Physician-assisted psychoses - by the numbers

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Daily Dose - Physician-assisted psychoses - by the numbers

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:15:00 -0400

 

 

A tragic " I told you so "

 

If you've been reading me for any length of time at all now, you

should have surmised that I believe a lot of today's " diseases " are

nothing more than fabrications of the drug industry to create demand

for their poisons. It's kind of like the greeting card industry making

up holidays (Secretary's Day, Boss's Day, My Dog's Day, etc.) to sell

more of their sappy messages...

 

And in the past, I've written quite a bit about not only the made-up

disease of ADHD (or ADD - they're more or less the same), but the

downsides of the drugs today's doctors are doling out like baby

aspirin to " treat " this physician-assisted psychosis. Some of you have

no doubt wondered why I was spilling so much ink about ADHD when so

few of my readers (mostly 50+) fall into the condition's demographics.

 

The reason is very simple: Though ADD and ADHD may not be rampant - or

even heard of - among typical Daily Dose readers, it's more and more

prevalent among your children, and downright epidemic among your

grandchildren. An estimated 3.3 million Americans under 19 are taking

Ritalin, Aderall, and other ADHD medications, while another 1.5

million over 20 are popping these pills.

 

These younger generations are the future of American medicine and

politics and business (and sports and entertainment and everything

else), so I figure a threat as big as what I'm predicting ADHD to be

ought to get some ink.

 

Although I haven't had much to say about this scandal of late,

recently there have been some major developments in the ongoing ADHD

" epidemic " our mainstream medical establishment (both doctors and Big

Pharma) has been foisting on the public for years. And it all points

to basically one thing...

 

That I was RIGHT to warn you. Tragically so, it seems.

 

According to a recent Associated Press report, the first-ever national

estimate of the scope of the downsides of ADHD treatments has been

released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. This report

calculates that more than 3,000 people are sent to the hospital

emergency departments every year by ADHD drugs.

 

An estimated 1 in 5 of these is ADMITTED to the hospital for stomach

pumping and other measures because their symptoms (of the treatment,

not of the " disease " ) were so severe. A scary 1 in 7 of these were

experiencing heart symptoms. Keep reading...

 

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According to the CDC data, the following side effects linked to ADHD

treatment resulted in either emergency treatment or hospitalization

for those taking drugs between August of 2003 and December of 2005:

 

* Stroke

* Cardiac problems

* High blood pressure

* Abdominal pain

* Chest pain and rapid heart rate

* Allergic reactions and skin rashes

* Spasms, muscle pain, and weakness

 

Also noted by the AP report were 25 DEATHS linked to ADHD drugs (19 of

these were among children), and 54 cases of severe cardiac problems -

including heart attacks - documented between 1999 and 2003.

 

So, in light of this new CDC report, do you think the FDA will finally

crack down and issue that most-stringent " black box " warning on ADHD

drugs they've been vacillating on for months now?

 

Uh, probably not. I'll tell you why in part 2 of this essay, in the

next Daily Dose.

 

Sick of being right - if being right means people get sick,

 

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

 

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