You may be wondering why there are so many people around you who seem to be suffering from memory loss, dementia, cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s.
All medical doctors do is prescribe something that they hope will help. And of course this is the case for every ailment we go to the doctor for when seeking help from the traditional medical model.
You shouldn’t be surprised then to find out that it is most likely those very “drugs” that are responsible for our mental decline.
In the last 10 years, as we have been getting older, there has been a large increase both prescription and over the counter drugs. It seems that a new drug is born every month with an accompanied list of possible side-effects that are largely hurried over, always saying that the risks outweigh the benefits of what the drug “MIGHT” do for the problem.
I’m sorry, but that premise is one I refuse to subscribe to.
Fortunately, thanks to a report just presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting, Dr. Jack Tao, a professor of neurology has found that the class of drugs called anticholinergics could be one of the culprits.
Dr Tao studied 870 Catholic nuns and clergy members with an average age of 75. He looked at their medications and measured their cognitive function which had been measured in a previous experiment 8 years prior.
What he discovered is that for those individuals taking anticholinergic drugs that their rate of cognitive decline was 1.5 times faster that those not taking these drugs.
What these drugs do is block or slows down the action of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. You need acetylcholine for muscle contractions. What is surprising is how many drugs fall into this category and to list them all would take many articles.
Here is a very incomplete list of drugs that are anticholinergic with their associated illness as to why they are being prescribed:
Asthma, bronchial spasms (atroven, Spiriva, Elixophyllin, Theo-24
- Bladder overactivity, spasms (Detrol, Ditropan, Enables, Sanctura
- Gastrointestinal or stomach cramps (Hyospax, hyoscyamine
- Diarrhea (Lofene, Logen Lomoti
- Pain, inflammation (Codeine, OxyContin, Oxydose, Roxidocone
- Anxiety disorder, panic attacks, seizures (diazepam
- Fluid retention, high blood pressure, hear failure (Lasiz, Capoten
- Allergies, reactions, arthritis (prednisone, Sterapred
- Motion sickness ( Scopace
- Paarkinsons ( Cogentin, Akineton, Norflex
When it comes to side-effects, remember that it could take years before being discovered. So I guess losing your memory from the beginning is a good thing since you won’t remember what drugs you were taking in the first place.
Horror of horrors, now, the American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending screening our children as young as 2 years old for cholesterol levels.
If statin drugs are used on children as young as 8 years old, what kind of Pandora ’s Box are we opening up? These drugs are already linked to depression, suicidal thoughts, and blockage of CoQ10, muscle damage, cancers and more after usage of only a few years. What kind of results will long-term usage do to our children’s minds?
Of course you won’t hear much about this issue for as always the media, being the good little sheep it is, reports only what it’s told to.
Let’s pray that more parents realize that diet, cleansing and exercise can be the cheapest and most effective remedy alive.
Tags: memory loss, toxins
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