[Health&Healing] Drug Induced Liver Injuries in Diabetics

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Drug Induced Liver Injuries in Diabetics

 

Los Angeles Times Sunday Report Hidden Risks, Lethal

Truths - Warner-Lambert won approval for Rezulin after masking the

number of liver injuries in clinical studies.

 

WASHINGTON -- Newly obtained internal documents show that Warner-

Lambert Co. executives who promoted the diabetes pill Rezulin masked

early indications of the drug's danger to the liver from federal

regulators and later delayed sharing information about its lethal

toxicity with family doctors. The newly acquired materials show that

company management rebuffed employees who questioned liver-injury

totals from clinical studies that excluded 38% of the cases.

At the time, Warner-Lambert was assuring doctors nationwide that the

drug was as safe as a placebo, the harmless pill used as a control

in medical testing.

 

The story of the Food and Drug Administration's handling of Rezulin

is well known. After the agency gave the drug " fast-track " approval

in early 1997, scores of liver-related deaths were linked to the

pill.

 

Rezulin was withdrawn from the U.S. market in March 2000. By then,

it had generated $2.1 billion in sales for Warner-Lambert. (You can

read the full story Hidden Risks, Lethal Truths at the LA Times'

website, but you will be required to register - it's free)

 

" The medical establishment works closely with the drug

multinationals whose main objective is profits, and whose worst

nightmare would be an epidemic of good health.

 

Lots of drugs MUST be sold.

 

In order to achieve this, anything goes: lies, fraud, and kickbacks.

 

Doctors are the principal salespeople of the drug companies. They

are rewarded with research grants, gifts, and lavish perks. The

principal buyers are the public - from infants to the elderly - who

MUST be thoroughly medicated and vaccinated...at any cost!

 

Why do the authorities forbid alternative medicine? Because they are

serving the industry, and the industry cannot make money with herbs,

vitamins, and homeopathy. They cannot patent natural remedies.

That is why they push synthetics. They control medicine, and that

is why they are able to tell medical schools what they can and

cannot teach. " Guylaine Lanctot, M.D " Bart Classen, a Maryland

physician, published data showing that diabetes rates rose

significantly in New Zealand following a massive hepatitis B vaccine

campaign in young children, and that diabetes rates also went up

sharply in Finland after three new childhood vaccines were

introduced. "

 

Nicholas Regush ABCNEWS.com

 

Vaccines Proven To Be Largest Cause of Insulin Dependent Diabetes in

Children

 

Results of GLA (gamma linolenic acid) as found in flax oil and

evening primore oil supplementation in diabetics truly astounding

Stein et al, in their research at the Department of Internal

Medicine, Center for Diabetes Research at the University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas have conclusively

demonstrated the vital importance of oils that contain the essential

Omega three fatty acids. These Omega three's as well as an important

Omega six are the EFA's LNA and LA. When we lack them in our diet,

we suffer degenerative disease

 

Research shows the role certain beneficial fatty acids may play in

preventing or improving cardiovascular complications attributed to

diabetes. " Perhaps of equal or greater importance is the role

certain beneficial fatty acids may play in preventing or improving

cardiovascular complications attributed to diabetes.

Buried in the annals of medicine are extremely optimistic studies

attesting to these facts. This information has not been widely

publicized in the past because fatty acids are naturally occurring

nutrients and can not be patented by pharmaceutical companies and

sold at exorbitant prices. One such fatty acid, gamma linolenic acid

(GLA), is found in nature's most concentrated form as Borage seed

oil (24% GLA).

 

The results of GLA supplementation in diabetics are truly

astounding, as outlined below.

 

Diabetic neuropathy (a painful nerve disorder resulting from reduced

blood flow and subsequent oxygen depravation of the limbs or organs)

was reversed in studies conducted by seven medical centers.

 

In a separate, but similar study, 12 patients afflicted with

diabetic neuropathy were given 360 mg of GLA daily (the equivalent

of two, 1000 mg. Borage oil capsules), while 10 others were given a

placebo (inactive substance).

 

After 6 months the GLA group showed statistically significant

improvement as compared to the placebo group. In addition, GLA

supplementation has been reported to normalize the faulty fatty acid

metabolism attributed to diabetes by bypassing the enzyme system

responsible for this disorderBy doing so the body's response to

inflammation, pain and swelling is stabilized. Arterial muscle tone,

responsible for blood pressure and optimal circulation, is also

regulated by this system. Animal studies conducted with GLA have

revealed the normalization of intercellular sorbitol levels. Another

study of Type 1 diabetics cited favorable changes in HDL ( " good "

cholesterol) and blood platelet adhesiveness

 

In summary, diabetics have been found to possess faulty fatty acid

metabolism which may contribute to the cardiovascular complications

associated with the disease.

 

Scientific research has established the reduction of certain harmful

fats, with the addition of beneficial fatty acids, may offer a

significant breakthrough in combating diabetic cardiovascular

complications with the potential of significantly lowering health

care costs. "

 

The study concluded that all diabetics should be considered for a

dietary protocol of GLA.

 

Other conditions shown to benefit include high blood pressure, high

cholesterol, skin conditions, arthritis, allergies, weight loss,

improved behavior of hyperactive children and increased strength of

hair and nails.

 

Cited in the book, Super Nutrition For Menopause, written by the

renowned nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman, is one of the most

popular applications of GLA supplementation in the relief of

menstrual pain. Sufferers use a maintenance dose up to the seventh

day prior to menstruation, then double that dose for the duration of

their menstruation. Dietary restrictions of meat, dairy and eggs

during this time has also shown to compliment this regiment.

Many would agree with Ms. Gittleman's credo in allowing mother

nature to cure our ails before relying on synthetic drugs which

often come with side effects. "

 

" The degenerative disease epidemic that wracks the nation came

coincidentally with the introduction of engineered fats and oils.

It is the type of fats and oils that we consume that is directly

correlated to the rise of epidemic degenerative disease;

it is not the amount of fat and oils that we eat that causes the

problem. It is by chronically consuming the fats and oils that cause

degenerative disease that we impair our ability to consume healthy

fats and oils.

 

We also impair our ability to consume carbohydrates and thus become

Diabetic and Obese " Thomas Smith, author of Insulin: Our Silent

Killer

 

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