[SSRI-Research] NAILING DOWN PROZAC-FLUORINE CONNECTION

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[sSRI-Research] NAILING DOWN PROZAC-FLUORINE CONNECTION

 

http://askwaltstollmd.com/archives/fluoride/136264.html

 

Friday, December 06, 2002

 

NAILING DOWN PROZAC-FLUORINE CONNECTION

THE LID IS OFF, FINALLY. THE TRUTH IS OUT.

 

For over a year, I have been pursuing a story about Prozac. I have received

much opinion and estimate, but until now I have been chasing elusive facts.

Now the facts are in.

 

I am perfectly willing to have these facts challenged, but only with better

facts, not with feelings or presumptions or agendas.

 

Here is what I've been chasing down: the assertion that Prozac actually

contains fluorides.

 

As many of us know, the subject of fluorides (in toothpaste, mouthwash,

water supplies of cities) has been a very hot topic. As in, are these

chemicals toxic to the human body?

 

I've written on this before, and you can find the stories in my archive.

Particularly, there has been terrific conflict at the EPA, where scientists

have gone on the record with claims that fluorides in water supplies ARE

toxic.

 

See other data on overgrowth of bones, crippling skeletal malformations,

arthritic symptoms of varying severity, et al. From Fluorides.

 

There is much data in the counter-literature suggesting that fluorides can

cause cancer.

 

I believe no one with an open mind can read the vast counter-literature on

fluorides without concluding that these ubiquitous compounds do cause very

serious problems.

 

Okay. Let's start with this: The RxList site is an authoritative venue for

information about medical drugs. After looking up Prozac and its

composition, I emailed RxList and asked for a statement about the possible

fluoride content of Prozac.

 

I received a timely answer from one of their pros, Neil Sandow, Pharm. D.

" Each molecule of fluoxetime HCL (Prozac) contains three fluoride atoms. "

 

I queried back to find out whether " fluoride atoms " meant " FLUORINE atoms, "

since it was my understanding that fluoride is a term that applies to

molecules (combinations of atoms), whereas fluorine is the element and

therefore any atoms would be called fluorine. I was told that I was correct..

 

With that little personal confusion straightened out, I asked RxList another

question: Could they tell me the weight, in milligrams, of the fluorine in a

standard daily dose of Prozac? After all, you always want to know about dose

level.

 

Here was the reply from Sandow. I am giving you the details, in case anyone

wants to challenge these facts or the arithmetic. F stands for fluorine in

the message I received: " F molecular weight=18.9984032. There are 3 F's in

each Prozac molecule, so 3 x 18.9984032 = 57.

 

" The molecular weight of the Prozac molecule is 345.79.

 

" The proportion of Fluorine to Prozac is 57 / 345.79 = .165 or 16.5%.

 

" So, for a typical daily dose of 20mg of Prozac the amount of fluorine would

be .165 x 20 = 3.3mg (or 6.6mg for a 40mg/day dose). "

 

Every day that a person takes a standard dose of Prozac, he gets 3.3

milligrams of fluorine. At the higher dose, he gets 6.6 milligrams of

fluorine.

 

As you might imagine, over the years there has been much debate about the

level at which fluorine becomes toxic for humans. I found a writer, Darlene

Sherrell, who has done much work in this area. With a search engine, you can

find her highly recommended piece which goes over this issue with a fine

tooth comb. ( " The Dose is the Poison " )

 

I wrote her and relayed the fluorine content of Prozac. She replied, " It is

certainly clear.for the typical individual, 6.6mg/day [of fluorine] is more

than enough to cause crippling skeletal fluorosis.and 3.3mg [of fluorine per

day] is darn close. For the sensitive individual one Prozac a day would be

excessive and likely to cause gastrointestinal problems almost immediately. "

 

So there it is.

 

Of course, I am commenting here on a narrow aspect of what Prozac does to

the human brain and body. My archived articles go into all the other forms

of damage this drug can deliver.

 

I'd say it's time to get this information out to people.

 

In a related matter, Dartmouth researcher, Roger Masters, has discovered in

a survey of Massachusetts communities, that there is a correlation between

areas where silicofluorides are placed in the water and the presence of

LEAD. I have queried him as to why he thinks this correlation is present.

But his detailed research shows that (highly toxic) lead seems to " follow "

these fluoride compounds around. One can only imagine how many cases of the

bogus disorder called ADHD have been diagnosed---when lead and fluorides are

the real culprits.

 

Masters writes, " Silicofluorides are largely untested. Virtually all

research on fluoridation safety has focused on sodium fluoride, even though

the studies in the 1930s showed important biological differences between

these chemicals. The correlation with blood levels is especially serious

because lead poisoning is associated with higher rates of learning

disabilities, hyperactivity, substance abuse and crime. "

 

Masters, according to a Dartmouth press release, points out that " over 90

percent of America's fluoridated drinking water supplies are treated with

silicofluorides. "

 

(I want to thank RxList for timely help. They had no idea where I was going

with this fluorine information, and it should not be inferred that they were

trying to help me make a case against Prozac.)

 

Footnote: I'm well aware that varying degrees of evidence have been put

forward to show that fluorides create a marked sedative effect in humans.

I'm still following that one down. If true, this would put yet more light on

the impact of Prozac on the population.

 

More data points. US drinking water is typically dosed with flouride

at a rate of about 1 PPM. Assuming one drinks a gallon of water

in a day, that works out to 3.8 mg/day.

 

Also see:

http://www.chemtrailpatrol.com/cpr_flouride_menu.htm

 

" The first occurrence of fluoridated drinking water on Earth was

found in Germany's Nazi prison camps. The Gestapo had little concern

about fluoride's supposed effect on children's teeth; their alleged

reason for mass-medicating water with sodium fluoride was to sterilize

humans and force the people in their concentration camps into calm

submission. (Ref. book: " The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben "

by Joseph Borkin.) "