashimoto's disease: What is Hashimoto disease, asks one reader, and how can it

be treated? We've done a little work on this at WDDTY, and can tell you the

following. Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disease resulting from a

hypoactive thyroid. Left untreated the disease can destroy the thyroid.

Conventional treatment is thyroxine, but this can cause nasty side effects

especially to the eyes. One successful alternative is acupuncture, but we're

sure you'll have plenty of other suggestions.

 

 

Microbial overgrowth: Any suggests for a natural broad-spectrum anti-microbial

to treat pathogenic overgrowth in the small intestine - in a dog? The dog has

gastritis and so can't take volatile oils.

 

 

Hep B alternative: One woman is to train as a midwife but doesn't want to take

the Hep B vaccination. Any way out of this as she doesn't want to give up her

place. And what are the real risks of contracting hepatitis as a midwife?

 

 

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