Drug Induced Liver Injuries in Diabetics

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Drug Induced Liver Injuries in Diabetics JoAnn Guest Jan 24, 2003 11:34 PST

 

 

 

June 30, 2002

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Rezulin was withdrawn from the U.S. market in March 2000.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 fats 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

 

Learn more about the health benefits of GLA, flaxseed oil and borage

oil and where to purchase

 

 

 

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