Guest guest Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Dieticians have set themselves the heroic but probably unattainable goal of getting every person to eat well every day. Even if obtained, such vitamin intake as good diet provides is inadequate to maintain optimum health for everyday people in real-life situations. Tens of millions of women have a special concern, Oral contraceptives lower serum levels of B-vitamins, especially B-6, plus niacin (B-3), thiamin (B-1), riboflavin (B-2), folic acid, vitamin C and B-12. Lupus is one of the more common autoimmune diseases that afflicts half a million Americans and ninety percent of the are women. In this disease antibodies attack the body's own tissues and organs. Numerous drugs have been thought to be responsible for causing Lupus, among them tetracycline and other antibiotics, procainamid, birth control pills containing estrogen, and drugs used to lower blood pressure! OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO, Lancet ran a study demonstrating that vitamin C and most of the B-complex, especially B-6 (pyridoxine), are knocked out of a woman's body by oral contraceptives. Water-soluble vitamin deficiency is associated with stroke, and women on the pill are three to five times as likely, at any age, to have a stroke. When is the last time you knew of ANY physician prescribing nutritional supplements with the pill? www.doctoryourself.com Pill causes long-term damage' http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1848000/1848697.stm The women say they were not warned of the risks A test case involving more than 100 women who say they were exposed to potentially lethal side effects of the third generation contraceptive pill has started at the High Court. Lawyers representing the families are taking action against three pharmaceutical companies, saying the women were not warned of the possible dangers of the Pill. They claim the Pill caused the women to develop blood clots which led to long-term damage to their health, and in around 10% of cases proved fatal The companies say they will vigorously defend the claims and reject suggestions that the third generation Pill, introduced in the 80s, is more risky even than its predecessors. The case is the first of its type and, if successful, could lead to massive compensation payouts, expected to total about £10m. The legal challenge, being brought under the Consumer Protection Act, is expected to last many months. The companies being sued are Schering Healthcare, Organon Laboratories and Wyeth. Third generation Pills include Femodene, Femodette, Marvelon, Mercilon, Minulet, Triadene and Tri-Minulet. 'Disastrous injury' Pill history First generation: high dose of oestrogen and one of two progesterones Second generation: lower dose of oestrogen, same progesterones Third generation: same lower dose of oestrogen, different progesterones Lord Brennan QC told Mr Justice Mackay the group included those who had conditions including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, strokes and cerebral vein thrombosis. He said: " Some are moderately injured. Several of them are the victims of disastrous injury which will incapacitate them throughout their lives. " The litigation, involving some claims brought on behalf of women who have died, will focus on seven individual cases. Lord Brennan said the Consumer Protection Act provided for all consumers, such as the women in the case, to have a legitimate expectation that they would be warned of the kind of risk he had described. " A product that carries such a risk, but doesn't carry a warning about it is, we submit, a defective product under that statute. " " The association between Pills and thrombosis has been known since the late 60s and all Pill packets have contained the warning and that's for any type of Pill. " The Department of Health has issued guidelines on the risks associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) - blood clots in the veins - and third generation oral contraceptives. This suggests that the risk of VTE is higher in women taking any combined oral contraceptive Pill, compared with those not on the Pill. Dr Peter Longthorne, medical director of Schering Health Care Ltd, said: " In some cases, the claimants have had tragic experiences, and we have a great deal of sympathy for them. " This is why we feel it particularly important that a conclusion be drawn for the benefit of everybody involved. Lord Brennan told the court the increased risk of third generation products had featured in a major debate among epidemiology experts as well as among regulatory authorities such as the World Health Organisation. The seven claimants' details were outlined in court: Carol Ann Townsend, 31, of Oxford, who was taking Femodene suffered a deep vein thrombosis in August 1993 Debra Jones, 31, of Aberdare, south Wales, who was taking Femodene, suffered a cerebral venous thrombosis in December 1994 Andrea Massey, 25, of Wrexham, north Wales, who was taking Femodene, suffered a stroke in July 1995 Karen Roberts, 39, of Denbigh, north Wales, whowas taking Femodene suffered a deep vein thrombosis in August 1995 Jacqueline Diplock-Webb, 43, of Ferndown, Poole, Dorset, who was taking Marvelon, suffered a deep vein thrombosis in August 1993 Nicola Moores, 35, of Fulham, south-west London, who was taking Mercilon, suffered a pulmonary embolism in November 1993 and August 1995 Ellen Silcock, 24, of Corby, Northamptonshire, who was taking Minulet, suffered a pulmonary embolism in October 1995. --- End forwarded message --- Oral contraceptives have been found to *lower* blood magnesium 'levels'. Since low magnesium levels result in blood clots, this may help explain why there is a higher incidence of *thrombosis* (blood clots) among women on the pill. Dr. Hendler says, " We do know that magnesium *deficiency* predisposes humans to potentially FATAL disruptions of normal cardiac rhythm (cardiac dysrhythmia). Investigators have successfully treated ventricular dysrhythmias with Magnesium. Strokes Cardiologists once thought the narrowing of arteries from plaque buildup triggered strokes and heart attacks by leading to heart rhythm disturbances. But its now widely accepted that a blood clot is the immediate cause of 80 to 90 percent of heart attacks as well as strokes. Stroke is the third leading cause of death when considered separately from other types of cardiovascular disease, accounting for about one out of every 14.5 deaths in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association. About three-fourths of stroke victims are over the age of 65, but a person can have a stroke at any age. Although stroke seems to affect as many men as women, more women die of a stroke than men in all age groups. Strokes (like heart attacks) can often result from a blockage in a blood vessel that reduces or cuts off oxygen supply to the cells, resulting in the death of the tissue. It only takes a short period of time without oxygen to cause damage to the brain. Our neice, now 31, used the norplant for birth control. It shut down her ovaries and the result was no progesterone production....estrogen dominance, endo, fibroids and a hysterectomy 6 months ago. Do they care what they do to us? I think not. 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