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Poison Control Center Report

Proves Supplements Very Safe

By Arnold Gore

4-8-07

 

 

The American Association of Poison Control Centers has posted their annual

report for 2005, the last year reported on their website _www.aapcc.org_ It

shows again that dietary supplements are very safe. The total number of

deaths loosely associated with dietary supplements was 27. Of these the

highest concentration is for minerals including Potassium 4, Magnesium 2 and

Sodium 2. These minerals are often used in the treatment and prevention of

Heart Disease.

 

 

 

According to the National Center for Health Statistics of the Center for

Disease Control, HEART DISEASE was the leading cause of death in 2004, the

last year on their website

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/preliminarydeaths04_tables.pdf#2 _

responsible for over 654,000 deaths. Some of these patients used supplements

and supplements cannot guarantee that everyone can be saved.

 

 

 

Melatonin, a hormone related to sleep appeared to be associated with 4

deaths. This is the first mention of Melatonin since 2001. There have been

numerous studies in the medline database referring to studies published in

Medical Journals that indicate Melatonin has some anti-oxidant properties

and has been used successfully in treatment of cancer, epilepsy seizures

associated with the sleep cycle and some psychiatric disorders. Thousands

died from these conditions and Supplements are not a guarantee of survival.

The remaining numbers are low single digit numbers, widely distributed so as

to indicate that all of these numbers are probably random statistical

reporting errors without any significance.

 

 

 

These consistently low numbers are in marked contrast to the record of

Adverse Events attributable to prescription drugs. The Journal of the

American Medical Association of April 15,1998;295(5):1200-1205 reported that

there were 106,000 deaths attributable to prescription drugs. These were not

overdoses or medical errors, giving the wrong drug to the wrong patient, but

drugs properly prescribed and taken as directed. Unfortunately drugs have

not gotten any safer. In the April 12,2003 issue of the New England Journal

of Medicine,2003;348:1556-64, researchers from Harvard related hospitals and

the Harvard School of Public Health, performed a prospective study of

outpatients who received at least 1 prescription drug. Of 661 patients

replying to the follow up survey (55% of the sample), 25% had adverse drug

reactions. Of these 13% were considered serious. Very often frightened

patients use dietary supplements precisely because they are more natural and

safer than prescription drugs. This year the format of the Poison Control

Report includes a brief narrative description of some of the deaths 1261

deaths brought to the attention of the American Association of Poison

Control Centers for 2005. This was 2.14% of the deaths. From the samples

given I was not able to corroborate most of the 27 incidents associated with

supplements. Only 2 incidents were described the 1 ephedra, and 1 Ferrous

Sulfate-an iron supplement, but that case was classified a suicide attempt,

but the others might not have been selected to be described in the report.

 

 

 

 

 

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More food for thought…

 

Dave in CA

 

 

 

" Outside of the dog, a book is a man's best friend. And inside the dog it is

too dark to read. "

~ G. Marx

 

 

 

 

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